---
name: "Bushy Bodyguard"
mana_cost: "{1}{G}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Squirrel Warrior"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Forage", "Offspring"]
set: "BLB"
set_name: "Bloomburrow"
collector_number: "166"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Andrea Piparo"
oracle_id: "5436bb0d-b5c7-43a9-8b3f-67cdc0dd0381"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/bushy-bodyguard-blb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Bushy Bodyguard
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{G}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Squirrel Warrior
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/1
- **Keywords:** Forage, Offspring

## Oracle Text
Offspring {2} (You may pay an additional {2} as you cast this spell. If you do, when this creature enters, create a 1/1 token copy of it.)
When this creature enters, you may forage. If you do, put two +1/+1 counters on it. (To forage, exile three cards from your graveyard or sacrifice a Food.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Tender Wildguide](/printing/tender-wildguide-blb.md) — Creature — Possum Druid
2. [Camellia, the Seedmiser](/printing/camellia-the-seedmiser-blb.md) — Legendary Creature — Squirrel Warlock
3. [Treetop Sentries](/printing/treetop-sentries-blb.md) — Creature — Squirrel Archer
4. [Corpseberry Cultivator](/printing/corpseberry-cultivator-blb.md) — Creature — Squirrel Warlock
5. [Vinereap Mentor](/printing/vinereap-mentor-blb.md) — Creature — Squirrel Druid
6. [Euru, Acorn Scrounger](/printing/euru-acorn-scrounger-yblb.md) — Legendary Creature — Squirrel Soldier

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Bloomburrow (BLB) #166
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Andrea Piparo
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`