![]() Plus, it’s a 5/5 flier for 4 mana, something that we don’t see often even in the best red dragons. It’s impossible to deal with using damage, and the more damage it receives, the more screwed your opponents are. The white Phyrexian Obliterator, Phyrexian Vindicator is basically the bane of decks. These two angels are each horrifying even if you never manage to reach their final form. It’s incredibly unfortunate that Brisela, Voice of Nightmares isn’t a horror, because oh my god have you seen that thing? It definitely should be.Īlas, it’s not, so we’re stuck with the two halves of its whole, Gisela, the Broken Blade and Bruna, the Fading Light. Gisela, the Broken Blade + Bruna, the Fading Light It’s smaller than Bloated Contaminator, but once your opponent is corrupted, you’ll get to recover Nettling Host again and again from your graveyard and be able to recast it, something that non-white control decks usually don’t have the tools to deal with. Nettling Host is a sizeable creature for a toxic deck. The card itself can be pretty good in the god-forsaken amalgamations that are horror/Phyrexian decks. Defiler of Fleshĭefiler of Flesh’s art makes me think of John Carpenter’s The Thing. It’s also one of my favorite D&D creatures so, you know, there’s that. Not only is Mind Flayer a decent body on its own, but it gives you the ability to steal one of your opponent’s strongest creatures as long as you can protect it. This is a great horror to add to your horror or exile themed build. Let’s be honest, the Devourer’s abilities can be put to good use. If you’re tired of me bringing up Neverwinter Nights every time I can, you’re not going to like why Intellect Devourer is here. ![]() ![]() Intellect DevourerĪnyone surprised that I’m calling out more Forgotten Realms cards? Because you really shouldn’t be. For better or worse, it was one of my favorite cards in my first horror-themed deck, so it gets a quick shoutout before we get to the real horrors. It’s not the worst you could do, sure, but it’s nothing to scream about (well…). I know that Horror of the Broken Lands isn’t all that great of a card. Ready to be scared? Honorable Mentions Horror of the Broken Lands That’s enough about what horror creatures are. I guess sea creatures are pretty scary, and the great big ocean and its unknown depths is pretty terrifying. Go figure that some of the most horror-aligned creatures would work nicely with horrors. There’s also quite a bit of overlap with zombies, Eldrazi, Phyrexians, and krakens. There’s also a lot of mill thrown in thanks to blue’s influence, and green brings a decent amount of counters and big, beefy creatures. The black-aligned creatures love infect, life play, exile effects, and anything that messes with your graveyard. In terms of mechanical flavor, horrors are pretty varied with just a few common threads among them. Their color combos, Golgari ( ) and Dimir ( ) take up another small chunk. Green and blue have a much smaller piece of the pie but are the other two big colors for horror. While you’ll find horrors in every color in the game, they’re much more concentrated in black with over half of horrors in this color. There are well over 300 horror creatures in Magic, and the latest sets have contributed a lot to increase this number, notably the Phyrexian storyline filled with Phyrexian horrors and The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth set which unleashed Mordor’s horrors into MTG. ![]() Advanced Stitchwing | Illustration by Johann BodinĪs you may have figured out on your own, horror creatures are creatures with the “horror” subtype. ![]()
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