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Dancing from Dark to Dawn
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A five-mana engine that turns every future land into a 2/2 Bear and every creature spell into a massive permanent pump, making it a Limited bomb if it survives. It is slow when cast on curve, so getting an immediate landfall trigger or already having a creature to receive counters is important.
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Gameplay notes
If possible, cast this with a land drop still available so it produces a Bear immediately rather than spending five mana without affecting the board. The creature-cast trigger resolves before the creature spell, so the creature being cast cannot receive its own counters; keep another creature on the battlefield as a target.
Key synergies
Casting Wood Elves puts three counters on an existing creature, then its enters ability puts a Forest directly onto the battlefield to create a Bear, generating both halves of Dancing's value from one cheap creature.
Casting Silvan Reveler adds four counters to a creature, and discarding a land to its enters ability puts that land directly onto the battlefield for an immediate Bear. Its graveyard recursion also provides another creature spell to retrigger Dancing later.
Dancing repeatedly creates Bear tokens, which Beorn upgrades from 2/2s to 4/4s. Those tokens also make it much easier to control three Bears and trigger Beorn's draw-two ability each combat.
Each land drop produces both a Bear token and a permanent +1/+1 counter, so the two enchantments rapidly build a wide, growing board while rewarding the same extra-land effects.
Casting the five-mana Eagle places five +1/+1 counters on a creature, while subsequent landfall triggers create Bear tokens that each increase the Eagle's attack bonus. The enchantment supplies both permanent size and the wide board the Eagle rewards.
Gone Fishing can blink two lands to trigger Landfall twice and create two Bears at instant speed; afterward, casting Lake-town Mariners from exile also places six +1/+1 counters on a creature.
Casting a three-mana creature after Dancing enters can put three +1/+1 counters on Nighthowl Pursuer, making it a permanent 4/4 that enables its own Ferocious trigger and attacks as a 6/6 menace.
Radagast makes expensive creature spells easier to cast without changing their mana value, so Dancing still places the full number of counters. Granting flash also lets you cast creatures on opponents' turns and trigger Dancing more than once per round.
Casting Wilderland Scrounger while Dancing from Dark to Dawn is in play puts five +1/+1 counters on a creature, guaranteeing a Ferocious enabler for Scrounger's next attack. The enchantment's Bear tokens also provide extra bodies for Scrounger's team-wide counters.
Casting an Elf puts counters on Woodland Weavemaster equal to that Elf's mana value, then the Elf entering gives it another temporary power boost. The resulting increased mana output can help cast additional Elf spells and continue the chain.
Till and Tend enables an additional land drop and therefore another Bear, while subsequently casting the five-mana Beorn places five +1/+1 counters on a creature.
Silvan Rally finds up to two lands to sustain future landfall triggers, and once Thranduil is in play each land creates both a 1/1 Elf and a 2/2 Bear.
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.
Thranduil's Company enables additional land plays while both cards reward every land entering: Dancing creates a Bear and the Company adds two counters and vigilance to a creature.
Dancing from Dark to Dawn creates a 2/2 Bear for every land Through the Forest Gate puts onto the battlefield, converting the mass land drop into an immediate army.
Bard doubles Dancing from Dark to Dawn's token creation, causing every landfall trigger to produce two 2/2 Bears instead of one.
Putting multiple +1/+1 counters on the Rabbit can raise it to 4 power, allowing it to satisfy its own Ferocious condition and continue growing each combat even without another large creature.
Casting this six-mana creature triggers Dancing from Dark to Dawn for six +1/+1 counters, converting an already substantial threat into a major board swing.
Each chapter can blink one of your lands; when that land returns at the end step, it triggers Dancing and creates another Bear, potentially supplying four landfall triggers from one Saga.
Each land drop creates a Bear while also letting Elven Raft-Steerer tap an opposing blocker, immediately helping the growing token army attack through resistance.
Counters placed on Galion increase the power and toughness he transfers to another attacker, while the enchantment's recurring Bear tokens provide expendable small bodies for Galion to turn into large attackers.
Casting six-mana Gandalf triggers Dancing from Dark to Dawn for six +1/+1 counters on another creature, while Gandalf's divided damage helps stabilize the board so that enormous tempo swing can take over the game.
Dancing from Dark to Dawn's Bear tokens provide expendable creatures for Gollum's recursion, and each recast Gollum then triggers the enchantment to place two +1/+1 counters on a creature.
Casting Great Ugly-Looking Goblin as a six-mana creature lets Dancing from Dark to Dawn put six +1/+1 counters on another creature you already control; once the Goblin resolves, that creature also gains menace.
Dancing from Dark to Dawn supplies Bear tokens that are valid targets for Little Bear's counter, while casting Little Bear also triggers the enchantment to place three +1/+1 counters on a creature.
The land secured by chapter I guarantees a future turn where both landfall abilities trigger, creating an Elf and a 2/2 Bear from the same land; extra land drops multiply both token engines.
After triggering Dancing when initially played, Elven Passage can be sacrificed to put another land onto the battlefield, producing an additional Bear at a chosen time.
Hobbit Hole triggers Dancing when played and can later be sacrificed to put a basic land directly onto the battlefield for another Bear.
Casting Mirkwood Nurturer places three counters on a creature, and its enters ability can return a land to your hand so it can be replayed for another Bear while also giving the Nurturer a counter.
Every Bear created by Dancing triggers Belladonna's token ability; turns with multiple land entries can advance through her life gain into card draw and potentially a team-wide counter.































