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CardName: Eleiod Marsh Cost: Type: Land Creature - Swamp Nymph Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Rules Text: (Eleiod Marsh isn't a spell, it's affected by summoning sickness, and it has "{T}: Add {B}.") Flavour Text: "Beware you step, for that claimed by the marsh, stays in the marsh evermore." Set/Rarity: Paleolitheka Rare |
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I decided to try my hand at filling out the cycle for Dryad Arbor, in each case I took the name of a type of nymph from Greek Mythology (Dryads were Nymphs associated with Oak trees, there were other types associated with other trees) and their specific locale. As I couldn't call them all Dryads I used the most appropriate creature type for each land type (I think).
Alseids were land nymphs that lived in valleys and glens; Naiads are water nymphs of freshwater lakes and streams, etc (I could've used nereid which is the saltwater equivalent but I like this name); Oreads are Earth nymphs that live in mountains, ravines, and such; Eleoids (real name Eleiomae but I changed it to fit the cycle) are water nymphs that lived in Marshes.
Thoughts? comments?
You vary the creature types except for white and black?
For what it’s worth, magic has chosen to use lampads to accompany Alseids, oreads, naiads, and dryads,and the associated creature type is nymph: http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?sort=color+&action=advanced&output=spoiler&method=visual&subtype=%20%5B%22Nymph%22%5D
—CR
Except Lampads are Nymphs of the Underworld not of Swamps/Marshes. I had used the most appropriate creaqture types in use when these were designed several years ago. I have no Issue with making them all Nymphs. But at least in my sets Nymphs of the Swamp will remain Eleoids. Lampads can still exist in black as well just with a different flavour.
Updated creature type to Nymph