"Serpent of Yawning Depths: Blocking in the Darkness"

"Serpent of Yawning Depths: Blocking in the Darkness"

by:

Virgilio F. De leon Jr.MD

One of the big beasts that were recently spoiled for Theros Beyond this is this Angler Fish looking thing without the lantern that is actually a serpent. It is a 6/6 for 6 mana and it reads that Krakens, Leviathans, Octopuses, and Serpents you control can't be blocked except by Krakens, Leviathans, Octopuses, and Serpents.

It is a really long line of text  but  for me all I read was: 

"This is your next win condition."

For anyone who has ever run the Seafoods Deck that features the Quest for Ula's Temple and had your opponents counting until you had 3 counters on it and you could just plop down any Krakens, Leviathans, Octopuses, and Serpents that happen to be in your hand at the end of each of your endsteps.

It features sweepers such as Scourge of Fleets and that all time favorite Leviathan that makes all lands Islands and then prohibits creatures without flying or Islandwalk from attacking. Yes the Great Stormtide Leviathan with it's 8/8 and Islandwalk (Yes the guy has Islandwalk built in) floods the world/battlefield and goes to talk on you with it's massive err...Flippers.

So what abou the Serpent of Yawning Depths? Well this guy makes sure that even without the Stormtide Leviathan all of your Krakens, Leviathans, Octopuses, and Serpents can get their damage in. And usually it does not take long for this massive creatures to flatten your land loving opponents. Unless they also happen to love the Seafoods deck and are running it themselves. What are the odds of that happening?

A changeling can make a stand and block but those usually come in little sizes and only one as far as I can remember has death touch. 

I know this Serpent might not cost much but it will have a home when it comes out.