{"ops":[{"insert":"Highlights"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Trick or treat?\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Field Creeper"}},{"insert":" —Nothing fancy; just art that you definitely do not want to see in real life."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Harvest Hand // Scrounged Scythe"}},{"insert":" —Lots of value here, and who doesn’t love a little transformation for Halloween?"},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Crossroads Candleguide"}},{"insert":" —They call me Candleguide, simply ’cause I am on fire."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Wicker Warcrawler"}},{"insert":" —It looks weird, but If I was a crow, I would be more scared of this 6/6 creep-machine than some farmer doll on a post."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Jack-o'-Lantern"}},{"insert":" —The trick is exiling a card from an opponent’s graveyard, the treat is mana fixing in a five-color pack."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Skeleton Shard"}},{"insert":" —A real spine-tingler! And very nice in combination with Reaper King. Add in the Wild-Field Scarecrow for a six-mana engine that destroys a permanent every turn."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nThe Rare"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Reaper King"}},{"insert":" —Scarecrows may not be much of a tribe, but pumpkin dad has a way of bringing the whole family together for his favorite holiday. Your scarecrows go absolutely bonkers when the King is on the cornfield, and if you’re lucky enough to play this creature for five mana, you can guarantee this year’s harvest will be brutal."},{"attributes":{"list":"ordered"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nPlay Notes"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Like a possessed scarecrow, this pack isn’t very dynamic at first glance, but just when you feel safe, it turns you into corn fertilizer. Reaper King is such a terrifying cornfield presence—it upgrades the potential of almost every other spell in the deck. If you are able to combine the King with recursion from Skeleton Shard, even steep-cost cards like Shrapnel Blast become scary-good. And a late-game Infuse with the Elements can be a game-ender at instant speed when four or five colors of mana go into it.\nA huge perk of Scarecrows is how great of a partner pack it is. Halloween is about banding together in fellowship to face the dark season stronger, and this pack knows its role. The list consists of mostly colorless artifacts and tons of mana fixing, so your scarecrows are comfortable posting up in just about any field (corn, battle, etc.). Try a human-heavy partner pack such as Pirates if you want to be cheeky—just to get the extra bonus from Scrounged Scythe.\nScarecrows is right on the edge of complexity to earn the “basic” tag, but the two tricky mechanics—hybrid mana and transform—are not too bad all things considered, and the rest of the cards are very simple.\n\nSource: "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://mtgjumpstarter.wordpress.com/portfolio/jumpstart-scarecrows/"},"insert":"https://mtgjumpstarter.wordpress.com/portfolio/jumpstart-scarecrows/"},{"insert":"\n"}]}