Chris' Magic the Gathering Card of the Day!

The Card of the Day is....

Deep Spawn

6/6 Trample. During your upkeep, take two cards from the top of your library and put them in your graveyard, or bury Deep Spawn. U: Deep Spawn may not be the target of spells or effects until end of turn and does not untap as normal during your next untap phase. If Deep Spawn is untapped, tap it.

A brief rundown of the card:

• Animate Dead/Necromancy...
  Don't like paying 8 mana for even a 6/6 trampler? Put him in your graveyard and Animate him in the second or third turn. Remember, the key to many an animator deck is trample. Animating a Scaled Wurm is fine, but a Kjeldoran Outpost or Wall of Kelp and a few mana can hold of an attacking Wurm, Deep Spawn will trample on through for 4-5 points each turn. Having a hard time putting cards in your graveyard to animate? Deep Spawn's upkeep will keep your graveyard filled but it's not as dangerous as Tolarian Serpent. Funny how that works.
• Homarid Spawning Bed
  How appropriate. Sac the big lobster to make 8 little lobsters. Add Sunken City for 8 angry 2/2 creatures.
• Norrit
  You wouldn't believe how many times I've had someone Fireball or Swords to Plowshare my Deep Spawns only for me to pay 1 blue to make the spell fizzle. Lots of people don't read the whole card. Use Norrit to untap your Deep Spawn to keep attacking away.
• Necrotog/Barrow Ghoul...
  With all of those wacky Weatherlight graveyard cards, I've found my hungry lobster a very effective way to keep my graveyard chock full of creatures. I prefer this more than Erati's Familiar.