Mind Worm | Essence Leech

[OdinVanguard]

NAME: Mind Worm ELEMENT: Death COST: 5 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 5|1 TEXT: Poisons 2 random creatures upon leaving play. Inflicts 5 poison to owner if discarded. : Move to a target hand.	NAME: Essence Leech ELEMENT: Death COST: 5 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 7|1 TEXT: Poisons 2 random creatures upon leaving play. Inflicts 5 poison to owner if discarded. : Move to a target hand.

ART: Original art links: Worm (foreground and background): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nerr0328.jpg Lamprey (background teeth image): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Boca_de_lamprea.1_-_Aquarium_Finisterrae.JPG Merged / edited by OdinVanguard using GIMP IDEA: OdinVanguard NOTES: "Today the old must give way to the new" "Elaborate euphemisms may conceal your intent to kill, but behind any use of power over another the ultimate assumption remains: 'I feed on your energy.'"-Dune Messiah A means of CC, anti-CC, and hand control rolled into one. It does many things, but each is strongly interlinked to the others. SERIES:

[eljoemo]

Introducing Leechmare! Because Ghostmare bust wasn't enough!

There is a lot going on here, but somehow it all seems to fit. Bring it to your hand to remove any statuses. Give it to your oppoent, they're damned if they play it and damned if they don't (there's a song in there somewhere). LeechTal, fill up their hand and have some very strong attackers left and yet it is balanced! Lovely card (I'm not saying that leeches are lovely, seriously, f*ck leeches)

[skyironsword]

If you give it to your opponent, wouldn't it be a good thing if they played it? Unless you spam the crap out of lightning, hm.

[OdinVanguard]

If you give it to your opponent, wouldn't it be a good thing if they played it? Unless you spam the crap out of lightning, hm.

It depends on what creatures you have in play.

I.e. if you have only mind worms and voodoo dolls in play, they're just asking for trouble by playing it...

Plus, they have to be using a deck or they will be ****ed

You can really mess with em if you use nightmare, this, and silence

[Raptor6789]

Will the ability to move to a target hand trigger death effects?

[OdinVanguard]

Will the ability to move to a target hand trigger death effects?

Would it make the card better if it did? ... or would that be too OP?...

Poor schrodinger's cat might be out of a job too

[Counting]

So basically its a GotP with 5 poison damage?

[OdinVanguard]

So basically its a GotP with 5 poison damage?

Yes, it can be used that way. It also can be used to poison creatures (CC), which doubles as an anti-CC since it will trigger if the worm is killed.

[Terran 3]

I like the concept of the card, infiltrating the target's hand. I assume if the target has a full hand it does zip?

[Riperlio]

That's a really interesting card. It will make the aether-death deck more viable by fixing poison with dimensional shields and electrocutor. Or if you prefer you can run the bonewalls and use the aether as a splash for the worm and electroutor. Even in a rainbow deck that plays in a control way could be fine, because it is a kind of hand disruption and if the oponent plays few creatures, it will be a pseudo-plague. Poison has no limits!! 

[Calambar]

I really like this idea.  And definitely +Rep for this art! Perfectly merged! That teeth background just rocks!

[andretimpa]

I second eljoemo's opinion on a possible leechmare. You wouldn't even need the part to make it annoying.

Sanctuary would keep you from targetting the opponent or would it make the leech disappear if you try targetting?