Caustic Caterpillar

Creature — Insect

, Sacrifice Caustic Caterpillar: Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Discussion (51)

Simerix on Karador Sacr

5 days ago

Scavenging Ooze is a good card, but doesn't play into the theme. Don't take it out necessarily, just something to keep in mind. Altar of Dementia would be an all-star in this deck. Fiend Hunter is kinda absurd. You can sac it before you exile, so the creature is permanently exiled. Disciple of Bolas is great because it gives you repeatable card draw in creature form which is huge for this deck.

Other good cards (some are around $5 but might be worth splurging for): Solemn Simulacrum, Stitcher's Supplier, Zulaport Cutthroat, Grim Haruspex, Ashnod's Altar, Vraska, Golgari Queen, Buried Alive, Viscera Seer, Pitiless Plunderer, Dictate of Erebos, Pawn of Ulamog, Smothering Abomination (this one triggers for any type of sacrificing), Archon of Justice, and Stonehorn Dignitary

In general, you have more noncreatures than I think is optimal. I could be wrong, and it's your deck. Build it how you want, but I think this deck excels with a higher creature count. If it's a creature it's repeatable and still usable if milled. Noncreatures aren't. For instance, I like Farhaven Elf more than Harrow because it is a creature.

Looking over your deck, you don't have many actual ways to sacrifice creatures. You have a couple that self sac, such as Caustic Caterpillar, and Carrion Feeder, but you definitely need more. Cards like Viscera Seer, Altar of Dementia, Ashnod's Altar, Woe Strider, Fanatical Devotion, Sadistic Hypnotist, and Stronghold Assassin are needed to make this a sac deck.

RNR_Gaming on Graveyard Shenanigans

3 weeks ago

So, from what I'm seeing you could definitely use some more utility in your tool box. Not neccesarily stax but reactive pieces to combat stax.

Reclamation Sage is an excellent add and would synergize nicely with Priest of Titania (the best common dork ever printed)

Viridian Zealot - is basically just redundancy with Caustic Caterpillar

Liliana's Standard Bearer is such an underrated draw engine in these types of decks.

Scavenging Ooze - some very good asymmetrical graveyard hate never hurts.

Definitely, bring in trophy, decay, and the tutoring demons in from the board.

Spell_Slam on Dead Dog

1 month ago

Hi DoktaDakka and thanks! This is definitely one of my favourite decks as well. Many people underestimate how powerful this deck can be.

I think that with Wild Mongrel, Vampire Hounds and Tortured Existence I have enough discard effects that I don't need Putrid Imp. The imp is good when you want to discard something important on Turn 1 or 2, but aside from Basking Rootwalla there's nothing really worth discarding that early in the game. It's an okay option for Exhume decks, but otherwise we're all set with our discard engine.

In terms of Hooting Mandrills, I honestly have never tried them. The deck can always use more cheap beaters, but what would you replace them with? Crypt Rats maybe?

As for TE targets, you'll still find them mostly in the sideboard. Caustic Caterpillar, Spore Frog, Thrull Surgeon, Faerie Macabre and more Crypt Rats are meant to shore up any weaknesses while synergizing well with TE. What other Toolbox cards am I missing? Maybe I could find space for them somewhere.

Thanks again for the comment!

Inkmoth on Yeva Draw-Grow

1 month ago

SynergyBuild: Correct. Which is why things like The Great Henge and Guardian Project are being looked at. Also on the radar are Joraga Treespeaker and Elvish Archdruid in place of Karametra's Acolyte and Caustic Caterpillar. The deck is slowly morphing into a Faux Farm, FlashHulk, and IsoRev hybrid where we're trying to assemble a "2 card combo" with Ashaya, Soul of the Wild and one of the rangers (Quirion Ranger/Scryb Ranger) taking advantage of literally any dork under the right circumstance; a 2 mana producing one being the ideal choice, hence the Treespeaker consideration.

• Rush a dork, draw, and/or stax
• Cast Yeva, before our turn
• assemble 2 card combo for 6/7 mana, wait on the prowl to shotgun blast the table.
• NEVER shoot for win, just build while keeping options to win open once 6/7 is reached.
• 4 creatures means free Allosaurus Shepherd with Chord of Calling or one mana with Summoner's Pact
• Bonus points if you can create THE BUBBLE: Casting Veil of Summer into the obvious counter, storm off some more into Allosaurus Shepherd.

We have our pretection, we just need to look for the opening and streamline. Weigh in how easily it is to go infinite with Ashaya and NEED a mana sink or need a Glimpse effect.

Inkmoth on Yeva Draw-Grow

1 month ago

Kamerot: This is the one element of mutate I am not understanding, and if you can clarify what you mean by that, you might just add to my reasons lol.

So, Caustic Caterpillar was an answer to Torpor Orb, but lately Drannith Magistrate/Linvala, Keeper of Silence have been more problematic. Ram Through eliminates them while being cheaper than Caustics ability and becoming an alt win con. In comes Gemrazer, looking to replace Reclamation Sage. It can save key pieces while being able to kill Torpor Orb AND Cursed Totem, also back up trample for Ram Through, and the possibility of blocking Aven Mindcensor/Linvala, Keeper of Silence. Ashaya makes Mana dork lines so minimal that we only ever need the dork to produce 1-3 Mana to win, so we can stand to lose an elf for the priest (our only elf reliant line btw).

But, please tell me more on repeatability of Gemrazer.

Inkmoth on Yeva Draw-Grow

1 month ago

SynergyBuild: You're always SUUUUUUCH an integral part of my Yeva discussions that it saddens me you weren't on the discord to see what just enveloped for the deck... If you have discord, please join, if you don't... let me give you teaser of what the deck is gonna look like.

• Ashaya, Soul of the Wild is replacing Thousand-Year Elixir as established before.

• Scryb Ranger is going to be replacing Umbral Mantle.

• Turntimber Symbiosis is going to replace a forest.

• Ram Through is going to replace Caustic Caterpillar as an alt win-con wink wink

Can't wait to hear your input as always. :)

multimedia on Korvold’s Buffet

1 month ago

Hey, nice budget version, good change to Korvold from Prossh.

Tireless Tracker, Mystery Card Booster version, may be out of budget range, but in my opinion it's the best casual value creature with Korvold. Repeatable source of creating permanents that can sac (Clues) just by playing a land. Clues can be a backup repeatable draw source if Korvold is disrupted. Awakening Zone was just reprinted in Double Masters. Eldrazi spawn tokens can sac themselves for colorless mana. Dreadhorde Invasion can be another repeatable source of a token to sac to Korvold.

One drop Bloodsoaked Champion has good interaction with Korvold as a repeatable creature to sac. Attack with Korvold sac Champion and since Korvold attacked you can reanimate Champion for . Reassembling Skeleton also does this, but you can reanimate Skeleton at any time.

Orcish Lumberjack is another one drop who can sac a Forest to make three mana. This interaction is very good with Korvold and Ramunap Excavator. Viscera Seer, Caustic Caterpillar and Spore Frog are other good one drops with Korvold because they can sac themselves. Seer can be a repeatable sac outlet that can also help to setup your draws with Korvold since you can scry before you draw.

Korvold's draw ability goes well with Jolrael, Mwonvuli Recluse and Mad Ratter since on your turn if you draw at least one card with Korvold then you make a Cat or two Rats. These creatures also trigger on opponents' turns if you draw two or more cards which is very possible since can sac at instant speed, good with Clues and Eldrazi spawns.

Some budget land upgrades to consider:

• Exotic Orchard > Bloodfell Caves
• Llanowar Wastes > Jungle Hollow
• Ash Barrens > 1x Mountain
• Dragonskull Summit > Shadowblood Ridge
• Rootbound Crag or Game Trail > Rugged Highlands
• Woodland Cemetery or Foreboding Ruins 1x Swamp

Good luck with your deck.

SynergyBuild on Chulane Midrange

2 months ago

Caustic Caterpillar over Knight of Autumn IMO, and you know I think Galvanic Alchemist+Yisan, the Wanderer Bard+Biomancer's Familiar (easy combo with Chulane's bounce!)

Yeah, Knight combos with Chulane's bounce, but Caustic is just such a cheap cantrip on storm turns.