The Eldrazi titans were immense. The biggest living (well, existing - 'living' might be a stretch) things on the entire plane - I imagine that a blue whale to them would be like holding one of those really tiny bananas they sometimes sell.
I like to think of it more like a person versus a coconut crab. Seems easy enough to defend against until you're getting Earharted.
DAMN, wish I could run this in Ayli, or even in Arcades :’(
You still can - it won't get any benefit from Arcades himself, but it works with Assault Formation and High Alert (and Huatli, Sun's Heart) so it still has a lot going for it.
Damn the colors and art on the bundle promo are amazing, I am absolutely playing that! How can I get that one? Just buy a bundle?
We all know which of my decks this card is slotting into. I love how unique this is. My sea monster deck is turning into a deck of some wonky fun designs that highlight just how alien sea monsters can be which is amazing.
Agree it should have just had straight up Hexproof as a legendary. But it's so neat that this is 4 mana to bring the curve down on that deck a bit while also having a meaningful way of conveying its size and ferocity.
0/17 is such an amusing set of stats with that effect. I love its creature type and art Hits multiple marine creatures types too. Overall a great card I am quite pleased.
FIGURES IT WOULD BE THE LAST ONE IN THE SET THEY'D SPOIL. It's the one I waited for most alongside Jace. Not bad, not bad.
My favorite sea monsters are from Theros and Zendikar
I wish it had better protection. I'm tired of poor man's hexproof. It's a legendary creature, just put it on there. It's not like it's going to break the meta.
I would have accepted the same ability, but equal to its power or the number of islands you have.
I wish it had better protection. I'm tired of poor man's hexproof. It's a legendary creature, just put it on there. It's not like it's going to break the meta.
I would have accepted the same ability, but equal to its power or the number of islands you have.
That’s a pretty unique version of it. Thematic too. The more you’re on his turf, the more difficult to battle.
Going to have to build a Bant version of my GW Assault Formation Toughness deck in Pioneer to work this in. That double blue is going to make it tough.
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Why THE EVER LOVING HELL was Zendikar ever afraid of the Eldrazi when they had THIS THING lying around????
Kiora thought the same thing with Lorthos. May he rest in his many cut up pieces.
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Why THE EVER LOVING HELL was Zendikar ever afraid of the Eldrazi when they had THIS THING lying around????
Kiora thought the same thing with Lorthos. May he rest in his many cut up pieces.
I was really hoping we could get our first Zombie Octopus in this set, with good ol' Lorthos emerging from the depths yet again. Not sure how it fits into Zendikar, but man I would have loved that.
Charix sounds like a red elemental card, how is it a blue crab? What were they smoking when they named him...
Actually, they used the word Cancrix a couple times recently to refer to a crab in mtg, stemming from the ancient greek word for crab.
This is exactly what I thought when I saw the name.
I miss Lorthos. Was kinda hoping to see some Lorthos spawn cards or something here to suggest his babies will carry on the legacy of being a bad ass octo-dad.
Why THE EVER LOVING HELL was Zendikar ever afraid of the Eldrazi when they had THIS THING lying around????
Kiora thought the same thing with Lorthos. May he rest in his many cut up pieces.
I was really hoping we could get our first Zombie Octopus in this set, with good ol' Lorthos emerging from the depths yet again. Not sure how it fits into Zendikar, but man I would have loved that.
Zombies and reanimation magic doesn't seem much of a thing on Zendikar. Vampires are alive and zombies from the plane are from non-blood chiefs trying to turn someone into a vampire, so both I think are "alive".
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Charix sounds like a red elemental card, how is it a blue crab? What were they smoking when they named him...
Actually, they used the word Cancrix a couple times recently to refer to a crab in mtg, stemming from the ancient greek word for crab.
This is exactly what I thought when I saw the name.
I miss Lorthos. Was kinda hoping to see some Lorthos spawn cards or something here to suggest his babies will carry on the legacy of being a bad ass octo-dad.
I think it is now only represented by Tentacle tokens...
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I like to think of it more like a person versus a coconut crab. Seems easy enough to defend against until you're getting Earharted.
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You still can - it won't get any benefit from Arcades himself, but it works with Assault Formation and High Alert (and Huatli, Sun's Heart) so it still has a lot going for it.
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Damn the colors and art on the bundle promo are amazing, I am absolutely playing that! How can I get that one? Just buy a bundle?
We all know which of my decks this card is slotting into. I love how unique this is. My sea monster deck is turning into a deck of some wonky fun designs that highlight just how alien sea monsters can be which is amazing.
Agree it should have just had straight up Hexproof as a legendary. But it's so neat that this is 4 mana to bring the curve down on that deck a bit while also having a meaningful way of conveying its size and ferocity.
0/17 is such an amusing set of stats with that effect. I love its creature type and art Hits multiple marine creatures types too. Overall a great card I am quite pleased.
FIGURES IT WOULD BE THE LAST ONE IN THE SET THEY'D SPOIL. It's the one I waited for most alongside Jace. Not bad, not bad.
My favorite sea monsters are from Theros and Zendikar
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Cards I still want to see created:
|| Olantin, Lost City || Pavios and Thanasis || Choryu ||
I would have accepted the same ability, but equal to its power or the number of islands you have.
|| UW Jace, Vyn's Prodigy UW || UG Kenessos, Priest of Thassa (feat. Arixmethes) UG ||
Cards I still want to see created:
|| Olantin, Lost City || Pavios and Thanasis || Choryu ||
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Kiora thought the same thing with Lorthos. May he rest in his many cut up pieces.
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Actually, they used the word Cancrix a couple times recently to refer to a crab in mtg. https://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancer-basics/history-of-cancer/what-is-cancer.html
Cancer comes from the ancient greek word for crab, which these words all stem from. It's a very apt name for a giant crab.
Actually, they used the word Cancrix a couple times recently to refer to a crab in mtg, stemming from the ancient greek word for crab.
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I was really hoping we could get our first Zombie Octopus in this set, with good ol' Lorthos emerging from the depths yet again. Not sure how it fits into Zendikar, but man I would have loved that.
I miss Lorthos. Was kinda hoping to see some Lorthos spawn cards or something here to suggest his babies will carry on the legacy of being a bad ass octo-dad.
|| UW Jace, Vyn's Prodigy UW || UG Kenessos, Priest of Thassa (feat. Arixmethes) UG ||
Cards I still want to see created:
|| Olantin, Lost City || Pavios and Thanasis || Choryu ||
Zombies and reanimation magic doesn't seem much of a thing on Zendikar. Vampires are alive and zombies from the plane are from non-blood chiefs trying to turn someone into a vampire, so both I think are "alive".
"You can tell how dumb someone is by how they use Mary Sue"