Tsarrikh, Scourge of Ifnir
Custom Cards forum
Posted on Oct. 7, 2023, 11:57 p.m. by TypicalTimmy
I issued a challenge to make a Scorpion Hydra that regrows tails and claws, not heads. zandl fulfilled the challenge and griffstick brought the design to life.
It's simply too awesome to not share. :) Please thank them both of you love it, too.
Aw, shucks; thanks. I was just pinching a loaf at work when it came to me.
October 8, 2023 12:55 a.m.
I always enjoy a good Scorpion, and this one is a thing of beauty. Good work!
October 8, 2023 1:47 a.m.
Gidgetimer says... #6
I saw this in the custom card thread when it was first posted. My first reaction was that it was a cool design and that it would fit in a Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons deck if not for that red pip. After a few seconds of thought I got incredibly sad that this is design space that can not be explored because there are three cards that make 1/1 creatures every time you place a -1/-1 counter
October 8, 2023 1:49 a.m.
Maybe Hapatra goes into this deck ;)
Obviously this is a combo card, and I wanted it to be. It symbolizes the infinitely chaotic and interminable nature of hydras in mythology.
October 8, 2023 10:24 a.m.
Gidgetimer says... #8
Oh yeah, Hapatra defiantly goes in this deck.
It is obviously a combo card, the problem is that it fills that role a bit too well. With Haptra it is 5MV and both pieces are tutorable by creature tutors as well as black tutors. With Nest of Scarabs it is at least 6 MV and nest can only be found with the black tutors in a Jund deck, but that is still stronger than WotC normally likes for cards designed for combo potential. If Amonket had never happened and Flourishing Defenses were the only token generator on placing -1/-1 counters I could see this card's design space being explored. Then you are at 8 MV and one piece is only hit by black tutors in the color identity of the creature.
I like the flavor and the design, which is a rare thing from me. I am just sad that it interacts too well to ever be officially printed. At least without nerfing the last 2 abilities by making them only affect opponent's creatures or some such.
October 8, 2023 1:08 p.m.
That's fair. In a vacuum (which is how I designed it) it is neat and strong, but obviously it's pretty busterino. Nerfing it to only hit opp's creatures would probably be what it needs to make it to paper.
October 8, 2023 1:39 p.m.
griffstick says... #10
This is what the nerfed version would look like.
October 8, 2023 4:06 p.m. Edited.
I dig it nice work guys. And griffstick some of those alters are dope
October 10, 2023 10:17 p.m.
FormOverFunction says... #13
Matches up nicely to his lord and savior The Scorpion God. Nice! This does remind me, though, of the good old days when you could have both +1/+1 and -1/-1 counters on a creature. Sad.
October 11, 2023 4:44 p.m.
FormOverFunction says... #14
I was just revisiting this thread, as that card and art is pretty great, and I remembered that one of my other FAVORITE enchantments would fit as well: Blowfly Infestation.
griffstick says... #2
Thank you for the kind words. I also do altars. Check out all my altars on my profile
Or the click the link
October 8, 2023 12:19 a.m. Edited.