No, reaper1001, you cannot use Oran-Rief, the Vastwood to give this guy a counter. Oran-Rief only gives +1/+1 counters to creatures which entered the battlefield. Does Raging Ravine meet the criteria of being a "creature which entered the battlefield this turn?" Unfortunately, no. Raging Ravine is a LAND which entered the battlefield this turn, not a creature. Even if you play Raging Ravine, and then turn him into a creature, Creature-Raging-Ravine did NOT enter the battlefield.
Edit: Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
Oran-Rief's third ability cares about permanents' characteristics at the time the ability resolves, not their characteristics at the time they entered the battlefield. For example, if a blue creature enters the battlefield, then is turned green by a spell or ability, then Oran-Rief's second ability resolves, you'll put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.
Raging Ravine DOES NOT ENTER THE BATTLEFIELD AS A CREATURE. Therefore, Raging Ravine cannot receive a V... (see all)
Posted By:
Arglypuff
(7/26/2010 2:54:32 AM)
Damn I wish I'd been around for Zendikar, the huge land focus seems really awesome. Lands are probably why I'm such an avid green player as well, I love 'em. Raging Ravine? That's definitely something I'm sad to have missed. The other manlands might be stronger, but raging ravine has in my opinion the best art.
Proud warriors go there to prove themselves, desperate thieves on the run mistake it as an opportunity to escape, idiotic travellers think it nonsense and use it as a shortcut and foolish delvers seek the riches lost there. It doesn't really matter why you're here, all you can do now is try to stop the unrelenting flow of rocks, somehow. Yet your survival only makes your fate worse. Desperately attempting to survive, you feel like something's watching you. Mocking you? Controlling the rocks? You can't tell, but it's all you can work with. Then you see it, off the corner of your eye, the elegant head of a dragon in among the rocks, its gaping maw roaring in fury at you. But y... (see all)
Posted By:
HotHit
(7/5/2013 1:27:10 PM)
@DacenOctavio - There are plenty of ways to destroy this little bugger (Lightning Bolt, Doom Blade, etc), but if you manage to let it sit there, unassuming, people will forget about it...until it's too late. I managed to eke out a win at a tourney because of this: I was at ~6 life facing down a Hero of Bladehold and her buddies; I had seen this coming and had kept enough mana open to animate one of my three Ravines (one had attacked the previous turn) to act in just such an occasion. I animated it, blocked the Hero, and squeezed out the win the next turn...all because of a damn land.
Of course, someone else had used Spawning Breath to take out his opponent...but whatever.
Posted By:
Alsebra
(5/10/2011 1:50:52 AM)
world at war
you will have a very large land by the end of your next turn
Posted By:
Arachibutyrophobia
(8/17/2011 1:02:46 PM)
In my play-group people started main-decking Celestial Purge and now I'm sad.
@Alsebra: Yes, yes, that's very true, but I'm the biggest red player in that group, so it's just insulting when my buddy maindecks color hate cards just for me, weakening his plan against the 2 green decks at our table. Especially to accomplish the feat of LD.
Posted By:
DacenOctavio
(10/15/2011 11:53:28 AM)