#thallids

[ouchmaster6000]

[morggo]

Quick black and white commission of a MtG thallid. Took inspiration from devil's hand mushroom, veil mushroom, scallops, and general body horror goodness.

[clingynepenthes]

The new art for Undercellar Myconid was clearly meant for a different sort of card. Meanwhile, Slimy Piper stands as being Magic's first Fungus Bard.

[mtg-smash-or-pass]

[whatsthatmagiccard]

One day, Wahtzee will make one of those profile shot commanders for someone I actually want to make a deck around. Until then, I can only hope. Or get a commission.

[creaturesncryptids]

Thallid

[aroaceaunt]

Marath, Will of the Wild tokens, part 4

Knight Allies

Phyrexian Mites

And Saprolings

[almostlookedhuman]

[xantchaslegacy]

the horrors are endless. but we stay silly :3

[markrosewater]

Mark, I got into magic just before Fallen Empires. For me, the iconic MtG experience was playing Fallen Empires and Ice Age every day at school. We played every day. Every day, Mark. Every. Day.

I DID NOT KNOW FALLEN EMPIRES WAS A FACTION SET WHERE EVERY COLOUR WAS A DIFFERENT WAR BETWEEN TWO RACES THAT IS SUCH A GOOD CONCEPT

(I think in part it’s because Thralls, Thallids and Homarids were new types and stood out while the rest seemed like generic fantasy and at that time flavour text was sometimes just random Shakespeare quotes but still it’s so obvious and I can’t believe I missed it)

That's why I do podcasts on old sets. : )

[ouchmaster6000]

[bestfictionalplant]

Bracket reveal

Text version under cut!

The tourney is split into 4 32 brackets, and the winners of each will go to the semi finals! I'll make a different post about HOW the tourney will run, and this will serve as a pinned post for round 1 :)

Bracket 1, Side 1

Peppino (Vampire Survivors) vs Winged Strawberry (Celeste)

Herb (Monster Hunter) vs Triffids (Day of the Triffids)

Gigi (Xiaolin Showdown) vs Silent Princess (The Legend of Zelda)

Breath of Evil (Wings of Fire) vs Thorn Thallid (Magic the Gathering)

Audrey II (Little Shop of Horrors) vs Farewell Flower (Mistborn)

Togemon (Digimon) vs Silverwood Tree (Witch Hat Atelier)

Golden Apple Tree (Greek Mythology) vs Potbelly (My Singing Monsters)

Sculk (Minecraft) vs MocDonald (One Piece)

Bracket 1, Side 2

Vida (The Promised Neverland) vs Glaze Lily (Genshin Impact)

Dr Brewer's Clone (Goosebumps) vs The Spring (Friends at the Table)

Kite Eating Tree (Peanuts) vs Zotoh Zhaan (Farscape)

Wheel Tree (His Dark Materials) vs Mushtree (I Was a Teenage Exocolonist)

Medusoid Mycelium (A Series of Unfortunate Events) vs Radial (Ooblets)

Chikorita (Pokemon) vs Blast Cone (League of Legends)

Gooloog (AAAHH!!! Real Monsters) vs Venus (Bug Fables)

The Thorian (Mass Effect) vs Yggdrasil (Norse Mythology)

Bracket 2, Side 1

Deku Tree (The Legend of Zelda) vs Blood Blossoms (Danny Phantom)

Hotblonde37159 (Angel: The Series) vs Vash the Stampede (Trigun)

Kinoko (Don't Hurt Me, My Healer) vs Wolfsbane (The Vampire Diaries)

Plant (Monster Rancher) vs Flower of Life (Mesopotamian Mythology)

Truffula Tree (The Lorax) vs Slurperon Enchantress (Internet Scam)

The Brain Tree (Neopets) vs Ginseng Baby (Scarlet Hollow)

Chompy (Bug Fables) vs Whispy Woods (Kirby)

Clavu (Overlord) vs Ivern (League of Legends)

Bracket 2, Side 2

Bulbasaur (Pokemon) vs The Trees of Valinor (Lord of the Rings)

Leslie (The Amazing World of Gumball) vs Hayzee Dayzee (Paper Mario)

Piranha Plant (Mario) vs Specimen 34/The Blessed Eternal (Wolf 359)

Potted Plant (Wander Over Yonder) vs Morbuzakh (Bionicle)

Jabe & the Trees of Cheem (Doctor Who) vs Black Mercy (DC)

Mr Plant (The World of Mr Plant) vs Feculant Gnarlmaw (Warhammer 40k)

Tree Rex (Skylanders) vs Flowey (Undertale)

Sundrop Flower (Tangled) vs Venus McFlytrap (Monster High)

Bracket 3, Side 1

Pinchley (Long Gone Gulch) vs Frank the Plant (Harley Quinn: the Animated Series)

The Venus (Hello From the Hallowoods) vs Nirnroot (The Elder Scrolls)

Food Fight (Skylanders) vs Paopu Fruit (Kingdom Hearts)

Phillogenous esk Piemondum (Rod Albright Alien Adventures) vs Plant (Wall E)

Tannot Root (Farscape) vs The Broccoloids (The Powerpuff Girls)

Rockbud (The Stormlight Archive) vs Sylvan Hound (Guild Wars 2)

Eldridge Johnson-Mayer (The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy) vs Hyacinth/Hyacinthus (Greek Mythology)

Selas Flower (Kingkiller Chronicle) vs Treant (Disgaea)

Bracket 3, Side 2

Dragonflame Cacti (Wings of Fire) vs Sunflower (Plants vs Zombies)

The Bioplant (The Rising of the Shield Hero) vs Turnip Boy (Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion)

Shambling Mound (Dungeons and Dragons) vs Mandrake (Shin Megami Tensei/Persona)

Cowplant (The Sims) vs Ebony Queen's Apple (Limbus Company)

Devil Fruits (One Piece) vs Donkey-Cabbage (Enchanted Forest Chronicles)

Oaktopus (My Singing Monsters) vs Field Dungeon (Rune Factory 4)

Mushroom Tree (Stardew Valley) vs Jumpkin (Cassette Beasts)

Undergrowth (Danny Phantom) vs Karzahni (Bionicle)

Bracket 4, Side 1

Dreamstalk (Kirby) vs Myconid (Balders Gate 3)

Stingbulb (Fablehaven) vs Treebeard (Lord of the Rings)

Stray Cat (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure) vs Peashooter (Plants vs Zombies)

Giant Turnip (Codename: Kids Next Door) vs Treasure Mushroom (Guild Wars 2)

Tree of Wisdom (Sonic the Hedgehog) vs Fire Flower (Mario)

Stump (The Angry Beavers) vs Groot (Marvel)

Maise (Oneshot) vs Konohana Tree (Okami)

Red Weed (War of the Worlds) vs Pod Plant (Fortnite)

Bracket 4, Side 2

Plantera (Terraria) vs The Grass Snake (Friends at the Table)

Breathweed (Warhammer 40k) vs Campestri (Dungeons and Dragons)

Neo Alraune (Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle) vs Kringlefucker (Homestuck)

Slimefoot the Stowaway (Magic: The Gathering) vs Gatfruit Tree (Space Station 13/14)

Sex Pollen Plant (Fanfiction) vs The Rumor Weed (VeggieTales: Larry-Boy and the Rumor Weed)

Dr Madley Radish (Papa Louie) vs Vervain (The Vampire Diaries)

Yatevon (OCTAHEDRON: Transfixed Edition) vs Echo Flower (Undertale)

Wither Rose (Minecraft) vs Hydramon (Digimon)

[lettuce-from-the-salad-bar]

THALLID SWEEP

Thallid <3 the most recent cute animalistic one

Thallid (art by Trevor Claxton)

[incorrect-mtg]

Thalia goes to Dominaria and befriends Slimefoot, goes on adventures with it and its children

Thalia and the Thallids

[crinosmonsters]

Thrulls: General information

Thrulls are grotesque magical constructs created by unscrupulous necromancers from corpses which are broken down and liquefied in specialized breeding pits. Thrulls serve a variety of menial tasks; from servants and couriers, to even rarely even more complex tasks such as assassins, warriors and even sometimes spellcasters, although creating Thrulls that are too complex can often lead to disaster.

Thrulls are best known on Ravnica, where they are employed by the Orzhov Syndicate, however their origins predate their use on Ravnica significantly. The earliest known case of Thrull creation was on the plane of Dominaria, upon the continent of Sarpadia shortly after the brothers war and before the great ice age. On Sarpadia, Endrek Sahr, a wizard in service of the Order of the Ebon Hand, first created Thrulls in his breeding pits, and eventually the order adopted the creation of the Thrulls and made their use common among their order. Sadly Sahr would not enjoy the fruits of his creation, when he was executed because one of his new Thrull designs, the Derelor, suffered from serious design defects.

Perhaps Sahr would rest easier knowing that he would have the last laugh, as his creations would eventually rebel against the Order of the Ebon Hand and overthrow them, a result of the order creating larger, smarter and more aggressive Thrulls as time went on. Eventually the Thrulls would go on to exterminate all other intelligent live on Sarpadia (sparing only the Thallids, another engineered race created by the local elves as a food source) and isolating it from the rest of Dominaria. The Thrulls still rule Sarpadia to this day, although few know what they are actually up to.

Lesser Thrulls

These following represent some of the weaker Thrull breeds, since they do not differentiate too much from one another or the Servitor Thrull found in the Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica, they do not warrant full statblocks like later Thrulls will, so this section will contain minor changes to be made to the Servitor Thrull statblock to represent these Thrulls.

Basal Thrull

The most simple baseline Thrull, these Thrull were created not to be servants, but sacrifices. Each contain a small reservoir of dark magic which serves as the Thrulls animating force. This energy can be extracted by a nearby friendly spellcaster in order to reinvigorate their spellcasting powers a bit.

The Basal Thrull uses the same stats as the Thrull Servitor with the following additions.

Sacrifice: A Spellcaster allied to the Basal Thrull within 60 feet of them can forcibly extract the animating magic energy from the Basal Thrull. Doing this allows the spellcaster to regain one second level spell slot or two first level spell slots (or an additional use of one of their spells per day if you are using the spellcaster statblocks from Mordenkainen's monster of the multiverse). Doing this instantly kills the Basal Thrull.

Armor Thrull

Armor Thrulls are a testament to just how decadent and morbid the Order of the Ebon Hand grew in those days. Armor Thrulls were bred with a thick serrated carapace which could be ripped off and made into a makeshift shield and sword. They were generally bred to serve as emergency equipment for Ebon Hand employed mercenaries They were also sometimes employed by assassins; one famous story tells of an Ebon Hand assassin who was only permitted into his targets home if he turned in all his weapons. The assassin did so, entering only with their loyal Thrull retainer. Later that night, the Assassin fled the castle, leaving behind a mutilated Thrull, and a bony dagger in the back of their target.

The Armor Thrull uses the Thrull Servitor statblock with the following changes.

Increase the Armor Class to 13

Removable carapace: As an action a allied creature may forcibly remove the carapace of the Armored Thrull. Doing so immediately kills the Thrull, and their carapace can be used to make a shield and a longsword. An enemy could conceivably do the same, but it requires either a grapple check or for the Armor Thrull to be restrained, unconscious or incapacitated. The armor is ruined if the Thrull is slained, it must be removed from a living Thrull.

Mindstab Thrull

The Minstab Thrull was an early attempt by Endrek Sahr to create a more intelligent Thrull to be used as a more effective servant. The end result was a Thrull with an overgrown, unstable brain. While only marginally more intelligent than the average Thrull, it was revealed that the resulting creature could unleash a potent psychic attack. Mindstab Thrulls are often employed as weapons of terror, send into crowded areas where the maximum number of victims can be harmed by their psychic attack.

The Mindstab Thrull uses the same statblock as the Thrull Servitor with the following difference:

Increase the Intelligence to 8.

Gains the following action: Mindstab: All creatures within 60 feet of the Mindstab Thrull must make a DC 13 wisdom save or take 3 (1d6) psychic damage and be stunned until the end of their next turn. A successful save prevents the damage and the stun. The Mindstab Thrull dies instantly after using this ability.

Increase the CR from 1/4 to 1.

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