Nezaya, Home to the Inferior
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Posted on Aug. 18, 2020, 7:47 a.m. by seshiro_of_the_orochi
Here's another custom design out of my mind. I'm currently having a thing for turtles, and the release of the first legendary turtle in non-turtle colours really got me thinking about what I want to see from a legendary turtle. This one rather is a generic simic commander, but I like the idea:
Nezaya, Home to the Inferior
Legendary Creature - Turtle
Whenever you cast a creature spell, you may untap up to X lands you control, where X is that spell's converted mana cost.
Creature spells you cast cost 2 more to cast.
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I would've loved to give an actual card for this, but I couldn't find any artwork that seemed fitting.
The idea behind Nezaya is that it is a colossal tortoise that hosts all those puny creatures that have lost their home and protects them, but these creatures also help it in confrontations. Many creatures can pop out of their caves in her shell, but as they are scared and/or traumatized, casting them needs a little more mana than it normally would. The card seems insane in "creature storm" decks, so it has the drawback of making your creatures more expensive. A 3-drop would cost 5, but would only untap three lands. Cards such as Peregrine Drake aside, you can't chain upwards.
What are your thoughts? I'd love me some feedback.
works exceedingly well with any lands that produce more than 1 mana such as the bounce lands or anything that has been granted the ability to produce more mana such as the above mentioned Zendikar Resurgent or for a lower on the curve example, Utopia Sprawl.
as for the flavor i personally don't think the idea you were going for comes across very well. i think if you want to have this card feel like a protector of the meek creatures you might want to give it something that can help keep other critters alive. though i do like the idea of coaxing out small creatures. perhaps something like
as long as ~ is untapped, spells your opponent casts that target creatures you control with CMC 3 or less cost 2 more to cast. T: put a creature with CMC 3 or less from your hand into play.
it's sort of a Callaphe, Beloved of the Sea mixed with Elvish Piper. let me know what you think of this sort of idea.
August 18, 2020 11:44 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #4
aholder7: I just realized I made a (chrono-)logical error in my post:
I came up with that specific set of abilities, and the "backstory" was what I thought would fit the card. I totally understand your reasoning, and I like your concept. I'll definitely consider your input for the update I'll try to do today. Thank you very much for your input.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #2
DeinoStinkus: Thank you for the feedback. I will consider that.
August 18, 2020 12:53 p.m.