Acridian

Creature — Insect

Echo {{1.G}} (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.)

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Big Apple Highlander	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Freeform	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
PreDH	Legal
Premodern	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (1)

legendofa on Are there any flavor/biological reasons …

1 year ago

SteelSentry The viashino change had to with out-of-game recognizability. Not everyone knows what a naga is, and you have to know M:tG to even guess what a viashino is, but most people can recognize and understand a dragon, or a ninja, or a phoenix. There's a huge difference between identifying a hrodbevdkmadeupword as a lizard, and identifying a dragon as a lizard.

Tieflings only get a pass because they're from a sister product, and I honestly have no idea what makes an azra distinct. The tail, apparently? Azra and tieflings can be combined without any issues, as far as I'm concerned.

Not to mention that sea anemones are grouped with jellyfish even though they're closer to starfish; centipedes, millipedes, and whatever Acridian is are insects; old Kamigawa snakes have four arms, two legs, and hair (making them more like awkward centaurs?); Zombie Human isn't anything, but Zombie literally-anything-else is; Sable, Ferret, and Stoat get unique creature types while Wall of Pine Needles, Grappling Sundew, and Vinelasher Kudzu are all the same thing...

Basically, creature types are entirely a game mechanic and mean absolutely nothing outside of how much it gets pumped by a Coat of Arms.