Back at the start of July you had to endure a post of mine pontificating about plans for a future Commander deck built around big blue creatures such as leviathans, kraken, octopuses, squids etc. A blue version of the green stompy deck basically.

Well I’m still undecided about a Commander for the deck. I don’t really have any candidates yet to consider. So undecided is a bit of an exaggeration, more haven’t a bloody clue.

However I do have a card I want to include in the deck. It’s a fun card that requires the following 3 tokens.

The card I found when it dies creates the 3/3 fish token. Which snowballs up to that 9/9 Kraken token.

So what creature starts off this insane sequence of events?

This is kind of an anti-removal card. It’s not in my opponents interests to board wipe, or remove the creature because it gets replaced by something much bigger. It’s initially a bit like the Raptor Hatchling. A chump blocker that gives me something bigger. Yeah this discourages an opponent attacking too.

I like cards like this, Rekindling Phoenix, the Dragon Egg token, it makes them hard to remove, or punishes your opponents for attacking by making you stronger or giving you some benefit. The only way to stop that dying ability triggering is exile.

Plus I can kick this whole sequence of events off myself. If I have to sacrifice a creature, guess which one it will be? If I have to place a -1/-1 counter, do damage to a creature I control. The target will be this creature if it’s out. Why wouldn’t I? It’s win win for me.

Could this be my Commander?

Would give me access to the green ramp, is fairly cheap, and thematic.