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Shambleshark

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Shambleshark

Comments (37)

FishingForTeeth
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0) (5 votes)
Essentially a 3/2 with haste for 2 if you flash it out at the end of their turn and an emergency chump in a pinch. Love it.
forestlore44
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0) (6 votes)
Land sharks! They do exist! This reminds me of the fish people from Pirates of the Carribean.
ThisisSakon
★★☆☆☆ (2.3/5.0) (6 votes)
Fish Crab. Clearly Simic is best.


Also, @TimmyForever: Where in the hell do you see fur on this thing? Do you even know how to internet?
lorendorky
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0) (5 votes)
This needs banding.
brickwork
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0) (4 votes)
FISH CRAB!
Arachibutyrophobia
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0) (4 votes)
this is a shark crab. my life is complete.
WannabeJedi1337
★★★★☆ (5.0/5.0) (13 votes)
I got to thinking, how could this pot-bellied, crab-legged, thing have flash? how could he move that fast?

It has to be his hammerhead, thats really aerodynamic.
Dabok
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0) (3 votes)
A combat trick on a stick, and cheap!
Great, especially at common!
5/5
LordOfTheFlies87
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0) (2 votes)
Oh Simic, how I love thee.
Cyberium
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0) (4 votes)
Street Shark?
Kirbster
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0) (3 votes)
He's a hammerheaded crab-centaur with a pot belly. HOW CAN I NOT LOVE HIM?
Khazuki
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (9 votes)
"It's a FISH-CRAB for God's sake!" :D
Being able to evolve guys at instant speed will be vury good, plus this guy will be a 3/2 for 2 by the time he attacks.
Leshrac_Nightwalker
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0) (4 votes)
This is the closest thing to a shark that we've got in almost 15 years* - see Hammerhead Shark for its long-lost ancestor! (funny that it's the same KIND of shark, too)

This guy makes me nervous. I've got a bad feeling about running into these at the prerelease. I can't deny that I like the cut of its jib, though - seems quite solid.

*Note that I don't count Gravelgill Axeshark - very definitely not a fish.
Curlie-Joe
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
seems like a strong common to me.

...i'm still chapped about no coiling oracle though! haha
Vividice
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0) (5 votes)
Street Sharks!

He got flash because he's driving a motorcycle!
Like all Street Sharks do.
Purplerooster
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Flash in an evolve deck can be worth multiple combat tricks and this guy doesn't sacrifice much on the power and toughness side of things. High quality card.
.Blaze.
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0) (1 vote)
Its a Crab Shark. How can you not love that?
Salient
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0) (2 votes)
This thing has Flash?

Shambleshark, the Scramble Shark!
Kaeru_Jones
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0) (2 votes)
Its a f ucking HAMMERHEADFISHCRABSHARK
HOW CAN YOU NOT LIKE IT???
pedrodyl
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0) (1 vote)
You don't fuck with the Shambleshark!
Mode
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It's probably not the first thing most people think of when they see a fish crab, by i thought of Tsabo Tavoc.
sonorhC
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
He's also a nice cheap U/G to trigger Momir Vig with.
Rokukel
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
GASHUNK!
Frenzy13
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (3 votes)
This guy is actually pretty good. Oh, and its a FISH CRAB. Simic wins all day for subtypes.
Stray_Dog
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I'd like to see them try splicing a pig and an elephant!
Shadoflaam
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
So there's this giant enemy crab...
Enemy_Tricolor
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (7 votes)
Yeah, I'll pass turn. Gee. Look at all these cards in my hand. Be a shame if your spell got countered. Reeeaaall shame. Not going to cast anything this turn? You sure? Well, okay. Not a bad idea.

...

...

Oh yeah at the end of your turn EVOLVING FISH CRAB.
Nessus
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
So, how much Evolve timing fun can we have with a creature with flash?

I have out a 1/1 evolve, let's say Fathom Mage
Cast Shambleshark, comes into play
Triggers evolve on Fathom Mage
In response to that trigger, I cast another Shambleshark
Second Shambleshark resolves, triggers evolve on the Fathom Mage (since it's still 1/1)
Fathom Mage's evolve trigger from the second shambleshark resolves
Fathom Mages evolve trigger from the first shambleshark resolves

Fathom Mage ends up with two +1/+1 counters when it was only 1 power lower than the two creatures I cast ^_^
Steinhauser
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
"You GAMBLED...

You got SHAMBLED."
cotf1692
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (2 votes)
@ Nessus
I don't think that would work, while the trigger would indeed go on the stack, the trigger actually checks the creature's power and toughness before resolving, so it would still only get 1 counter. It's the same thing as having multiple creatures enter the battlefield at once.
occamsrazorwit
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0) (2 votes)
What is Urgot doing in MtG?
gamexpert1990
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Perhaps the ugliest crab I have ever seen. No wonder I don't care much for seafood...
Splizer
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (5 votes)
...dunDUN....
...DuunDUN...
...DuunDUN, DuunDUN
DUNDUNDUNDUNDUNDUNDUNDUNDUNDUNDUN-

WAIT, WAIT WAIT. Fish Crab? Oh wow, this is in my Top Ten Commons of the set for personality alone.
blurrymadness
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
"He's a {U}{G} 2/1 who grows"
"Alright, I guess that's not bad; I could get him."
"He has flash"
"Hm, yeah I could do that; save graft counters, evolve, block with a bunch of graft. Sure I'll buy him!"
"He's..

..a fish crab"

"TAKE MY MONEY!"
alzabo
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
Flash really makes this guy. He can be removal, evade removal, trigger evolve during combat, and get fat. Really fits the Simic theme of adaptation. Shows how a simple design can fill so many functions for deck building. Probably not tournament constructed worthy, but a super fun casual card none the less.
Secksee
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
An obese, four legged, hammerhead shark with a sword and trident. Your argument is invalid.
ArelMCII
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Oh gods, I saw this in a manga once. The fish all grew legs through apparati fueled by the souls of the dead and enslaved the human race.

Simic, what have you done!?