Htffan951: I do thank you for your continued support in reading these stories and I also thank you greatly for your reviews. I do not want you in any way to feel like a burden to me. You are welcomed to make as many requests as you like: There is NO limit. In fact, it is because of your support and your requests that inspire me to keep writing these stories. They provide me with an outlet. Rest assured that when you do ask for a particular Myr to be made into a story, I will provide one to the best of my abilities. I respect your choice to 'hold out' your requests for a chapter or two, and I am in no way offended. I want you to know though, that I will still accept any request made of me, and I will look forward to the next one you make. Thank you.
And to all others who read and enjoy these short Myr stories, I give you my thanks as well, and to reaffirm that any suggestions you make will be welcomed.
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15 - Sarcomite Myr
"But I always thought it was a myth."
Said the first Neurok human sentry to his companion as the pair of them stood outside a Lumengrid corridor near the Seat of Synod. The second sentry, another Neurok human held out his hand towards the other.
"I'm only telling you what I THOUGHT I saw. Whose to say what it was?"
"You're sure it wasn't just some random drake?"
The first sentry asked. The second, only a year younger than the first, shook his head.
"It was perched on the railing outside the support spire. Any drake small enough to stay there without falling off is one I've never heard of."
The first looked over the edge of the corridor to the Quicksilver Sea below. The corridor led to an open bridge, supported by columns that were like polished mirrors. Among the outer edges of each column was a simple wire that was magically enhanced to support the heavy cable platforms that hung from them. These platforms allowed workers to maintain the structure of the support columns. It could easily be determined that only a creature no larger than four feet tall could keep it's balance on such a narrow thing without additional support.
"Well, what did it look like? You got a look at it, right?"
"Like I said, it had wings and when they flapped, it made a sound that was like whirling gears and snapping tendons. And I swear it looked like it had organs splice onto its blue shell."
"But you also said that it had a Myr's head."
"That's what it looked like."
"Can't be. Myr's are completely metal. Unless it was one changed by the Rotters, it had to be something else."
"I don't think it was a corrupted Myr. I didn't see any black oil dripping from it."
The first sentry sighed in exasperation. He's heard stories and rumors of an unusual Myr that was half metal and half organic with the capability of flight, but aside from the occasional Hovermyr, which was proven to have no organic materials, no documentation of a half organic flying Myr was known to exist. And now he was caught in an argument with his fellow sentry over this supposed rumor.
"Believe whatever you want."
The second Neurok said finally, seemingly ready to end this silly discussion. The two guards continued their silent vigil of their charge, and neither of them could tell how long they stood, waiting for their relief. Yet the blissful silence was suddenly broken by a soft mechanical whirl.
"Did you hear that?"
Asked the second sentry as he cautiously drew his short sword. The first sentry nodded his head and immediately became alert in case an intruder attempted to slip past them. There was a second whirl, somewhat louder than the first. Both sentries glanced around them, hoping to find the source of the noise, but it currently evaded them.
"Where's it coming from?"
The first whispered to his partner. The second guard peered over the edge of his station and silently motioned for the first sentry to join him. The first guard quickly went next to the second and also looked over the side.
Perched on the maintenance wire of the support column directly below them was a Myr with bat like wings on it's back. On it's cobalt colored frame, were grafts of tendons and muscle along each joint and limb. Throbbing living tissue decorated its spine, neck and torso. Menacing barbs sprouted on the crest of the Myr's beak shaped head. And claws that looked like they were meant to flay flesh from bones, carefully picked at the organic matter on the Myr's torso. One might have easily mistaken this Myr to be the product of Phyrexia, but the 'Oil' has not tainted this particular one.
Both sentries slowly stood upright and glanced at one another in disbelief.
"Should we report this?"
The second asked. The first shook his head.
"Only if you want the vedalken headmasters to think we're crazy."
The first said as he resumed his position.
"They'd never believe us anyway. They have already deemed the Sarcomite Myr to be a story made up to frightened children. I wouldn't want to anger them by proving them wrong."
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This will be the final Myr decklist I post. I have many more Myr decks, but these last four are perhaps the only ones that are actually decent enough to play. This on wins by enchanting the Myr Galvanizer with the Splinter Twin. If you have another mana producing Myr on the battlefield, you can create infinite copies of the Galvanizer and give your Myr's infinite +1/+1's. First, tap the enchanted Galvanizer to make a copy. Tap the mana-producing Myr for mana to pay for the copy's untap ability. Untap all Myr except the copy. Tap enchanted Galvanizer again to make 2nd copy, tap mana Myr for mana to pay the 2nd copy's untap ability to untap all other Myr (Including 1st copy). Your Myr's get +1/+1 for each Galvanizer copy on the field. Rinse and Repeat as many times as you want. This deck has thus been named:
CAN'T TAKE MUCH MYR OF THIS
LANDS (25)
14x Island
11x Mountain
ARTIFACTS (18)
3x Silver Myr
3x Iron Myr
2x Perilous Myr
4x Myr Galvanizer
2x Palladium Myr
4x Myr Reservoir
BLUE SPELLS (15)
3x Mana Leak
2x Negate
3x Cancel
4x Preordain
3x Foresee
RED SPELLS (10)
4x Splinter Twin
4x Lightning Bolt
2x Shatter