| Name | Grandmother Willow - Ancient Advisor  |
|---|---|
| Type | Character storyborn mentor |
| Description | [Smooth the Way] Once during your turn, you pay 1 Ink less for the next character you play this turn. |
| Flavor | "I haven't had this much excitement in 200 years." |
| Set | Winterspell #206 |
| Wallpaper |  download |
| Image |  download |
Grandmother Willow - Ancient Advisor, Character storyborn mentor, designed by None first released in Feb, 2026 in the set Winterspell and was printed exactly in 2 different ways. It see play in 1 formats: Casual.
Grandmother Willow – Ancient Advisor fits best in Amber-based decks that aim to play multiple characters in a turn and snowball board presence, such as Amber/Steel or Amber/Amethyst midrange and song-focused builds that value cost efficiency and tempo; her once-per-turn 1 Ink discount helps smooth early turns and enables slightly stronger development curves, especially in decks with many 3–5 cost characters. However, she competes with stronger 2-cost Amber plays like Lantern (item-based ramp that can generate more consistent long-term Ink savings) and powerful early characters that provide immediate board impact or synergy (e.g., Stitch variants in swarm builds or other value-generating 2-drops depending on the format), which often makes her effect feel incremental rather than game-defining. As a result, she’s playable in budget or synergy-focused Amber decks that want redundant cost reduction, but in optimized competitive lists she is usually outclassed by more impactful ramp or tempo
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