Brushwagg

Brushwagg is a green creature type that was first used in black border for the card <c>Brushwagg</c> in Mirage. 
==Description==
A Brushwagg is an animal of varying size, which looks like a heap of animated kindling. Its body is covered in twigs which make a characteristic noise when it moves. 
===History===
The subtype survived the Grand Creature Type Update. <c>Almighty Brushwagg</c> would much later be printed in Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths. 
Another Brushwagg appeared as a test card in the Mystery Booster set (<c>Interplanar Brushwagg</c>).
A creature type was needed to be excluded to prevent the Unfinity card from giving Changelings a one-hit-kill spell; for maximum comedy, Mark Rosewater suggested Brushwagg. In 2024, additional Brushwaggs were added with Outlaws of Thunder Junction and Modern Horizons 3.
==Storyline==
===Dominaria===
The brushwaggs near the Mtenda Plains in Jamuraa are large animals, nearly large enough to fill a room in a hut. They are harmless creatures that eat flowers and banyan shoots, as well as briarbugs (which also plague them). When threatened, they ball up inside their brambles to roll away when threatened by predators, such as goats.Wolfgang Baur, Kij Johnson, Michael G. Ryan, Mike Selinker, and Teeuwynn (1997). Mirage: Oasis. "Fola's Story". "Hard Feelings". Archived on 1 May 1997.
====Relationship to humans====
Valued for their pacifism and literacy, brushwaggs are happily employed by humans as messengers. A brushwagg pawing a message in the dirt is considered a friendly greeting from that message's sender. While able to scrawl entire messages of considerable length, the effectiveness of their writing is severely limited by poor spelling and primitive articulation of thoughts, as shown in the following communication from a brushwagg to Fola:Wolfgang Baur, Kij Johnson, Michael G. Ryan, Mike Selinker, and Teeuwynn (1997). Mirage: Oasis. "Fola's Story". "Too Stupid for Civility". Archived on 1 May 1997.
===Ikoria===
Odd little brushwaggs are also found on Ikoria. The small but tough hedgehog-like creatures are usually given a wide berth by bigger monsters. It's able to grow huge and mighty but spends most of its time as small as a hedgehog.
===Thunder Junction===
On Thunder Junction, brushwaggs can be found masquerading as tumbleweed.
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