Mesmerizing Benthid

Creature — Octopus

When Mesmerizing Benthid enters the battlefield, create two 0/2 blue Illusion creature tokens with "Whenever this creature blocks a creature, that creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step."

Mesmerizing Benthid has hexproof as long as you control an Illusion.

Tokens

• Illusion 0/2 U

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (20)

Rageinn on

3 years ago

Cards to consider: Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner cheap usefull + draw engine Repudiate / Replicate make a cheap copy of your Stormtide or any other usefull Wash Out Just Dont pick green or blue +++ ALL PERMANENTS (lands to) Migration Path for Explosive Vegetation same but one has added cycling ( you never know )

Mayby trade off Deep-Sea Serpent and for ether Serpent of Yawning Depths or cheaper Mesmerizing Benthid deep sea is to dependant on combo pieces that may never get draw 3 under 6CMC and Stormtide 8CMC Same thing for Serpent of the Endless Sea but worth to wait keep as finisher

Barbarian_Sun_Pope on *insert good name here*

3 years ago

I've found that running hexproof is a pretty good option with anything that mutates. Dream Trawler might be a good fit here since it is a good finisher in it's own right and the discard from it works well with Offspring's Revenge. Mesmerizing Benthid is a good alternative for the same reason. Porcuparrot is a pretty nice card to consider here as it combos really well with Boot Nipper (Deathtouch Pinger/Repeatable Removal =)).

triproberts12 on Mr. Sandman

4 years ago

If you're going to devote a deck to your favorite card (Nice choice, mine's Soulcatchers' Aerie), I would go all in. For example, in Dimir, Mana Skimmer is the Timeshifted version of Somnophore.

Time of Ice, Quiet Contemplation, Back to Basics, Dream Tides, Wrath of Marit Lage, Temporal Distortion, Neko-Te Thalakos Dreamsower, Wall of Stolen Identity, Frost Titan, Queen of Ice, Wall of Ice, Niblis of Frost, Guardian of Tazeem, Icefall Regent, Dungeon Geists, Mesmerizing Benthid, House Guildmage, Tidebinder Mage, Watertrap Weaver, Frost Lynx, Stitched Mangler, Fogwalker, and Vertigo Spawn would probably be my picks for "freeze" tribal.

Alternately, if you're not invested in Dimir, so much as in the creature itself, you could build a Derevi, Empyrial Tactician, or Empress Galina deck, since those commanders probably best represent what the card is doing.

rdean14 on Card creation challenge

4 years ago

Based on Verity Circle, Mesmerizing Benthid, Nadir Kraken, Jace, Cunning Castaway, and Reef Worm

Octopus Broodmother

Creature - Octopus

Whenever a creature an opponent controls becomes tapped, you may pay , if you do, create a 0/2 blue Egg creature token with defender and "When this creature dies, create a 3/3 blue Octopus Spawn token with "When this creature dies, create a copy of Octopus Broodmother.".".

8/8

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I'd like a Leviathan or Serpent designed to see standard play.

TheFallen_US on Oops mill is back

4 years ago

Ok so I am a bit late but since the new set release I have been busy but anyway there are two other mill cards I could add those being Sweet Oblivion and Towering-Wave Mystic I wait to hear your opinions but I think Sweet Oblivion can replace Thought Collapse and Towering-Wave Mystic can replace Witching Well can for the sideboard maybe remove Mesmerizing Benthid to Nadir Kraken

shadow63 on Oops mill is back

4 years ago

I think you need a few more.creatures maybe Hypnotic Sprite it doubles as an extra counter spell too. Or Mesmerizing Benthid is a board in a box. Overwhelmed Apprentice helps further mill when it comes into play. You could try Persistent Petitioners . But your best bet is probably Wall of Lost Thoughts

to_regatha_and_beyond on YarokEdh

4 years ago

It looks like a really great deck! Some recommendations: Satyr Wayfinder Lotus Cobra Experiment One Champion of Lambholt Tishana, Voice of Thunder Mesmerizing Benthid Acidic Slime Ravenous Chupacabra

TuckCity99 on Mono Blue Tap Control

4 years ago

Update:

Added 1X Mesmerizing Benthid Added 1X Augur of Bolas Removed 1x Sphinx of Foresight Removed 2x Tempest Caller

Benthid was much more helpful than Sphinx, Tempest Caller was slow relative to Watertrap Weaver and I felt another Augur would help substantially early game.