CardName: Phyrexian Gargantua
Cost: 5BB
Type: Creature - Horror
Pow/Tgh: 7/5
Rules Text: Corrupt (Whenever this deals damage to a creature while
attacking, instead gain control of that creature.)
Phyrexian Gargantua can't be the target of spells and
abilities unless their controller sacrifices a creature.
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Set/Rarity: Card Name Reinterpretations None
Phyrexian Gargantua
Creature – Horror
Corrupt (Whenever this deals damage to a creature while attacking, instead gain control of that creature.) Phyrexian Gargantua can't be the target of spells and abilities unless their controller sacrifices a creature.
I mused on a different phyrexia-themed keyword, something similar to infect, but different. I reasoned, phyrexia doesn't just make opponents vanish, it turns them into more of itself.
"gain control" is PROBABLY too much for a keyword. Maybe I should have left this as a stand-alone. But it's actually even more interesting on a small creature, something like undying, but instead of getting back your creature but bigger, you get back what they traded with it.
I limited it to attacking so it didn't lead to stalls with one small corrupt creature holding off all the opponents creatures. (Or, it could be "when this attacks, it gains corrupt" on most but not all corrupt creatures.) That way, it's almost always less powerful than "unblockable" which is strong, but printable and not overly confusing.
Based on Phyrexian Gargantua
I mused on a different phyrexia-themed keyword, something similar to infect, but different. I reasoned, phyrexia doesn't just make opponents vanish, it turns them into more of itself.
"gain control" is PROBABLY too much for a keyword. Maybe I should have left this as a stand-alone. But it's actually even more interesting on a small creature, something like undying, but instead of getting back your creature but bigger, you get back what they traded with it.
I limited it to attacking so it didn't lead to stalls with one small corrupt creature holding off all the opponents creatures. (Or, it could be "when this attacks, it gains corrupt" on most but not all corrupt creatures.) That way, it's almost always less powerful than "unblockable" which is strong, but printable and not overly confusing.