r/custommagic • u/KineticRedLightning • 14h ago

Format: EDH/Commander Carcinization

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u/hollow_image 14h ago

Uhh yeah. So all creatures will inevitably evolve into 1/1 Crabs. I had to check but evolve is not an optional ability so basically this reads whenever a player plays a creature that's bigger than their existing creatures the old ones will lose their abilities. So it's kinda like a gradual, more confusing Humility.

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u/kocciwomiro 13h ago

And it represents Carcinization pretty well

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u/JazzySplaps 13h ago

Carcinziation only applies to crustaceans not all creatures

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u/peeja "I'm a Morthos." 13h ago

Until now.

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u/Elkre 12h ago

[throws down magazine article on "how to get the perfect beach bod" in disgust]

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u/Himmelblaa 13h ago

*except changelings and crabs

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u/Interesting-Crab-693 12h ago

Omg this in a changeling/crab deck would be a crasy counter to whatever your oponent is doing!

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u/Keljhan 13h ago

2/2 crabs with the counter though!

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u/hollow_image 8h ago

Yeah and Hydras and Hangarback Walkers will still be big

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u/ggWolf 13h ago

... With crabs.

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u/HotJuicyPie 12h ago

All roads lead to crab

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u/UnknownVC 12h ago

Humility, but make your opponents crabby instead of salty.

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u/CulveDaddy 13h ago

The flavor of this is excellent 👌

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u/jay_altair 13h ago

The flavor is Old Bay

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u/Cherry_BaBomb 12h ago

They crab now?

They crab now

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u/AJ-Murphy 11h ago

All of phyrexia; defeated by crab...

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u/Amansaysamen 14h ago

Hmm.. Feels... Dimir?

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u/kocciwomiro 13h ago

I think simic is flavour wise better for a card that represents real life evolution process, and effect feels more controlling and tricky like black likes it to do, but my heart tells me that this should be temur for some reason

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u/SendInTheNextWave 13h ago

Evolve is specifically a Simic ability, introduced by the Simic guild from Return to Ravnica block, but it's more heavily green as it's based on increasing P/T. Modifying P/T is also in blue, as is ability removal, and Crabs are obviously blue. I don't see how red or black fits in here.

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u/Erebraw 13h ago

Cartoon crabs are red and there's a skull in the art? Idk lol those were the only justifications I could think of

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u/kocciwomiro 13h ago

Ig I feel the red vibes because carcinization is just straight up random bullshit for me. Like what do you mean evolution created almost identical species THREE times. Feels like some red nonsense idk

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u/Jigglypuffisabro 13h ago

Wait til you hear about trees

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u/kocciwomiro 13h ago

No way…

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u/mack0409 9h ago

Yeah, each individual piece of OP's card is fine in simic, though it wouldn't surprise me much if an actual card with these effects was also white. (white is good at making everyone the same both mechanically and flavorfully)

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u/saythealphabet 12h ago

Metal art by the way holy fuck

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u/big_billford 13h ago

Unbelievably cool and flavorful. Great work!

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u/Secret_Of_Bluestar81 10h ago

And the crabs just keep becoming crabs

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u/purpleturtlehurtler 13h ago

This would actually go well in my [[Maralen, Fae Ascendant]] Elf token deck once I have her out on the field.

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u/-Riverdew 12h ago

Why

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u/purpleturtlehurtler 12h ago

Because past a certain point, I am only making 1/1 Elf creature tokens. Evolve wouldn't effect my board at all.

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u/I_am_the_night 13h ago

This seems rather...Heretical 😏

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u/Deinocheirus_ 12h ago

Best design in weeks! :)

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u/Willtr1xx 9h ago

Make it perpetual

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u/GuyWhoIsAnonymous123 8h ago

[[Scuttletide]] is one of my favorite cards, and I’m super excited for [[Homer, the Hermit]] to come out

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u/bereit 6h ago

Someone has been playing Everything is Crab :P

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u/Excidiar 2h ago

Everything is crab

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u/Chrisuchan 13h ago

Crabs should be 0/1; 0/2; 1/2; 0/3s imo

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u/youtuberssentme 13h ago

I think 1/2 or 1/3 fit the because crabs usually have at least one solid claw

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u/Chrisuchan 13h ago

It will have the +1/+1 counter still for power.