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{"ops":[{"insert":"This is an Insect tribal deck built around treating the graveyard as an extension of my hand. Zask lets me play lands and cast Insects from the graveyard, so milling myself is usually closer to gaining access to more cards than losing resources. The deck wants to keep moving lands and creatures between zones, repeatedly reusing pieces that other decks would consider spent.\n\nThe land package is a major part of that engine. Fetchlands, Crop Rotation, Harrow, Roiling Regrowth and similar effects deliberately sacrifice lands, while additional land drops and land recursion let me reuse them. Utility lands become a toolbox that can be searched for, sacrificed and eventually played again. I am much more interested in this cycle than in simply ramping as fast as possible.\n\nThe tribal restriction matters just as much. Most creatures should be Insects, and they are expected to do actual jobs: removal, graveyard interaction, token production, sacrifice, recursion or land support. Zask makes those utility creatures unusually reusable, allowing the deck to grind without becoming generic Golgari goodstuff.\n\nThe main win condition is usually turning that resource engine into an overwhelming swarm. Landfall and token engines can produce a large board, which can then be amplified by tribal payoffs and combat support. The deck also has lands that can produce enormous amounts of mana once the board is developed. In those games, Zask itself becomes the finisher: excess mana can be poured into its activated ability to repeatedly increase an Insect's power and give it deathtouch, turning an unblocked or trampling creature into a lethal threat.\n"}]}
Commander
Zask, Skittering Swarmlord
You may play lands and cast Insect spells from your graveyard.
Whenever another Insect you control dies, put it on the bottom of its owner's library, then mill two cards. (Put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard.)
: Target Insect gets +1/+0 and gains deathtouch until end of turn. ( can be paid with either or .)
Whenever another Insect you control dies, put it on the bottom of its owner's library, then mill two cards. (Put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard.)
: Target Insect gets +1/+0 and gains deathtouch until end of turn. ( can be paid with either or .)
Legendary Creature - Insect
Commander
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Creature
Amzu, Swarm's Hunger
Flying, menace
Other Insects you control have menace.
Whenever one or more cards leave your graveyard, you may create a 1/1 black and green Insect creature token, then put a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to the greatest mana value among those cards. Do this only once each turn.
Other Insects you control have menace.
Whenever one or more cards leave your graveyard, you may create a 1/1 black and green Insect creature token, then put a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to the greatest mana value among those cards. Do this only once each turn.
Legendary Creature - Shaman Insect
Canoptek Tomb Sentinel
Vigilance
Exile Cannon — When this creature enters from a graveyard, exile up to one target nonland permanent.
Unearth (: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)
Exile Cannon — When this creature enters from a graveyard, exile up to one target nonland permanent.
Unearth (: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step or if it would leave the battlefield. Unearth only as a sorcery.)
Creature Artifact - Insect
Eumidian Wastewaker
Whenever this creature attacks, you and defending player each discard a card or sacrifice a permanent. You draw a card for each land card put into a graveyard this way.
Encore (, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)
Encore (, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)
Creature - Cleric Insect
Fumulus, the Infestation
Flying, deathtouch
Whenever a player sacrifices a nontoken creature, create a 1/1 black Insect creature token with flying.
Whenever an Insect, Leech, Slug, or Worm you control attacks, defending player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Whenever a player sacrifices a nontoken creature, create a 1/1 black Insect creature token with flying.
Whenever an Insect, Leech, Slug, or Worm you control attacks, defending player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Legendary Creature - Vampire Insect
Grist, the Hunger Tide
As long as Grist isn't on the battlefield, it's a 1/1 Insect creature in addition to its other types.
+1: Create a 1/1 black and green Insect creature token, then mill a card. If an Insect card was milled this way, put a loyalty counter on Grist and repeat this process.
−2: You may sacrifice a creature. When you do, destroy target creature or planeswalker.
−5: Each opponent loses life equal to the number of creature cards in your graveyard.
+1: Create a 1/1 black and green Insect creature token, then mill a card. If an Insect card was milled this way, put a loyalty counter on Grist and repeat this process.
−2: You may sacrifice a creature. When you do, destroy target creature or planeswalker.
−5: Each opponent loses life equal to the number of creature cards in your graveyard.
Legendary Planeswalker - Grist
Grist, Voracious Larva
Deathtouch
Whenever Grist or another creature you control enters, if it entered from your graveyard or you cast it from your graveyard, you may pay . If you do, exile Grist, then return it to the battlefield transformed under its owner's control.
Whenever Grist or another creature you control enters, if it entered from your graveyard or you cast it from your graveyard, you may pay . If you do, exile Grist, then return it to the battlefield transformed under its owner's control.
Legendary Creature - Insect
Mightform Harmonizer
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, double the power of target creature you control until end of turn.
Warp (You may cast this card from your hand for its warp cost. Exile this creature at the beginning of the next end step, then you may cast it from exile on a later turn.)
Warp (You may cast this card from your hand for its warp cost. Exile this creature at the beginning of the next end step, then you may cast it from exile on a later turn.)
Creature - Druid Insect
Seedship Broodtender
When this creature enters, mill three cards. (Put the top three cards of your library into your graveyard.)
, Sacrifice this creature: Return target creature or Spacecraft card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.
, Sacrifice this creature: Return target creature or Spacecraft card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.
Creature - Insect Citizen
Springheart Nantuko
Bestow
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1.
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you may pay if this permanent is attached to a creature you control. If you do, create a token that's a copy of that creature. If you didn't create a token this way, create a 1/1 green Insect creature token.
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1.
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you may pay if this permanent is attached to a creature you control. If you do, create a token that's a copy of that creature. If you didn't create a token this way, create a 1/1 green Insect creature token.
Creature Enchantment - Monk Insect
Creature
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Enchantment
Crawling Infestation
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may mill two cards. (You may put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard.)
Whenever one or more creature cards are put into your graveyard from anywhere during your turn, create a 1/1 green Insect creature token. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Whenever one or more creature cards are put into your graveyard from anywhere during your turn, create a 1/1 green Insect creature token. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Enchantment
Druid Class
(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you gain 1 life.
: Level 2
You may play an additional land on each of your turns.
: Level 3
When this Class becomes level 3, target land you control becomes a creature with haste and "This creature's power and toughness are each equal to the number of lands you control." It's still a land.
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you gain 1 life.
: Level 2
You may play an additional land on each of your turns.
: Level 3
When this Class becomes level 3, target land you control becomes a creature with haste and "This creature's power and toughness are each equal to the number of lands you control." It's still a land.
Enchantment - Class
Growing Rites of Itlimoc
When Growing Rites of Itlimoc enters, look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal a creature card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
At the beginning of your end step, if you control four or more creatures, transform Growing Rites of Itlimoc.
At the beginning of your end step, if you control four or more creatures, transform Growing Rites of Itlimoc.
Legendary Enchantment
Enchantment
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Instant
Instant
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Land
Boseiju, Who Endures
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Channel — , Discard this card: Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or nonbasic land an opponent controls. That player may search their library for a land card with a basic land type, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. This ability costs less to activate for each legendary creature you control.
Channel — , Discard this card: Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or nonbasic land an opponent controls. That player may search their library for a land card with a basic land type, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. This ability costs less to activate for each legendary creature you control.
Legendary Land
Path of Ancestry
This land enters tapped.
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Land
Land
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Mill
Crawling Sensation
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may mill two cards. (You may put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard.)
Whenever one or more land cards are put into your graveyard from anywhere for the first time each turn, create a 1/1 green Insect creature token.
Whenever one or more land cards are put into your graveyard from anywhere for the first time each turn, create a 1/1 green Insect creature token.
Enchantment
Mill
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Sorcery
Disorienting Choice
For each opponent, choose up to one target artifact or enchantment that player controls. For each permanent chosen this way, its controller may exile it. Then if one or more of the chosen permanents are still on the battlefield, you search your library for up to that many land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Sorcery
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Tokens
Tokens
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Sideboard
Sideboard
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Maybeboard
Maybeboard
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{"ops":[{"insert":"This is an Insect tribal deck built around treating the graveyard as an extension of my hand. Zask lets me play lands and cast Insects from the graveyard, so milling myself is usually closer to gaining access to more cards than losing resources. The deck wants to keep moving lands and creatures between zones, repeatedly reusing pieces that other decks would consider spent.\n\nThe land package is a major part of that engine. Fetchlands, Crop Rotation, Harrow, Roiling Regrowth and similar effects deliberately sacrifice lands, while additional land drops and land recursion let me reuse them. Utility lands become a toolbox that can be searched for, sacrificed and eventually played again. I am much more interested in this cycle than in simply ramping as fast as possible.\n\nThe tribal restriction matters just as much. Most creatures should be Insects, and they are expected to do actual jobs: removal, graveyard interaction, token production, sacrifice, recursion or land support. Zask makes those utility creatures unusually reusable, allowing the deck to grind without becoming generic Golgari goodstuff.\n\nThe main win condition is usually turning that resource engine into an overwhelming swarm. Landfall and token engines can produce a large board, which can then be amplified by tribal payoffs and combat support. The deck also has lands that can produce enormous amounts of mana once the board is developed. In those games, Zask itself becomes the finisher: excess mana can be poured into its activated ability to repeatedly increase an Insect's power and give it deathtouch, turning an unblocked or trampling creature into a lethal threat.\n"}]}