I like the Trilobite creature type, I like Trilobites and I think it’s funny that they put them on cards. Unfortunately there aren’t nearly enough to make a deck out of and they don’t do anything synergistic as a tribe… but I was thinking about what I could do with them anyway.

So, looking at [[Cryptic Trilobite]] and [[Scuttling Sliver]] I thought “there’s gotta be something we can do with this.” We just need a way to make Cryptic Trilobite a Sliver like [[Arcane Adaptation]] or [[Maskwood Nexus]] and a way to reduce ability costs like [[Training Grounds]]. Then it’s infinite tap/untap! …but that’s basically a really expensive and unnecessary way to do the [[Horseshoe Crab]] combo, and there’s no actual payoff without another card that gives you some other benefit from doing this.

Any ideas to make this actually useful?

  • Cloaca
    2•1 year ago

    @jake_eric
    Any counter doublers or increasers with these two would go infinite if that is what you are looking to do.

    For example with [[hardened scales]] on board you would pay one mana and tap the crypticfor two +1/+1 counters. Then you could pull both off for 4 mana and use 2 to untap and one to activate again.

    [[Hivestone]] is a sliver specific ability to convert all creatures into slivers. [[Artificial Evolution]] is also a fun option for changing a creature type on a spell or permanent into something else.