Chatterfang, Squirrel General is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
Forestwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Forest.) If one or more tokens would be created under your control, those tokens plus that many 1/1 green Squirrel creature tokens are created instead., Sacrifice X Squirrels: Target creature gets +X/-X until end of turn.
Complete guide
Chatterfang, Squirrel General is the ultimate leader for any player who wants to overwhelm the board with a fuzzy army. This legendary Squirrel Warrior not only multiplies your token generation but also provides a powerful removal outlet and an evasive clock for your opponents.
Token Multiplication Explained
Chatterfang's most potent ability is a replacement effect. Whenever you would create any number of tokens, you create those tokens plus an equal number of 1/1 green Squirrel creature tokens. This applies to every type of token, not just creatures. If you create two Treasure tokens, you also create two Squirrel tokens. If you create a token copy of a creature, you get a Squirrel alongside it. The Squirrels will enter the battlefield with the same instructions as the original tokens; for example, if the original tokens enter tapped, the Squirrels also enter tapped.
Removal and Evasion
Beyond its token synergy, Chatterfang is difficult to block thanks to Forestwalk, which makes it unblockable if the defending player controls a Forest. Additionally, you can pay one black mana and sacrifice X Squirrels to give a target creature +X/-X. This is a versatile tool that can be used to buff your own attackers or, more commonly, to shrink and destroy an opponent's creature by reducing its toughness to zero or less.
Timing and Control
It is important to note that you don't need to be the source of the token creation for Chatterfang to work. As long as a spell or ability results in tokens being created under your control, Chatterfang will trigger. If an effect changes who controls the token before it is created, that takes priority. However, if the token is already designated to enter under your control, Chatterfang will see it and add the Squirrels.
Interaction examples
Chatterfang, Squirrel General
SquirrelIf you use an ability that creates one 1/1 green Squirrel token while Chatterfang, Squirrel General is on the battlefield, the replacement effect modifies the event. Instead of one token, you create the original Squirrel token plus one additional 1/1 green Squirrel token, leaving you with two new Squirrels total.
Solemn SimulacrumImagine your opponent has a creature with 2 toughness that you need to remove. You have Chatterfang, Squirrel General and two Squirrel tokens on the battlefield. You pay one black mana and sacrifice both Squirrel tokens. You target the opponent's creature with the ability, giving it +2/-2. The creature's toughness becomes 0, and it is put into the graveyard.
Sakura-Tribe ElderIf your opponent controls a Forest, Chatterfang, Squirrel General cannot be blocked. You can use Sakura-Tribe Elder to search for a Forest of your own to fix your mana, but Chatterfang only cares if the 'defending player' controls one. As long as they have that Forest, Chatterfang can attack freely every turn.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Chatterfang, Squirrel General
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
You don't need to control the spell or ability that creates the tokens, nor do you have to be the one creating the tokens for Chatterfang's ability to apply. As long as the tokens are being created under your control, Chatterang's replacement effect will apply.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
Chatterfang's second ability applies to all kinds of tokens, including Clue, Food, and Treasure tokens.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
The additional Squirrel tokens won't have any abilities the other tokens were created with. Anything else specified in the effect creating the token (such as tapped, attacking, "That token gains haste," or "Exile that token at end of combat") applies to both the original tokens and the Squirrels.
Card named in this ruling
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
If an effect changes under whose control a token would be created, that effect applies before Chatterfang's effect applies. If an effect changes under whose control a token would enter the battlefield, that effect applies after Chatterfang's effect is able to be applied.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
In a Commander game, the defending player is the player Chatterfang is attacking or the controller of the planeswalker Chatterfang is attacking.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Chatterfang, Squirrel General + Pitiless Plunderer
- 1Activate Chatterfang by paying and sacrificing another Squirrel.
- 2When the Squirrel dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a 1/1 Squirrel creature token and a Treasure token.
- 3Activate a Treasure token by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 4Repeat.
- 5Resolve all Chatterfang abilities, causing any number of target creatures to get +1/-1 until end of turn any number of times.
Warren Soultrader + Zulaport Cutthroat + Chatterfang, Squirrel General
- 1Activate Warren Soultrader by paying 1 life and sacrificing another creature.
- 2When the creature dies, Zulaport Cutthroat triggers, causing you to gain 1 life and each opponent to lose 1 life.
- 3Resolve the Warren Soultrader ability, creating a Treasure token and a 1/1 Squirrel creature token.
- 4Repeat.
Warren Soultrader + Blood Artist + Chatterfang, Squirrel General
- 1Activate Warren Soultrader by paying 1 life and sacrificing another creature.
- 2When the creature dies, Blood Artist triggers, causing you to gain 1 life and an opponent to lose 1 life.
- 3Resolve the Warren Soultrader ability, creating a Treasure token and a 1/1 Squirrel creature token.
- 4Repeat.
Chatterfang, Squirrel General + Warren Soultrader + Academy Manufactor
- 1Activate Warren Soultrader by paying 1 life and sacrificing another creature.
- 2Apply the Academy Manufactor replacement effect then apply Chatterfang's, creating a Treasure token, a Food token, a Clue token and three 1/1 Squirrel creature tokens.
- 3Repeat steps 1 and 2 one additional time.
- 4Activate two Treasure tokens by tapping and sacrificing them, adding
. - 5Activate a Food by paying , tapping and sacrificing it, causing you to gain 3 life.
- 6Repeat.
- 7Once you have an arbitrarily high amount of life, you may repeat the loop without sacrificing Treasure or Food tokens, amassing infinite tokens of each variety.
- 8You may also activate Chatterfang any number of times to reduce any number of creatures' toughness to 0.
Chatterfang, Squirrel General + Warren Soultrader + Peregrin Took
- 1Activate Warren Soultrader by paying 1 life and sacrificing another creature, creating a Treasure token, a Food token and two 1/1 Squirrel creature tokens.
- 2Repeat step 1 one additional time.
- 3Activate the Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
- 4Activate a Food by paying , tapping and sacrificing it, causing you to gain 3 life.
- 5Repeat.
Ygra, Eater of All + Camellia, the Seedmiser + Academy Manufactor + Chatterfang, Squirrel General
- 1Activate Chatterfang by paying and sacrificing a Squirrel.
- 2Because the Squirrel is a Food due to Ygra, when it dies, Camellia and Ygra trigger.
- 3Resolve the Ygra trigger, putting two +1/+1 counters on it.
- 4Resolve the Camellia trigger, creating five 1/1 Squirrel creature tokens, a Food, a Clue and a Treasure token
- 5Resolve the Chatterfang ability.
- 6Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 7Repeat.
Warren Soultrader + Chatterfang, Squirrel General + Bastion of Remembrance
- 1Activate Warren Soultrader by paying 1 life and sacrificing another creature.
- 2When the creature dies, Bastion of Remembrance's second ability triggers, causing you to gain 1 life and each opponent to lose 1 life.
- 3Resolve the Warren Soultrader ability, creating a Treasure token and a 1/1 Squirrel creature token.
- 4Repeat.
Warren Soultrader + Chatterfang, Squirrel General + Nadier's Nightblade
- 1Activate Warren Soultrader by paying 1 life and sacrificing a creature token.
- 2When the creature token dies, Nadier's Nightblade triggers, causing you to gain 1 life and each opponent to lose 1 life.
- 3Resolve the Warren Soultrader ability, creating a Treasure token and a 1/1 Squirrel creature token.
- 4Repeat.
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