Grave Titan

Origin of Grave Titan

How did Grave Titan get his giant machete?

Talmart.

Giant Grave Titan

Deathtouch Functionality

"Does deathtouch have enough design space to be evergreen? It kind of feels redundant on things with power greater than 3." "Deathtouch means something on medium sized creatures." I don't dispute this, but can you explain the function of deathtouch on, say, a 6/6, as with Grave Titan? Under what circumstances is that meant to be relevant?

Usually deathtouch on a giant creature is more for flavor that gameplay functionality.

Creatures Deathtouch Design Space Evergreen Flavor Game Play Giant Grave Titan

Card Design Trivia

Hi Mark, it's my birthday today, so I was hoping I could have some trivia on my favourite card tragic slip or my second favourite card grave titan, and thanks for making such a fantastic game for me to spend too much money on.

Tragic Slip’s Morbid effect was originally “Destroy target creature” but I changed it to “Target creature gets -13/-13” to parallel the original effect and get two more 13’s onto Innistrad block cards. Happy Birthday!

Birthday Creatures Destroy Grave Titan Innistrad Morbid Tragic Slip

Black's Deathtouch Titans

Why does black keep getting deathtouch on massive creatures (Grave Titan, Soul of Innistrad, Silumgar)?

Flavor.

Black Creatures Deathtouch Flavor Grave Titan Innistrad Soul of Innistrad

Deathtouch on Big Creatures

Both Grave Titan and Soul of Innistrad have Deathtouch. On such large creatures Deathtouch doesn't feel like a big bonus like it does on small creatures. Small creatures can trade up with it, but 6/6 creatures can win or trade in most combats (even with multiple blockers). Do the black creatures in these cycles get stuck with Deathtouch because the other keywords in black are used elsewhere and Lifelink is too good on a 6/6?

Yes, it’s usually a cycle with keyword issue.

Bat Black Creatures Cycles Deathtouch Grave Titan Innistrad Keywords Lifelink Soul of Innistrad

Deathtouch on Large Creatures

Why do some large black creatures these days, namely Grave Titan and Harvester of Souls, have deathtouch? It seems inelegant to have an ability on these creatures that comes into effect so rarely since those two naturally kill most creatures without them (due to being 6/6 and 5/5 respectively). Is it just because black is short on creature keywords?

Sometimes deathtouch is used more for flavor than function.

Black Creatures Deathtouch Flavor Grave Titan Harvester of Souls Keywords

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