I seem to be back in a MtG groove at the moment. It’s been creeping up on me for a little while now.

Wanting to build decks again, finally update existing ones.

I’m even missing playing the game! Not enough to fire up a MacOS machine, and download Arena though. It’s more the playing with friends, attending prereleases sort of thing. The social side. I miss games of Commander.

Earlier in the year Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths hit the shelves of empty FLGS around the world. I said in a post at the time this was a set I was excited about because thematically it fitted in with one or two of my Commander decks. Sadly I wasn’t excited enough to spend time or money going after single cards to strengthen my decks.

But now things have changed.

I’d love a set (singles) of the Godzilla themed cards. But only one or two fit into decks I play. And I can’t currently justify the expense.

There are a couple of cards Shark Typhoon and Shark token that grabbed my attention and imagination from Ikoria. Both have art by Caio Monteiro that I love.

It’s obvious these cards were inspired by the rather cheesy, “low budget”, guest appearance packed, B movie Sharknado series of movies. I am a fan of those movies. They are tacky, cheesy, tongue in cheek. But entertaining, and fun.

And the movies were the first thing that came to mind when I saw the art on the cards.

The art is gorgeous. Caio has done an amazing job here. The sharks look monstrous, the raw power of the weather phenomenon has been captured. It feels threatening and wondrous at the same time. Love it.

Here are the actual cards.

The enchantment Shark Typhoon is so my Simic Horrors from the Deep Commander deck. A deck that has one or two new cards that need fitting in somehow (among them Arcane Signet, the Thriving Lands, modal doubled sided cards that are lands one side, a spell the other, plus others).

Ok most of the time it’s not going to be spamming out big sharks. It should generate something between a 1/1 and a 7/7. With the majority being 3/3’s or 4/4’s. But bodies on the board for blocking don’t hurt. Plus that cycling does allow me to sink mana into it and get a big body on the board.

I so want to play Commander now with this deck (once updated).