A Spread of Rampant Green

Spirit Overview — Framing

Green is the multi-tasker — built to affect 3+ lands every turn rather than clear one. Phantaskippy:

You can frequently deal with 3 or more lands every turn… when that is done well, Green is one of the most effective spirits at contributing to a victory.

Wiki-printed playstyle note:

Multi-land support via Choke the Land with Green (sacrifice presence to cancel a Ravage or Build at a sacred site) + element-greedy innates.

Identity in one line: blight control + multi-land juggling, not direct clearing.

Complexity signal: Moderate. Per-turn decision load is high (which land to choke, which Ravages to eat, which Minors to draft) but mechanics are clean.

Starting Setup

Put 2 Presence on your starting board: 1 in the highest-numbered Wetland, and 1 in the Jungle without any Dahan. (If there is more than 1 such Jungle, you may choose.)

Growth Options (growthtype: “many” — pick multiple per turn)

Presence Tracks

• Energy track (7 slots): energy0 → energy1 → plant → energy2 → energy2 → plant → energy3
• Card-play track (6 slots): card1 → card1 → card2 → card2 → card3 → card4

Starting income: 0 Energy, 1 Card Play.

Core Mechanics & Special Rules

Special Rule: Choke the Land with Green

Whenever Invaders would Ravage or Build in a land with your Sacred Site, you may prevent it by destroying one of your Presence in that land.

The signature rule: sacrifice 1 Presence → cancel 1 Ravage or Build at a sacred site.

Special Rule: Steady Regeneration

When adding Presence to the board via Growth, you may optionally use your destroyed Presence. If the island is Healthy, do so freely. If the island is Blighted, do so at an Energy cost.

Destroyed Presence recoverable at Growth. Green’s Choke economy only works because of this loop.

Innate: Creepers Tear Into Mortar

• Speed: Slow · Range: 0 · Target: Any

Level	Thresholds	Effect
1	1 Moon + 2 Plant	1 Damage to 1 Town / City.
2	2 Moon + 3 Plant	Repeat this Power.
3	3 Moon + 4 Plant	Repeat this Power again.

Innate: All-Enveloping Green

• Speed: Fast · Range: 1 · Target: Any

Level	Thresholds	Effect
1	1 Water + 3 Plant	Defend 2.
2	2 Water + 4 Plant	Instead, Defend 4.
3	3 Water + 1 Earth + 5 Plant	Also, remove 1 Blight.

Unique Cards (all 4, Wiki-verified)

Fields Choked with Growth

• 0 Energy · Slow · Range 1 · Any Land · Sun, Water, Plant
• Push 1 Town. OR Push 3 Dahan.

0-cost push. Dahan push sets up counterattacks.

Gift of Proliferation

• 1 Energy · Fast · No Range · Another Spirit · Moon, Plant
• Target Spirit adds 1 Presence up to 1 Range from their Presence.

Ally-presence gift. Accelerates slow-ramping partners — Keeper is canonical target.

Overgrow in a Night

• 2 Energy · Fast · Range 1 · Any Land · Moon, Plant
• Add 1 Presence. OR If target land has your Presence and Invaders, 3 Fear.

Fast presence-add — combined with Choke’s destroy-to-cancel, this is a cycle engine.

Stem the Flow of Fresh Water

• 0 Energy · Slow · Range 1 from Sacred Site · Any Land · Water, Plant
• 1 Damage to 1 Town/City. If target land is a Mountain or Sands, instead, 1 Damage to each Town/City.

0-cost Town-damage + Mountain/Sands AOE clause.

Key Strategic Principles

1. Minor-first, elements-first. Phantaskippy priority:
   1. Gift of Power / Growth Through Sacrifice (0-cost, all elements)
   2. Moon+Water (both innates)
   3. Moon+Plant (Creepers)
   4. Water+Plant (All-Enveloping)
   5. Damage adders
   6. Explorer-destroyers (weakest gap)
2. Multi-task, don’t clear. 3+ lands per turn is the win condition.
3. Never Choke a land that needs other Powers. Phantaskippy: “Never use Choke the Land on a land that will require you to then use other powers to keep it from Blighting.”
4. Clear tracks before placing destroyed Presence. Late-game flex only.
5. Green + Lightning T1 combo is the canonical “devastating start.”

Possible Openings

Shared starting state

• 2 Presence on starting Wetland + Jungle.
• 4 Uniques in hand: Fields Choked with Growth (0E Slow, Sun/Water/Plant), Gift of Proliferation (1E Fast, Moon/Plant), Overgrow in a Night (2E Fast, Moon/Plant), Stem the Flow of Fresh Water (0E Slow, Water/Plant).
• Starting income: 0 Energy, 1 Card Play.

Opening A — Phantaskippy’s canonical 🟨 (default)

T1 · Growth: G2 (top + bottom + Always).

• Place 1 from top (uncover +1 Energy).
• Place 1 from bottom (progress toward 2 plays sustained).
• Plus “Always” presence.

T1 · Play (0E + G2 energy; 2 CP via track): Gift of Proliferation + Stem the Flow of Fresh Water.

• Stem + Creepers L1 = destroy a Town.

T2 · Growth: G3 (+3 energy, +1 Minor, +1 Presence).

T2 · Play: Overgrow in a Night (place presence; uncover free Plant → All-Enveloping L1 Defend 2), then Fields Choked with Growth (push 1 Town or 3 Dahan).

• Phantaskippy: “That’s 6 presence on the map before the invaders ravage.”
• Choke a Ravage if geometry demands.

T2 variant: If T2 Minor has Plant+Moon+Water (Gift of Power, Elemental Boon, Growth through Sacrifice), play it instead of Fields to hit Creepers L2 — destroys a Town without combo.

T3 · Growth: G2 Reclaim All. Pick up everything for T4 re-deploy.

T4 target: 2 CP sustained, 6+ presence, comfortable with one Choke per round without panic. Major-power pivot via G4 (+3 Energy).

Opening Decision

• Default Opening A — Phantaskippy canonical, works across matchups.
• + Lightning T1 combo: Gift to Lightning + Stem; Lightning plays Lightning’s Boon on you + Shatter Homesteads. Both back-Towns destroyed T1.

Card Priority Ratings

Uniques — Green-specific ranking

1. Gift of Proliferation — ally amplifier.
2. Overgrow in a Night — Fast Presence-add = Choke-cycle engine.
3. Stem the Flow of Fresh Water — 0-cost Town-damage.
4. Fields Choked with Growth — 0-cost push.

Top 10 Minor Draft Picks (Moon+Plant, Water+Plant)

Top 5 Major Draft Picks

Cards to Avoid

Adversary Matchup Matrix

Board / Map Configuration

Green shines on maps where one “juggled” land can be safely let-go. Land 2 (coast) is Phantaskippy’s default juggle target.

Game-Phase Strategy

Early (T1–3)

• G2 + G3 cadence. Overgrow + Stem + Fields.
• Creepers L1 T1 via Stem.

Mid (T4–6)

• 2 CP sustained; Creepers L2 (Repeat) reliable.
• All-Enveloping L2 (2 Water + 4 Plant) Defend 4.

Late (T7+)

• Creepers L3 (Repeat-again).
• All-Enveloping L3 Defend + Blight-remove.

Synergy Partners (Multiplayer)

• Lightning’s Swift Strike — Phantaskippy’s canonical T1 combo.
• Keeper of the Forbidden Wilds — Gift of Proliferation accelerates Keeper’s slow ramp.
• Shadows — push + damage combo.
• Explorer-destroyers (Lightning, Sharp Fangs) — cover Green’s worst gap.

Common Mistakes

Tempo Profile

Source Notes

• Mechanics: data/references/wiki/a-spread-of-rampant-green.json (Wiki-parsed 2026-04-23).
• Primary strategy: Phantaskippy’s Wiki Guide.
• BGG openings: thread 1965751.