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CardName: Larva Cost: B Type: Creature - Zerg Shapeshifter Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Rules Text: {3}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice Larva: Return target Zerg creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Flavour Text: Set/Rarity: Duel Decks Starcraft: Remastered Common

Larva
{b}
 
 C 
Creature – Zerg Shapeshifter
{3}{b}, {t}, Sacrifice Larva: Return target Zerg creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
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Updated on 13 Dec 2018 by jameschanlee

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2012-10-19 02:43:44: jameschanlee edited Larva:

common -> uncommon

2012-10-19 03:44:45: jameschanlee edited Larva:

"a" -> "another", to prevent infinite larvae

2012-10-19 03:45:57: jameschanlee edited Larva:

"another" -> "non-larva"; added larva creature type

2014-08-12 23:07:37: jameschanlee edited Larva

Changed the weird token ability to something more obvious. Not sure if I should limit this to sorcery speed.

2014-08-17 10:13:48: jameschanlee edited Larva:

previously: {4}{g}: ~ becomes a copy of another target Zerg creature you control. (It loses this ability.)

Made into token ability again to trigger ETB abilities and synergy with (((Gamete Meiosis)))

2014-08-19 07:24:06: jameschanlee edited Larva:

fixed creature type -> Shapeshifter

2014-08-20 11:09:17: jameschanlee edited Larva
on 23 Aug 2014 by Passthechips:

While this rendition is pretty good, have you considered maybe making the larvae a tutor for any zerg? Something like, At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put an evolution counter on Larvae T, Sacrifice Larvae: Search your library for a creature card with converted mana cost equal to or less than the amount of evolution counters on Larvae, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle your library.

Thanks, but tutors are very bad for duel decks design. We only have 60 cards per deck to work with (~40 removing basic lands), and we need to keep the player entertained as much as possible.

To do this, we need to squeeze out as much variance from every single card as possible. Some cards in the deck are naturally better than others, and if we make it a tutor, he'll just use the same strategy every single round. (Say fetching a Queen.

2014-08-24 23:40:23: jameschanlee edited Larva:

previously: {4}{g}, {t}, Sacrifice Larva: Put a token that's a copy of target Zerg creature onto the battlefield. Activate this ability only any time you can cast a sorcery.

changed to Zerg Zombify effect. Slightly weaker. The word "token copy" is confusing for newer players and they'll ask about whether auras are copied, p/t temporary bonuses, etc... Here, a fresh permanent is made.

on 25 Aug 2014 by Doombringer:

Probably want this at sorcery speed?

2016-04-19 23:13:38: jameschanlee edited Larva:

fixed mana symbols

2018-10-25 07:35:00: jameschanlee edited Larva:

G -> B

2018-11-09 02:32:54: jameschanlee edited Larva

Flagged for ability being not that good to play. Significantly more powerful as late-game rather than early agme. As a 1/1 totally useless at start, most often held in hand as a Zombify instead of played.

Will change to different implementatipon

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