Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle2GU Legendary Creature — Kraken {R}
Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle enters the battlefield tapped with five slumber counters on it.
As long as Arixmethes has a slumber counter on it, it's a land. (It's not a creature.)
Whenever you cast a spell, you may remove a slumber counter from Arixmethes. T: Add GU.
12/12
Just so we're clear, the fact that it's not a creature while it has slumber counters on it means that you can tap it for mana the turn you cast it, right? (Assuming there's not some sort of Torpor Orb effect in play).
Just so we're clear, the fact that it's not a creature while it has slumber counters on it means that you can tap it for mana the turn you cast it, right? (Assuming there's not some sort of Torpor Orb effect in play).
If you can untap it, yes.
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“I once had an entire race killed just to listen to the rattling of their dried bones as I waded through them.” —Volrath
A 12/12 for four which doubles as ramp and isn't too hard on the downside (especially because it can't be destroyed/exiled by anything targeting creatures for as long as it isn't one)? Count me in!
Okay Tiro can't complain for the rest of spoiler season.
What a very flavorful card! Love how he helps you turn him into a turn, pseudo-Amonkhet god.
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Its nice to see a simic commander that doesn't draw cards. Having some ramp in your command zone that eventually will beat someone with Commander damage sounds very cool. Make it unblockable with Thassa for extra flavor points.
It does two things i want, ramps me and gets really fat. Its not uncommon for the deck to cast 2-4 spells per turn so it should be easy to activate. Not a fan of the etb's tapped part.
It also doesnt count as a land etb'ing the turn its first played correct?
Wait, is this in the Bant enchantments deck? Seems like kind of a strange inclusion, but whatevs.
Also, how do effects like Humility affect this thing? If Humility is out when this thing ETBs, then it's just a 1/1 with no counters on it, right? But if this thing is already out when Humility ETBs, then nothing happens to Arixmethes because it's not a creature at that point?
Just so we're clear, the fact that it's not a creature while it has slumber counters on it means that you can tap it for mana the turn you cast it, right? (Assuming there's not some sort of Torpor Orb effect in play).
Torpor Orb doesn't stop it from entering the battlefield tapped and with 5 counters, as it's not a triggered ability.
But yes, as said, it does not have summon sickness, if you can untap it, you can add mana the turn it enters de battlefield!
This card is pretty dang awesome. This kinda wants to be a transforming card, but I understand that double sided cards have special printing complications.
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Just so we're clear, the fact that it's not a creature while it has slumber counters on it means that you can tap it for mana the turn you cast it, right? (Assuming there's not some sort of Torpor Orb effect in play).
Torpor Orb doesn't stop it from entering the battlefield tapped and with 5 counters, as it's not a triggered ability.
But yes, as said, it does not have summon sickness, if you can untap it, you can add mana the turn it enters de battlefield!
You'd need Solemnity in play to get the 12/12 for 4 since it would stop Arixmethes from entering the battlefield with any counters on it. It would still be tapped, though, so it wouldn't be particularly helpful until your next untap step.
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Legendary Creature — Kraken {R}
Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle enters the battlefield tapped with five slumber counters on it.
As long as Arixmethes has a slumber counter on it, it's a land. (It's not a creature.)
Whenever you cast a spell, you may remove a slumber counter from Arixmethes.
T: Add GU.
12/12
“I once had an entire race killed just to listen to the rattling of their dried bones as I waded through them.”
—Volrath
If you can untap it, yes.
“I once had an entire race killed just to listen to the rattling of their dried bones as I waded through them.”
—Volrath
Nath'd
Seriously, this was my first thought when I saw the card
This aint your girlfriends meta! This is a man's meta! TURBO META.
A 12/12 for four which doubles as ramp and isn't too hard on the downside (especially because it can't be destroyed/exiled by anything targeting creatures for as long as it isn't one)? Count me in!
It says cast a spell...so you could go nuts with 0-casting cost cards like Ornithopter and Memnite to make this go off early. Hmm...
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What a very flavorful card! Love how he helps you turn him into a turn, pseudo-Amonkhet god.
"You can tell how dumb someone is by how they use Mary Sue"
Its nice to see a simic commander that doesn't draw cards. Having some ramp in your command zone that eventually will beat someone with Commander damage sounds very cool. Make it unblockable with Thassa for extra flavor points.
Great and interesting card otherwise.
It does two things i want, ramps me and gets really fat. Its not uncommon for the deck to cast 2-4 spells per turn so it should be easy to activate. Not a fan of the etb's tapped part.
It also doesnt count as a land etb'ing the turn its first played correct?
Also, how do effects like Humility affect this thing? If Humility is out when this thing ETBs, then it's just a 1/1 with no counters on it, right? But if this thing is already out when Humility ETBs, then nothing happens to Arixmethes because it's not a creature at that point?
Thats not in the land matters deck because reasons !
Seriously a super interesting card all around, and I'm glad its finally getting its card
Torpor Orb doesn't stop it from entering the battlefield tapped and with 5 counters, as it's not a triggered ability.
But yes, as said, it does not have summon sickness, if you can untap it, you can add mana the turn it enters de battlefield!
Commander: WUBRG Superfriends, GW Rhys Tokens, WUBRG Scion of the Ur-Dragon
Kitchen Table (now that's real Magic): WUBRG Domain, GU Biovisionary, UB Korlash Grandeur, UW Merfolk Mill
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You'd need Solemnity in play to get the 12/12 for 4 since it would stop Arixmethes from entering the battlefield with any counters on it. It would still be tapped, though, so it wouldn't be particularly helpful until your next untap step.
Thought of you, Tiro as soon as I saw this.
But it does trigger landfall!
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Elspeth and Jhoira rock my world.
In before Tiro actually hates this card because it's not exactly what he imagined Arixmethes being.
Are you implying Tiro can be unreasonable? Who would've thought.
“I once had an entire race killed just to listen to the rattling of their dried bones as I waded through them.”
—Volrath