Rottenmouth Viper, on the other hand, is exceedingly strong in any black deck even when cast at 6 mana, but squirrels ability to dump out Food tokens onto the battlefield early makes it castable at 4 or 5 mana most games, making it an early must-answer threat that will dominate the game
As for this particular variant being so expensive
These cards are printed as if they were a card from an old set, using the same art, card frame, text, and set symbol
It's got the 'snake heads branch off a snake body' model, but instead of snake or dinosaur heads, the Balduvian Hydra's multiple heads look like
If youre on an aggro plan, you might consider the efficiency of White Orchid Phantom as an early disruptor that can turn a powerful land into an innocuous basic land, making it one of my favorite newer cards