Isleback Spawn

set	min	mtgo
-	11.31	0.02 tix

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Name	Isleback Spawn
Type	Creature — kraken
Description	Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Isleback Spawn gets +4/+8 as long as a library has twenty or fewer cards in it.
Flavor	The more deadly the lake monster, the shorter the tale.
Artist	Mark Tedin
Set	Salvat 2011 #40
Wallpaper	download
Image	download

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About Isleback Spawn

Isleback Spawn, Creature — kraken, designed by Mark Tedin first released in May, 2020 in the set Shadowmoor and was printed exactly in 2 different ways. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of 11.31.

This card, Isleback Spawn, would benefit a control deck that aims to stall the game and deplete the opponent's resources, as its power and toughness scale with the opponent's dwindling library size, making it a formidable threat in the late game. While Isleback Spawn has its strengths, there are potentially better options available such as Sphinx of the Final Word, which also has shroud and provides additional benefits like uncounterability and spell immunity. Whether Isleback Spawn should see play depends on the specific strategy and synergy of the deck, but it could be a viable choice in the right control build aiming for a late-game win condition.

Rules

05/01/08

It doesn’t matter which library has twenty or fewer cards in it, and you don’t have to specify a library. If multiple libraries have twenty or fewer cards in them, Isleback Spawn will still get its bonus only once.