Like a lot of names I'm coming up with, assume this is just there to capture the flavor rather than to be a good name.

Want the cruelty & self-interest of the Cephalids to be demonstrated by the cards, and this I feel captures that well. Also I like the idea of the second set making Zombies a more important race and that can be foreshadowed quite nicely with this set.

I guess swampwalk and regeneration do a bad job at demonstrating cruelty but I think some details pages or other info on flavor will do better there. Also I struggle with imagining mono-black Cephalids bug again more input will help here.

This also oddly seems strictly better than Drudge Skeletons. Not that those were the best card ever but just sayin ;)

Yeah you're right, this doesn't fully get the idea across. Will work on making it more evocative, thanks.

The idea is that the Cephalids are starting to experiment with their extraction technology on their own people. Being a BU race, I've kind of envisioned them as being ruthlessly scientific and egotistical ("Greatness, at any cost" and all that), to the point where they lack empathy for their peers and so they can perform these actions without guilt.

I agree that shifting them into black feels a bit weird at first, but I think it makes a lot of sense. And when you consider that there's very few Cephalid cards out there I think there's a lot of scope for reimagination.

sure, it CIPT, but this is a very powerful card. a higher regeneration cost or lower p/t.

there we go, bumped the regen cost