A standout from Avatar's cutest collectible cards proves to be a formidable small force.

Magic: The Gathering’s Avatar crossover set isn't set to get a wider release before the end of the week, but following prerelease weekends this past weekend, one cheap green card saw a sharp rise in price.

Throughout the spoiler season, this small creature drew widespread focus. A 2/2 that costs one green and one colorless mana, it includes level 1 earthbending (arguably the strongest within the set’s four “bending” mechanics). Its key advantage with this card comes from another power: Whenever a creature is tapped to produce mana, you gain one extra green mana.

Initially, the card sold below $30. After the pre-release weekend, yet, the going rate jumped to nearly $50 and one seller offering for sale at $60.00. Why are we seeing Vivi prices for this little creature? Primarily because of the rapid resource generation it provides.

Upon entering play, this creature converts a land so it becomes a creature that has earthbending. Alongside its mana-doubling effect, while it stays in play, those lands yields two mana instead of one — in addition to mana-producing creatures on your side that produce resources.

The obvious go-to to combine with includes Llanowar Elves, a low-cost creature which can be tapped for G mana. However many alternative mana dorks out there. Druid of the Cowl is a more expensive alternative that’s a 1/3 at a two-mana value instead.

Using land cards, mana-producing creatures, and Badgermole Cub, you may quickly play an enormous and very expensive threat on the battlefield early in the game. And things just keep spiraling out of control by maintaining dominance after that.

By incorporating another color with this approach, cards like these mana-fixing creatures are all great options that generate any mana color. And something like Dryad of the Ilysian Grove lets you play an additional land per turn plus makes your entire land base providing all land types. You can also consider such as this six-mana enchantment, costing six mana gives each permanent you control the capacity to be tapped for one mana of any color — which covers any creature you have on the board.

The cub might seem overpowered regarding ramping up your mana generation, yet what closes out the game with this archetype? A common and powerful choice has been Ashaya, Soul of the Wild. Its power and toughness are set by your land count, plus it turns your non-token creatures into Forests as well as other subtypes. In other words, all your creatures you control is able to generate two green mana by tapping.

Another creature provides a high-cost, powerful body that benefits from many terrain cards (similar to Ashaya, its stats are equal to how many lands you have).

This Planeswalker works perfectly as a staple. Her passive ability makes Forest lands generate an additional green mana. (Combined with earthbend, this results in each one generate three green mana.) Her main ability is essentially an early earthbend, putting +1/+1 counters on a land, handy though it doesn't stack with earthbending. Her ultimate, however, grants each land you control indestructible and lets you put onto the battlefield your remaining Forests from your library. Once you trigger that ability, it almost certainly game over.

This card is pretty much essential in any green-based Avatar strategies focusing on earthbend. By including Gruul colors, consider Bumi Unleashed. He has level 4 earthbending, plus if he deals combat damage to an opponent, land creatures untap for another attack. Even though Bumi is a popular Commander choice, the cute little Badgermole Cub will surely stay one of, if not the most sought-after card in the collaboration.