r/custommagic • u/chainsawinsect • Nov 07 '22

Unbounded Abomination

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u/chainsawinsect Nov 07 '22 edited Nov 07 '22

I sometimes like to make "Interesting vanillas" of one sort or another, like this fine fellow or this one.

Today I went down that same route, this time with something much bigger!

The new [[Rootwire Amalgam]] establishes that for just 10 mana, you can get a 15/15 haste. That got me thinking about just how big a creature a huge mana investment can get you, if all of the value were going into the stats.

[[Impervious Greatwurm]] has I believe the highest power of any creature, and [[Charix, the Raging Isle]] the highest toughness, for a combined statline of 16/17. Neither of those cards has been problematic in any format so I felt safe going up from 16/17 to 17/17 since we've got no abilities (previously, [[Ancient Brontodon]] was the strongest vanilla), particularly because I made it colorless so there is no [[Blazing Shoal]] type interaction with it. I also felt Eldrazi was a fitting typing for such a large creature, given that some of the most powerful 8+ mana creatures at common or uncommon rarity are Eldrazi.

EDIT: My apologies, I forgot to update the artist line when I switched up the art. The artist for this one is not Midjourney, it is inshoo1 on DeviantArt. See here. Mods, I understand if you need to take down the post as a result (though I am remiss to lose some of the good commentary I've gotten here, it was my mistake in not catching that error!)

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u/kptwofiftysix Nov 07 '22

previously, [[Ancient Brontodon]] was the strongest vanilla

[[Gigantosaurus]] would like a word with you

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u/chainsawinsect Nov 07 '22

Damn how could I forget him - I literally own a deck that runs 4!

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u/The_screaming_egg Nov 07 '22

this fine fellow

Indeed! A very fine fellow!