One of the Avatar-themed cutest collectible cards proves to be a powerful little powerhouse.

Magic: The Gathering’s collaboration with Avatar won’t get a wider release in the coming days, however after pre-releases over the last few days, one cheap green card has already exploded in value.

From the initial reveals, this small creature garnered a lot of attention. This two-power, two-toughness requiring one green and one colorless mana, Badgermole Cub features Earthbending 1 (arguably the strongest among the elemental mechanics available). The major perk with this card comes from another power: Whenever mana is generated by tapping a creature, add an additional green mana.

Initially, this card sold for $26.98. Post-prerelease, however, the market price jumped above $45 and one seller offering priced at sixty dollars. The reason for Vivi prices on this adorable card? Mainly because of the rapid resource generation it provides.

Upon entering play, the cub transforms a terrain card to a creature land with earthbend. And with that second ability, if it is not removed, each affected land generates double mana — in addition to other creatures you have that generate mana.

An ideal partner for synergy includes Llanowar Elves, a low-cost creature which can be tapped for G mana. But there are plenty of alternative mana dorks available. Another option is a more expensive alternative a 1/3 creature for two mana in comparison.

Using land cards, creatures that tap for mana, and Badgermole Cub, it's simple to summon a massive high-cost creature on the battlefield within a few turns. And things just keep spiraling out of control by maintaining dominance from that point.

If you dip into another color using this method, options such as versatile mana producers are all great options which produce any mana color. Another card, this powerful dryad lets you play an additional land every round plus makes all of your lands into every basic land type. Another possibility is something like this six-mana enchantment, which for six mana grants all of your permanents the power to be tapped for one mana of any color — even any creature in play.

The cub could be too strong regarding accelerating your resources, however what closes out the game in such a strategy? An often-seen solution has been Ashaya, Soul of the Wild. Its power and toughness are both equal to the number of lands you control, plus it turns each creature you own Forests as well as their other types. In other words, all your creatures in play can tap for two G if used for mana.

Another creature provides a high-cost, powerful body which gains from a high land count (similar to Ashaya, its stats are based on how many lands you have).

This Planeswalker fits really well as a go-to Planeswalker. One of her abilities allows every Forest tap for one more G. (If you have the cub, so all earthbend forests generate three green mana.) Her main ability acts as a proto-earthbend, placing counters on terrain, handy but does not overlap with earthbending. The minus ability, on the other hand, makes your entire land base unbreakable and lets you put onto the battlefield your remaining Forests from your library. Should you manage to use this power, this typically means the game ends.

Badgermole Cub is nearly mandatory in any green Avatar deck that use Earthbending. By including red and green, consider this legendary card. This card features level 4 earthbending, and if it hits a player to an opponent, all land creatures become untapped and may attack once more. While that version is a popular Commander choice, this small creature is set to be one of the most, maybe the sought-after card in the Avatar set.