Whats even better is that the squirrel can stop it from attacking for at least 15 turns.
Im just imagining something like Cthulhu coming out about to destroy the word and a squirrel hurls itself at it....and now it has to wait another year for another go.
So I haven't played since sixth edition... are squirrels that are 'tokens' considered permanents? I seem to recall the squirrels shenanigans involving doubling each turn, so if you had enough to block eldrazi, you could have enough to survive the annihilator as well.
Yes, anything on the battlefield counts as a permanent.
I mean if you have a doubling amount of them, you need enough that you can lose 7 per turn and still recover. So you need at least 7 to begin with, and you could block forever.
The real flaw with the comic is that Emrakul has flying, so squirrels can't block it anyway, unless you give them all flying.
Really though, it's meant to be a game-winning card. It does so much that it's very hard to survive and recover if it's on the board.
I can think of a couple cards that could accomplish that
Wonder would give all creatures flying when it's in your graveyard
You could also use Coat of Arms + Abzan falconer to give your army of squirrels a bunch of +1/+1 counters since they're all the same type. Falconer means that everything with a +1/+1 counter will have flying. Both of these aren't green though, so you'd need a hybrid deck or some kind.
Eldrazi Monument and Akroma's memorial would also give flying, and are colorless to boot. Eldrazi monument makes you sacrifice a creature each turn though (not a huge deal with how many squirrels you can get). Akroma's memorial doesn't have any downsides, but is 7 mana which is decently expensive.
I'm sure there are other ways but this is what I can think of.
Everyone knows you can't block against flying creatures. That's why my magic deck is a suicide. Blue filled with 1/1 flying creatures and enchantments to make my non-flying creatures flying-creatures. It's pretty good.
27 Comments
aeiou@piefed.social · 54 pts · 153d
everybody knows squirrel girl is op
toynbee@piefed.social · 25 pts · 153d
Didn't she defeat Thanos?
Zorque@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 153d
And Galactus, and Doctor Doom.
myrrh@ttrpg.network · 14 pts · 153d
Agrivar@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 153d
Indeed.
michael@piefed.chrisco.me · 36 pts · 153d
Whats even better is that the squirrel can stop it from attacking for at least 15 turns.
Im just imagining something like Cthulhu coming out about to destroy the word and a squirrel hurls itself at it....and now it has to wait another year for another go.
moody@lemmings.world · 17 pts · 153d
Probably not 15 turns, what with Annihilator 6 quickly wiping out the board.
michael@piefed.chrisco.me · 6 pts · 153d
Im not familiar with what it does. I just saw a 15/15 and 15 1/1s. What does Annihilator do?
moody@lemmings.world · 15 pts · 153d
When it attacks, the defending player has to sacrifice X permanents, in Emrakul's case that's 6.
NannerBanner@literature.cafe · 2 pts · 153d
So I haven't played since sixth edition... are squirrels that are 'tokens' considered permanents? I seem to recall the squirrels shenanigans involving doubling each turn, so if you had enough to block eldrazi, you could have enough to survive the annihilator as well.
moody@lemmings.world · 2 pts · 153d
Yes, anything on the battlefield counts as a permanent.
I mean if you have a doubling amount of them, you need enough that you can lose 7 per turn and still recover. So you need at least 7 to begin with, and you could block forever.
The real flaw with the comic is that Emrakul has flying, so squirrels can't block it anyway, unless you give them all flying.
Really though, it's meant to be a game-winning card. It does so much that it's very hard to survive and recover if it's on the board.
HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca · 30 pts · 153d
Am I the only one thinking the places should be reversed in the final panel? Otherwise, this is really funny!
Zoomboingding@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 153d
Honestly the second text box should be removed. It's just restating the previous panel
xorollo@leminal.space · 2 pts · 153d
I personally needed to see the squirrels to understand what the implications of the text were. It's a string of unusual words otherwise.
Aqarius@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 152d
Frankly, if you know enough to understand the joke, you can get rid of every second text box in the comic.
DmMacniel@feddit.org · 22 pts · 153d
Squirrel Decks are vicious.
Objection@lemmy.ml · 15 pts · 152d
Hupf@feddit.org · 12 pts · 153d
https://youtu.be/EBIsZlV1jHk
tdawg@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 153d
Fifteen magical squirrels
Artisian@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 153d
How did the squirrels get flying?!?
Objection@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 152d
MasterNerd@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 153d
I can think of a couple cards that could accomplish that
Wonder would give all creatures flying when it's in your graveyard
You could also use Coat of Arms + Abzan falconer to give your army of squirrels a bunch of +1/+1 counters since they're all the same type. Falconer means that everything with a +1/+1 counter will have flying. Both of these aren't green though, so you'd need a hybrid deck or some kind.
Eldrazi Monument and Akroma's memorial would also give flying, and are colorless to boot. Eldrazi monument makes you sacrifice a creature each turn though (not a huge deal with how many squirrels you can get). Akroma's memorial doesn't have any downsides, but is 7 mana which is decently expensive.
I'm sure there are other ways but this is what I can think of.
Artisian@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 152d
I want to reject any +1/+1 boosts, otherwise we don't block with 15 squirrels. We use 8.
I otherwise like monument as an answer, though I feel like Emrakul should no longer be surprised.
shneancy@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 152d
all thanks to the squirrel totem of course, not the most effective but for sure amusing (inscryption reference)
HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 153d
Everyone knows you can't block against flying creatures. That's why my magic deck is a suicide. Blue filled with 1/1 flying creatures and enchantments to make my non-flying creatures flying-creatures. It's pretty good.
jagermo@feddit.org · 6 pts · 152d
let me introduce you to Elspeth, Sun's Champion and squirrel catapult
ttyybb@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 153d
Thats why you have chatterfang
nothingworked@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 153d
they have no clue about squirells