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CardName: Shzizik the Compound Mind Cost: 4GGG Type: Legendary Creature - Insect Pow/Tgh: 7/7 Rules Text: When Shzizik the Compound Mind dies, if it received damage this turn from a source an opponent controls, you control that player's next turn. Flavour Text: Set/Rarity: Mashup: the Gathering Alpha Mythic

Shzizik the Compound Mind
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Legendary Creature – Insect
When Shzizik the Compound Mind dies, if it received damage this turn from a source an opponent controls, you control that player's next turn.
7/7
Updated on 21 May 2014 by jmgariepy

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2012-08-15 04:02:40: jmgariepy created the card Shzizik the Compound Mind
2012-08-15 04:02:56: jmgariepy edited Shzizik the Compound Mind

Random Generator gave me Mindslaver, which made me whistle, then gave me Thousand-legged Kami, which made me smile. I wasn't sure what it would be at first, but I knew that was a good follow up.

I'm unsure of the cost on this one... you kind of want Mythics to be mythical, and that is one powerful effect... but I made sure you can't cheat it. Not unless your idea of cheating this card is to flash it into play in response to attacks, say. I don't like to bring up Primeval Titan, but that was one hell of a 6/6 for 6. Maybe this should cost 7?

A cost of 7 sounds fine. Or you could just give it flash, to make the option you describe more plausible. :)

2012-08-15 09:55:22: jmgariepy edited Shzizik the Compound Mind

It occurs to me, after the fact, that this thing is super-good with recursion. You know, in the same way that Mindslaver decks with recursion are broken. I don't know how I feel about that. I think I just got to live with it.

Well, you do still have to get them to kill it again - but given that you control their turn, that shouldn't be too terrible unless they have no threats on the board.

I'm trying to work out how to really use this Attack with it, obviously. Then... tap a Royal Assassin to pop it yourself, but Gift the assassin to an opponent in response?

I'm also terribly amused by the legend rule's effect here. "I say, shall we swap turns? Why not, old chap."

Thinking more - no, all you do is attack with it. And then they're damned if they do (because you might hold a giant growth) and damned if they don't (because you might be holding a giant growth)

Combine with something to reveal that you do have a giant growth for ultimate zugzwang.

Hahaha. Yes, this is pretty good with Might of Oaks available. And wacky with Bazaar Trader indeed. (Most other Donate effects are sorcery speed, which needs at least another card to work around.)

But eh, it's a lot more effort to recur than Mindslaver, so I don't think it's broken.

To jm: Given we're all sitting here trying to work out ways to use this card; and enjoying doing so; I think you've hit the sweetspot here.

Is this green?

Heh. Gaining control of opponent's turns is probably black, if we're to listen to Soren. That being said, they haven't given it isn't locked in any one color yet... it's kind of artifact-y right now. I think the flavor of some insectile creature invading your thought processes and turning you, temporarily into one of their hive comes through in green, and so doesn't the 'kill my big creature, and I'm going to punish you'. But, honestly? The effect is probably blue or black.

For what it's worth, I would like to see it be a green ability. Blue gets all the fun toys, and the tricky stuff. I can see this as green's attempt to say "I'm done playing games, and I'm just going to force you to do things my way for a little while".

2014-05-21 02:00:47: jmgariepy edited Shzizik the Compound Mind

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