Akawalli, the Seething Tower (LCI)

Akawalli, the Seething Tower
Casting Cost: {1}{B}{G}
Card Type: Legendary Creature - Fungus
Power/Toughness: 3/3
Card Text: Descend 4 - As long as there are four or more permanent cards in your graveyard, Akawalli, the Seething Tower gets +2/+2 and has trample.
Descend 8 - As long as there are eight or more permanent cards in your graveyard, Akawalli gets an additional +2/+2 and can't be blocked by more than one creature.
Artist: Simon Dominic

Card Characteristics:

• Casting Cost: Requires one colorless mana, one black mana, and one green mana to cast.
• Card Type: Legendary Creature - Fungus.
• Power/Toughness: 3/3.

Card Abilities:

• Descend 4: When there are four or more permanent cards in your graveyard, Akawalli, the Seething Tower gets +2/+2 and gains trample. This represents the fungal tower growing more powerful and becoming harder to contain.
• Descend 8: When there are eight or more permanent cards in your graveyard, Akawalli gets an additional +2/+2 and gains the ability to evade blockers by being unblockable except by one creature. This showcases the heightened aggression and strategic advantage of the seething tower.

Deck Utility:

• Graveyard-Based Strategy: Akawalli encourages a graveyard-focused strategy, rewarding players for having a certain number of permanent cards in their graveyard.
• Mid to Late Game Powerhouse: With the potential to gain significant power and trample, Akawalli becomes a formidable threat in the mid to late game.

Flavor and Lore:

• The name "Akawalli, the Seething Tower" suggests a tower of fungus that is not only seething with growth and power but also exhibits a level of strategic cunning or ability to overcome obstacles.

Overall Impression:

• Akawalli, the Seething Tower provides an interesting dynamic in gameplay, rewarding players for managing their graveyard and presenting a growing threat as the game progresses. The descend mechanic creates a strategic decision point for players, considering the balance between growing the tower's power and maintaining a functional graveyard for other synergies.