#cordeps

Name: Cordeps

Pronouns: He/Him

Species: Troll

Age: 37

Plane of Origin: Ravnica

First Planeswalk: Dominaria

Colors: Green/Black/White

Appearance: Stockily built, even for a troll, Cordeps’ body is covered in scar tissue interwoven with fungal growth from his old injuries, the heaviest being along his left side and left leg, the residual injury resulting in the neccessity for a walking stick/cane. He also bears markings similiar to tattoos made of bioluminescent fungus down his back and his right arm. Never seen without at least one Saproling in tow.

Backstory: An abzan aligned Golgari Troll, Cordeps spark was awoken when he was caught in the crossfire of a skirmish between the Boros and Gruul, and he ended up in the forests of Dominaria. Barely alive, and so severely wounded even his natural regeneration was barely sustaining him, he used what little power he could muster to call forth Saprolings, and sent them into the wild to find help. He was saved by the fungus folks that followed his Saprolings back. While the Thallids nursed him back to health, he observed them and their culture, learning how they formed and lived, hoping to figure out how to grow more when he finally returned home. Since returning, he regularly goes on expeditions to find new ways to raise his fungus from other planes, and new species of Thallids to raise.

After @hammerchild , @moxperidot ,@blogging-phelddagrif and @flavoracle 's input, here's my revised version of the loyalty abilities, with reasoning:

+1: Until the beginning of your next turn, the next time a creature you control dies, return that creature to the battlefield if its CMC is 3 or less.

-Reasoning: Yea that's actually a really good Ability that gives him more versatility and protection than the original, plus it still fits in his flavor.

-3: Sacrifice a Creature, then destroy target creature or artifact with cmc up to sac'd creatures

Reasoning: I still wanted to play into the 'Evocative of Putrefy' flavor of his original +1, and this version seemed good for a - Ability.

-6: You get an emblem with 'Create a 1/1 Green Saproling token each upkeep' and 'Sacrifice a Saproling: Target Creature gains indestructible until end of turn'

Reasoning: I liked both suggestions for the Ult, and this version ties into his story, as his spark was awoken by injuries so bad even his natural regeneration wasn't enough, and he used summoned Saprolings with his dwindling power to basically use as mulch for fungal repair, so now he has parts of his body sealed by fungal lattice that has bonded to him where he couldn't heal properly, including the majority of one arm.