The Madness of Wild Mongrel

In this episode, we go over the history of a creature that was once considered the best two-drop in the game: Wild Mongrel.
Produced by General Collectibles
Written and Edited by Richard Castle
Narrated by Richard Castle
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Music
"Icelandic Arpeggios" by DivKid
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[@MAnnnooo1]

My first MTG deck came with Wild Mongrel

[@OutlawOtaku]

Really enjoy this series, hope you keep making these.

[@hippiehobo]

i still play mongrel in pauper. Still a good card

[@draftmagicagain1000]

I still play Mongrel to this day! Gruul Madness, Simic Madness, Golgari Madness!

[@Myagic]

Mongrel is still neat for cubes, but I think most people prefer noose constrictor. I kind of want to make a cube package of green dogs with mongrel and wild dogs. Finding more dogs that care about the discard will be tough, though.

[@draftmagicagain1000]

Casual Madness decks now have access to 8 Mongrels! I usually run 7 🎉🎉

[@williamsimkulet7832]

I wish WOTC would continue to print Core Sets for the health of Standard. This is the kind of card I'd love to see as a (C) in a core set - simple, interesting, and influential. Sure, most standard decks today wouldn't run it... but a free discard outlet for Reanimator would be nice, and it's still great in limited. My 2/2 attacks into your 3/3 - will you block it? Do I have 3 cards in hand, my mongrel is unblocked, and you're at 5 life - should I discard them? Those are fun decision points in limited and constructed.

[@insidethedeck]

(Richard) I've been playing Magic since 1997, but go into Type 2 and draft in 2001. Madness confused the hell out of me when I played against it for the first time.

[@williamsimkulet7832]

@@insidethedeck It's not the most intuitive... "discard into exile".. but Wild Mongrel is an elegant design. Noose Constrictor's ... okay; but the color changing text is sometimes relevant, and if your limited format can make it relevant... reprint this guy there!

[@pr0fess0rbadass]

I like the idea of this series

[@insidethedeck]

Thanks!

[@lillyfly]

this card has been a lifesaver in edh

[@jvan6582]

Dark Confidant gets my vote for best 2 drop ever.....All Hail BOBBY

[@chaosvemon]

anti protection card so good

[@panzerfaust187]

One big ragequit made this card banned in my lgs back in the day 😂

[@insidethedeck]

Haha! That's hilarious.

[@glaser3456]

premodern!!!

[@chodark8341]

The waffle house has found its new host.