Flip it over and attack its weak point for MASSIVE DAMAGE!
kajillion
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(4 votes)
But it doesn't have transform. . .
infernox10
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(10 votes)
Crab tribal keeps getting more and more... cards.
Gaffy00
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(5 votes)
2/6 wouldn't have broke this.
Tommy9898
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(4 votes)
Actually that is a good strategy. Flip it with something like crookclaw transmuter and it is very vulnerable.
Hylebos
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(22 votes)
Ah yes, the giant crab. A classical mainstay of the Gothic Horror Genre...
RJDroid
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(7 votes)
Dang, Hylebos beat me to the sarcasm.
We need to have a bigger crab, say a 2/9, that flips over to be a 9/2 trampler. It will be giant, and hitting its weak spot will sure do massive damage.
And yet I have another addition to my Crab Tribal deck with Adaptive Automaton as a lord. That's great!
Hanksingle
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(2 votes)
This is going to be hilarious in draft.
I'd have preferred these stats be attached to a ghoul butler.
Enemy_Tricolor
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(5 votes)
And yet I have another addition to my Crab Tribal deck with Adaptive Automaton as a lord. That's great!
Thank you for that, Demage. The idea of Adaptive Automaton turning into a crab is far more amusing than it should be.
luca_barelli
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Crabs are the limited fodder tribe.
Crabby
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(4 votes)
Yippieee! Come One, guys! Would be boring if there were only zombies, vampires and werewolves. Can't stand this yak about tribal effectiveness. Crabs make a great job being defensive blue vanilla creatures 'cause being typical well armored water creatures. and fortress crab is an accurate name for this giant unbreakable crab. with this guy you can stop many huge attackers for 4 mana (for this purpose being more effective than armored cancrix. great job, wizard (no irony) !!
DeathDark
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(7 votes)
I intentionally drafted every Giant Enemy Crab that passed me. I went undefeated.
On the face of it, this is a pretty uninspiring crab, but I played them in the prerelease/launch event, and I actually found that they were a source of frustration for my opponents. 6 toughness is enough to make killing it in combat fairly tough, and in a few games it protected me on the ground until I could launch an air force and fly through for the win.
In limited? I think it's honestly not terrible. It is unlikely to win you a game by itself, but it can buy you time to get to your good stuff, if your pool is not so hot.
Goatllama
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
GIANT ENEMY CRAB!?
Totema
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
A knife is useless against those MASSIVE CLAWS! They could rip a tank apart! Jesus Christ!
MasterOfBearLore
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(3 votes)
I have had this be a 22/27 with Flying and Hexproof in draft.
It was a good day.
CuriousThing
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(9 votes)
Doesn't die to Dismember. Thank you, Fortress Crab for allowing me to write "doesn't die" on Gatherer.
It's quite a decent blocker, making your opponent have to make the tough choice between wasting their removals on a 1-powered creature just to attack or having to be worn down after time.
Shirokuma
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Not too bad in limited; of course, Fortress Crab may not be a strong card, but it's a funnier choice than any mainstream and over-used vanilla of the past (except the mighty God-card Storm Crow).
I wish planes were populated by more weird and unknown creatures, and not just a "more of the same" (goblins, elves, merfolk etc.). Wizard should risk and try to create new races and freaks, instead than just relying on the "same-safe" types. That's why I loved vedalken in the past and werewolfes (finally as a "playable" race) now in Innistrad.
man... if they make more crabs ill be forced to make a crab deck! the power of the sea in my hands?! awsome!!! being giant defenders that can attack is great! they are just a little under powered. plz wizard! give us crab tribe!
Harriyama
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Legacy Playable!
Kryptnyt
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Abbey Matron in blue? What were they thinking?
Trygon_Predator
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Quick, attack its weak point for massive damage!
ZeroCube100
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
For all you people who cried for a crab tribe. I bet with you that if wizards ever going to print a king crab, it'll probably gives +0/+3 plus protection from blue to all crabs.... ah.. maybe "bands with other crabs"..
Arachnos
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Kraken Hatchling feels more cost-effective to me. I think this could cost at least one mana less.
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We need to have a bigger crab, say a 2/9, that flips over to be a 9/2 trampler. It will be giant, and hitting its weak spot will sure do massive damage.
I'd have preferred these stats be attached to a ghoul butler.
Thank you for that, Demage. The idea of Adaptive Automaton turning into a crab is far more amusing than it should be.
Coincidence? I think not.
In limited? I think it's honestly not terrible. It is unlikely to win you a game by itself, but it can buy you time to get to your good stuff, if your pool is not so hot.
It was a good day.
I wish planes were populated by more weird and unknown creatures, and not just a "more of the same" (goblins, elves, merfolk etc.). Wizard should risk and try to create new races and freaks, instead than just relying on the "same-safe" types. That's why I loved vedalken in the past and werewolfes (finally as a "playable" race) now in Innistrad.
...Still waiting for a legendary crab lord so that I can finally complete my CRAB～ PEOPLE DECK!
The deck list should also have:
Chromeshell Crab
Armored Cancrix
Wormfang Crab
Tarmogoyf
Horseshoe Crab