Squirreled Away Upgrade Guide

Squirreled Away wants a wide board of Squirrel and Food tokens, then converts that width into damage or life swings. Hazel of the Rootbloom rewards you for making tokens in multiples, so the biggest gains come from token doublers, cheap sacrifice outlets and payoffs that scale with creature count. The stock list makes plenty of tokens but is light on ways to close a game, so prioritise anthems, doublers and a finisher or two.

Curve a token maker into a doubler by turn four, land Hazel by turn five, then use a free sacrifice outlet to convert Food into value each turn. Hold Second Harvest for the turn you plan to swing — doubling a wide board plus an anthem is usually the kill.

• Chatter of the Squirrel

  One-mana token with flashback

  £1
• Second Harvest

  Doubles your entire token board

  £3
• Ashnod's Altar

  Free sacrifice outlet and ramp

  £3
• Skullclamp

  Turns spare 1/1s into cards

  £3

• Parallel Lives

  Token doubler for every trigger

  £8
• Beastmaster Ascension

  Converts a wide board into lethal

  £6
• Cathars' Crusade

  Counters on everything as tokens land

  £12
• Chatterfang, Squirrel General

  Extra Squirrel on every token trigger

  £10

• Doubling Season

  Best-in-class token multiplier

  £45
• Craterhoof Behemoth

  Immediate finisher for a wide board

  £25
• Sylvan Library

  Consistent card selection

  £45
• Seedborn Muse

  Untap for token production every turn

  £20

• Overcosted single-target removal

  Beast Within and Snakeskin Veil do more per mana

• Vanilla Food producers

  Prefer Food makers that also create Squirrels

• Situational combat tricks

  Permanents that grow the board are stronger here

• Tap lands beyond two

  Token curves punish slow mana