Homarid Spawning Tides

Legacy Tribal

Obake

Creature (16)

• 4x Deep Spawn
• 4x Homarid
• 4x Viscerid Deepwalker
• 4x Viscerid Drone

Land (23)

• 11x Island
• 4x Lonely Sandbar
• 4x Underground Sea
• 4x Watery Grave

Enchantment (8)

• 2x Crab Umbra
• 2x Homarid Spawning Bed
• 4x Tidal Influence

Instant (10)

• 4x Counterspell
• 2x Dig Through Time
• 4x Mana Leak

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Distant Melody

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Entry for Obscure Tribe Challenge 2: Electric Boogaloo

I actually wanted to really build a Homarid deck at one point. Now I've got a reason to go back to that, using 4 of the 6 Homarids ever printed. They have no support (as in things specifically affecting Homarids), and only a few flavor tie-ins.

Basically, I want to use counterspells to protect myself early, get some Homarids out and hopefully protect them with counterspells, then line up 1 or more Tidal Influence and attack. So, on to the deck:

Land

• 11 Island: The deck is blue.
• 4 Lonely Sandbar : Built-in way to get rid of extra land.
• 4 Underground Sea : There is no black, this is in purely for the purpose of sacrificing to Viscerid Drone.
• 4 Watery Grave: Same as Underground Sea.

Creature

• 4 Deep Spawn : The big bad Homarid. Big, tramples, and hard to kill with his ability.
• 4 Viscerid Deepwalker: The other big threat, with his ability to pump himself.
• 4 Homarid : A middling creature that grows and shrinks.
• 4 Viscerid Drone : Small, low-cost creature that kills other creatures. This is my only removal.

Enchantment

• 4 Tidal Influence : I'm sure there are better Anthem effects I could be using, but I thought it'd be more fun to play on the Homarid's growing and shrinking based on turns. You want to line these up so they all have the same number of counters, and ideally line them up with any Homarid's in play as well.
• 2 Crab Umbra : Gives me a way to get around the "Doesn't untap" clause on Deep Spawn's ability, or I can put it on Viscerid Drone for extra removal in a pinch. Plus, Homarids are pretty crablike.
• 2 Homarid Spawning Bed : Makes tokens to either sac to a Viscerid Drone, or just to have more bodies getting Tidal Influence buffs.

Instant

• 4 Counterspell: This is blue, blue plays counterspells.
• 4 Mana Leak: And I would like to protect my creatures.
• 2 Dig Through Time: Blue also draws cards. This one has delve, which plays well with Deep Spawn's self-milling - assuming that is ever relevant considering Deep Spawn's 8 mana cost.
• 3 Distant Melody: More card drawing, this one being a tribal card.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is not Legacy legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 15 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	3.62
Tokens	1/1 U Creature Camarid
Folders	For Fun, Pauper Tribe