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Troop of Ponies
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A strong colorless ramp and fixing creature that converts into two basic lands, providing both mana acceleration and card advantage. It is especially valuable in GU Landfall, where the land entering from its ability also triggers Landfall at instant speed.
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Gameplay notes
When possible, attack or threaten a trade before cashing it in. You can block and then sacrifice it before combat damage to prevent damage from the blocked attacker, but the Troop will not deal combat damage. Hold the activation until the opponent's end step unless you need the mana immediately or can exploit an instant-speed Landfall trigger.
Key synergies
Sacrificing Troop of Ponies immediately triggers the Company's powerful Landfall ability, while the second land placed in hand can be played using the Company's additional-land permission for another trigger.
Sacrificing Troop of Ponies puts a basic land directly onto the battlefield for an immediate Landfall trigger and puts another into your hand to guarantee a follow-up trigger.
Casting Troop of Ponies triggers Dancing for two counters, and sacrificing it later puts a basic land directly onto the battlefield for a Bear while also finding another land for a future landfall trigger.
Troop of Ponies can put a land onto the battlefield during combat, unexpectedly triggering Attercop's +1/+1 bonus after blocks are declared.
Sacrificing Troop of Ponies triggers Part in Friendship, and the land it puts onto the battlefield increases your land count before that trigger resolves, improving the chance that the revealed creature enters the battlefield.
Activating Troop of Ponies is a creature ability, so Elrond draws a card even though the Troop is sacrificed as part of the activation cost.
The land put onto the battlefield triggers Beorn's Hospitality at instant speed, letting you place a +1/+1 counter during combat while still keeping the other searched land for a later trigger.
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.
Troop of Ponies can put one basic Mountain directly onto the battlefield and another into hand, immediately adding a quest counter and securing a second Mountain trigger for the following land drop.
Once the Saga has gained landfall, sacrificing Troop of Ponies puts a basic land directly onto the battlefield to create an Elf token while also supplying another land for a later land drop.
Troop of Ponies both accelerates Desert Were-Worm and finds two Mountains, increasing the Worm's power by +4 once both lands are in play.