Hey guys. I'm trying to make a deck based off of Zerg from Brood War, and was hoping you could point out any cards I may have missed that fit either the flavor or strategy (that is, the strategy of Zerg in the actual game). I was looking mainly at creatures so maybe there's non-creature cards that somehow reflect some flavor/strategy. There's some inevitable crossing over into saproling/sliver/eldrazi territory, and some things that don't fit the flavor but fit the strategy (e.g. dragons = mutalisks).
I have given pretty much zero thought to the playability of the deck. It's just for fun It'd be nice if didn't suck, but then again it's five-color...
So yeah. I couldn't find much for lurkers. I want creatures that either surprise the opponent offensively (flash/morph) and/or are strong defense. The dragons/specters pretty much reflect what mutalisks do (disrupt/destroy lands or small creatures), but I wish there was a better flavor match.
Besides that, there's all the extra stuff like the eldrazi/saproling token creators, which kind of work if you assume the tokens are zerglings to be sacrificed for various purposes, or larva for Aven Mimeomancer to turn into mutalisks or otherwise get pumped up (i.e. morphed into something).
I don't have much representing creep or defensive buildings. Oh yeah, and the Duress and Dark Hatchling have to be from KTK and Urza's Saga, respectively, to look like mutalisks Although that other Dark Hatchling looks like a scourge...
I am a bit confused about the random Avens. I get that they fly, but their aesthetic seems super off.
I feel as well that focusing on a specific tribe like Eldrazi or Insect will help keep the deck focused and give it a bit more oomph, but that could be up to you.
I made my brother an alternate art for his Sliver Queen deck of a Queen from the StarCrafts epsodes. I then made a handful of sliver tokes as Zerglings.
I am a bit confused about the random Avens. I get that they fly, but their aesthetic seems super off.
I feel as well that focusing on a specific tribe like Eldrazi or Insect will help keep the deck focused and give it a bit more oomph, but that could be up to you.
Yeah, the Avens definitely don't fit flavor-wise. I could drop the Aerie Mystics because Dolmen Gate is a more accurate reflection of Dark Swarm (and neither fit the flavor, sadly). However, Aven Mimeomancer is a perfect representation of hatching a bunch of mutalisks, because 3/1 is like, exactly what I'd imagine a mutalisk to be.
I made my brother an alternate art for his Sliver Queen deck of a Queen from the StarCrafts epsodes. I then made a handful of sliver tokes as Zerglings.
I'll try and get a pic for you later.
Sounds awesome!!
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I have given pretty much zero thought to the playability of the deck. It's just for fun It'd be nice if didn't suck, but then again it's five-color...
1x Utopia Mycon
1x ant queen
1x orochi hatchery
1x sliver hive
DRONES
1x loam larva
1x gemhide sliver
1x manaweft sliver
1x zoetic cavern
ZERGLINGS
1x hive stirrings
1x blisterpod
1x tukatongue thallid
1x cautery sliver
1x sidewinder sliver
1x frenzy sliver
1x homing sliver
1x mnemonic sliver
HYDRALISKS
1x managorger hydra
1x spined fluke
1x ulasht, the hate seed
1x feral hydra
LURKERS
1x lurker
1x nantuko vigilante
1x briarhorn
1x mana skimmer
1x dark hatchling
1x spire monitor
1x aven mimeomancer
1x liliana's specter
1x blizzard specter
1x phyrexian debaser
1x steel hellkite
1x numot, the devestator
1x forgestoker dragon
1x siege dragon
1x ojutai, soul of winter
1x bogardan hellkite
1x duress
LARVA/EGGS
1x deadly grub
1x ludevic's test subject
DEFILER
1x consuming vapors
1x culling the weak
1x dolmen gate
1x aerie mystics
QUEEN
1x corpsehatch
1x ensnare
1x vile redeemer
1x brood butcher
1x mycoloth
1x ghave, guru of spores
1x living hive
1x mycoloth
1x bone splinters
1x saproling symbiosis
1x collective unconscious
1x tromp the domains
1x death cloud
1x altar's reap
1x soulblast
1x hivestone
1x fecundity
1x evolution vat
1x attrition
1x mutavault
1x blighted steppe
COMMANDER
1x sliver queen
So yeah. I couldn't find much for lurkers. I want creatures that either surprise the opponent offensively (flash/morph) and/or are strong defense. The dragons/specters pretty much reflect what mutalisks do (disrupt/destroy lands or small creatures), but I wish there was a better flavor match.
Besides that, there's all the extra stuff like the eldrazi/saproling token creators, which kind of work if you assume the tokens are zerglings to be sacrificed for various purposes, or larva for Aven Mimeomancer to turn into mutalisks or otherwise get pumped up (i.e. morphed into something).
I don't have much representing creep or defensive buildings. Oh yeah, and the Duress and Dark Hatchling have to be from KTK and Urza's Saga, respectively, to look like mutalisks Although that other Dark Hatchling looks like a scourge...
Did I miss anything?
Also Aceticisim would fit the theme.
Ludevic's Test Subject is my ultra.
Asceticism looks good, thanks!
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I feel as well that focusing on a specific tribe like Eldrazi or Insect will help keep the deck focused and give it a bit more oomph, but that could be up to you.
I'll try and get a pic for you later.
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Yeah, the Avens definitely don't fit flavor-wise. I could drop the Aerie Mystics because Dolmen Gate is a more accurate reflection of Dark Swarm (and neither fit the flavor, sadly). However, Aven Mimeomancer is a perfect representation of hatching a bunch of mutalisks, because 3/1 is like, exactly what I'd imagine a mutalisk to be.
Good call on Urborg
Sounds awesome!!