Terror Tide - Extended Art (LCI)

Terror Tide

Casting Cost: {2} {b} {b}

Card type: Sorcery

Artist: Brock Grossman

Card Text:

• Fathomless Descent -All creatures get -x/-x until end of turn, where x is the number of permanent cards in your graveyard.

Flavor Text: "Those who go under rise again as cruel mockeries of their former selves, spewing foul water and keening with sorrow."

Card Strengths and Weaknesses:

Strengths:

• Scales its impact based on the number of permanent cards in your graveyard.
• Functions as a potential board wipe, particularly effective against decks that rely on creature strategies.
• Offers a powerful control tool for decks focused on graveyard interactions.

Weaknesses:

• Relies on the presence of a significant number of permanent cards in the graveyard to maximize its effectiveness.
• Limited to affecting creatures, Leaving other permanent types of untouched.
• Vulnerable to instant-speed removal or counter spells.

Deck Utility:

GRAVEYARD INTERACTION:

• Thrives in decks that actively fill their graveyard with permanent cards, utilizing the number of permanents to determine its impact.

Control and removal:

• Acts as a board Sweeper, particularly Beneficial Against Token strategies and decks with a high density of creatures.

Midrange and graveyard strategies:

• Finds a home in midrange decks that naturally fill their graveyard and utilize graveyard interactions.

Interactions and Combos:

Self-Mill Strategies:

• Works well with cards or strategies that mill your own deck, contributing to the number of permanents in your graveyard.

Token Sacrifice Decks:

• Synergizes with decks that generate tokens and can sacrifice them for value before casting terror tide.

Flavor and Lore: Terror Tide Paints a Vivid Picture of A Macabre Transformation, Where Those Submerged in The Waters Rise Again As distorted Versions of Their Former Selves. The Flavor Text Adds A Narrative Layer, Describing The Haunting Consequences of Going Under and Returning As Sorrowful, Twisted Entities.

Overall impression: Terror tide stands out as a sorcery that dynamicaxy adjusts its impact based on the graveyard's contents. Its ability to serve as both control tool and a board wipe aligns it with graveyard-focused strategies, creating opportunities for synergy in decks that activy interact with their graveyard. The Flavor Text Enhances The Card's Thematic Elements, Contributing to its overall Appeal.