Mirkwood Pathmaker
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Mirkwood Pathmaker is a solid three-mana creature that starts as a 3/3 on curve and naturally grows with every land drop. It is especially valuable as a reliable early Ferocious enabler and a scalable threat in land-ramp decks.
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Gameplay notes
Make your land drop before combat to increase Pathmaker's size and turn on Ferocious. Avoid keeping land-light hands that leave it as an undersized creature, and remember that losing lands or temporarily removing Pathmaker from the battlefield can change its size.
Key synergies
Pathmaker reaches 4 power as soon as you control four lands, reliably turning on The Chief Warg's attack trigger so it can draw cards without requiring a pump spell.
A four-land Pathmaker satisfies Ferocious for "Puppyyyy", allowing its attacks to put counters on the entire team; those counters help Pathmaker remain threatening even if land development stops.
Equipping Glamdring to Mirkwood Pathmaker converts its land-scaled power into an equally large reduction for every instant and sorcery you cast, often making expensive spells dramatically cheaper.
Mirkwood Pathmaker is another Elf that enables Thranduil's Company's additional-land ability; each extra land then increases Pathmaker's base stats and can also place two +1/+1 counters on it through Company's Landfall trigger.
The Forest fetched by Wood Elves permanently increases Mirkwood Pathmaker's power and toughness while accelerating toward additional land drops.
Pathmaker naturally reaches 4 power once you control four lands, providing an on-archetype, scalable Ferocious enabler for Pursuer.
Silvan Reveler's enters ability can put an additional land onto the battlefield, immediately increasing Mirkwood Pathmaker's power and toughness.
The Saga finds a land to keep Pathmaker's land-scaled stats growing, while Pathmaker is itself an Elf that receives the power and vigilance bonuses from chapters III and IV.
Mirkwood Pathmaker naturally reaches 4 power at four lands, reliably enabling the Rabbit's Ferocious trigger so it gains a +1/+1 counter each combat.
Mirkwood Pathmaker is an Elf, so entering temporarily increases Weavemaster's power and therefore the amount of mana its tap ability produces; that mana can also help cast Pathmaker or other Elf spells.
A land drop increases Mirkwood Pathmaker's land-count-based power and toughness while Hospitality adds a permanent +1/+1 counter to it, effectively growing the Pathmaker twice from the same land.
Till and Tend allows an additional land play, letting Mirkwood Pathmaker gain two points of power and toughness in one turn when you have enough lands in hand.
Silvan Rally finds up to two lands to sustain Pathmaker's growth, while Thranduil later gives Pathmaker an additional +1/+1 as an Elf.
Through the Forest Gate can put several lands onto the battlefield at once, causing an immediate and potentially massive permanent increase to Mirkwood Pathmaker's power and toughness.
Sacrificing Troop of Ponies puts an additional basic land directly onto the battlefield and another into your hand, immediately enlarging Mirkwood Pathmaker and securing its next point of growth.
Thrór's Map finds a basic land, helping ensure subsequent land drops that permanently increase Mirkwood Pathmaker's power and toughness.
Old Thrush can place a basic land on top of your library, helping guarantee the next land drop that permanently increases Mirkwood Pathmaker's power and toughness.