[MtG] Emrakul, Devourer of Worlds (written)

[heraldry_lord]

Emrakul, Devourer of Worlds

Mana Cost: {15}

P/T: 15/15

Legendary Creature - Eldrazi

 

Emrakul, Devourer of Worlds cannot be countered.

 

Consume 6. (When you cast Emrakul, Devourer of Worlds, choose up to 6 permanents. Each chosen permanent's controller sacrifices it.)

 

When Emrakul, Devourer of Worlds enters the battlefield after being cast, tap all untapped permanents your opponents control. They do not untap during their controller's next untap step.

 

Flying. Protection from all colors.

 

When Emrakul is put into your graveyard from anywhere, shuffle all cards from your graveyard into your library.

 

 

 

 

Consume is what I would do as an alternative to Annihilator, since there's little chance of that mechanic returning, and the Eldrazi would need something similar to stand out and represent their plane-munching theme.  Obviously, what Wizards gives them in Battle for Zendikar will likely be very different, but it's just a thing I wanted to come up with.

 

Consume serves two purposes, relative to Annihilator:

1.) It makes the Eldrazi into glorified sac spells, which makes their utility a bit more consistent across the board.

 

2.) It's a one-shot deal for each Eldrazi, as opposed to repeated picking at your opponent's field advantage with Annihilator, the latter of which can be a soul-crushing experience if you can't stop it.

 

 

 

 

As for Emrakul, I replaced the extra turn with a somewhat milder version, which freezes everything your opponents have on the battlefield when it touches down. They can still play lands and mana rocks, cast things if they can, and so on and so forth, but they're still essentially deprived of their turn. Also, there are workarounds like Prophet of Kruphix and Unwinding Clock, assuming they survive the Annihilator-lite.  Furthermore, you have to actually cast it to get this ability, so no Quicksilver Amulet.

 

It's also protected from all colors now, instead of just colored spells.  So this version can't be killed by 15 flying squirrels.

 

It still has flying, since that's its thing, it still can't be countered (it's 15 mana after all), and it still anti-mills to prevent Reanimator abuse.