by Richard Rowell, Gaming Successfully Staff
Early on in the Eldritch Moon spoiler season, curious Magic players were treated to a powerful Legendary Creature that appeared to be the back side of a flip card. As it turns out, Hanweir, the Writhing Township is much more than any flip card. It’s actually a combination of two other cards, Hanweir Battlements and Hanweir Garrison, one a land and the other a creature. Let’s see if these other two cards stack up to being worthy of using the new Meld mechanic to create this monstrosity.
Obviously, The Writhing Township is a lot to be excited about. A 7/4 with trample and haste, after all, is nothing to sneeze at. But it gets better. Whenever, The Writhing Township attacks, it brings along two 3/2 Eldrazi Horror tokens onto the battlefield tapped and attacking. It’s like a super Hero of Bladehold, and that card was a monster in its Standard days - and even still sees play in Modern. There is precedent for this type of card to be good.
Obviously, The Writhing Township is a lot to be excited about. A 7/4 with trample and haste, after all, is nothing to sneeze at. But it gets better. Whenever, The Writhing Township attacks, it brings along two 3/2 Eldrazi Horror tokens onto the battlefield tapped and attacking. It’s like a super Hero of Bladehold, and that card was a monster in its Standard days - and even still sees play in Modern. There is precedent for this type of card to be good.
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Hanweir Battlements is a decent utility land. It produces colorless mana and also for the price of one Red mana can tap to give a target creature haste. That alone is pretty good. Hanweir Garrison is actually similar to the Writhing Township in that it makes tokens when it attacks, except they are 1/1 human tokens. As a 2 / 3 for only three mana, though, the Garrison is definitely playable.
How do we meld them into a Writhing Township? There’s a 5 mana ability on Hanweir Battlements that you can activate if you control a copy of Hanweir Garrison. You then exile both cards and put the Writhing Township into play.
Both cards appear to be playable on their own, which is definitely a plus. Hanweir, the Writhing Township looks to be an absolute game-ending bomb. This is definitely a Meld card to be excited about. The fact that both pieces of it could work in an aggro deck already means we could definitely see this combo see Standard play.
How do we meld them into a Writhing Township? There’s a 5 mana ability on Hanweir Battlements that you can activate if you control a copy of Hanweir Garrison. You then exile both cards and put the Writhing Township into play.
Both cards appear to be playable on their own, which is definitely a plus. Hanweir, the Writhing Township looks to be an absolute game-ending bomb. This is definitely a Meld card to be excited about. The fact that both pieces of it could work in an aggro deck already means we could definitely see this combo see Standard play.
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