Assemble the EntmootHow it works & interactions with other cards

What it Does

Assemble the Entmoot serves two roles. Passively, it grants all your creatures reach, allowing your team to block flying threats. Its activated ability allows you to sacrifice the enchantment at any time to create three green Treefolk creature tokens. The power and toughness of these tokens are determined by the total amount of life you gained during the current turn, not your net life total change. Each token also enters with a reach counter, ensuring they can protect you even after the enchantment is gone.

How it Resolves Step by Step

When you activate the ability, you pay the cost by sacrificing Assemble the Entmoot. The ability then checks the total life gained this turn to determine the value of X. As the ability resolves, three X/X Treefolk tokens are created tapped. Finally, the ability places one reach counter on each of those specific tokens. These tokens will retain their reach ability even if the reach counters are later removed, as long as another effect provides it, but specifically, the counters ensure they keep reach independently of the enchantment.

Common Mistakes

A frequent error is calculating X based on net life gain. If you gained 5 life but also took 5 damage, X is still 5. Additionally, remember that the tokens enter tapped; you cannot use them as surprise blockers the same turn you sacrifice the enchantment unless you have a way to untap them. Lastly, if you have gained 0 life, you will create three 0/0 tokens which will immediately be put into the graveyard as a state-based action unless an anthem effect is increasing their toughness.

When to Play It

This card is best used in the post-combat main phase after you have successfully attacked with creatures that have lifelink or used spells to gain life. Because it is an enchantment, you can hold it on the battlefield to deter flyers, only sacrificing it when you need to recover from a board wipe or when you have maximized your life gain for the turn.

Interaction examples

Maximizing Tokens with Doubling Season

Assemble the EntmootDoubling Season

If you control Doubling Season and sacrifice Assemble the Entmoot after gaining 4 life, you will create six 4/4 Treefolk tokens instead of three. Furthermore, each of those tokens will receive two reach counters instead of one.

Drawing Cards with Garruk's Uprising

Assemble the EntmootGarruk's Uprising

If you have gained 4 or more life this turn and sacrifice Assemble the Entmoot, the three Treefolk tokens will enter with power 4 or greater. This will trigger Garruk's Uprising three times, allowing you to draw three cards. Additionally, your new tokens will have both reach (from their counters) and trample (from the Uprising).

Standard Treefolk Generation

Assemble the EntmootTreefolk

If you play a spell to gain 5 life and then sacrifice Assemble the Entmoot, you put three 5/5 green Treefolk creature tokens onto the battlefield tapped. Each one gets a reach counter, making them substantial blockers for the following turn.