Changes: Tingler

Tingler
Characteristics
Origin	Phyrexia

Revision as of 06:54, 22 March 2020

The Tingler was a nasty little device used by the Phyrexians during their invasion of Dominaria. Tinglers resembled spined centipede-like insects. One end of the Tingler was fashioned with small hooks used both for movement and for carrying out its main function, which was to zombify enemy troops in the midst of battle, turning them against their allies.

The Tingler zombifies its victims by crawling into the mouth and using its hooks to literally rip out the spinal cord, effectively killing the host. It would then crawl down the mouth and into the cavity once occupied by the spine and replace the spinal cord, controlling the victim's body.

The Invasion set card Spinal Embrace represents the Tingler, and the cards Metathran Zombie, Vodalian Zombie, and Shivan Zombie are examples of "tingled" victims, as told by the Tingler's trademark "mouthpiece" and the metallic spines protruding from their backs.

Trivia

The Tingler possibly references the 1959 film, The Tingler. Starring Vincent Price, his character discovers a creature that lives on every spine, it looks like the Tingler from the Spinal Embrace card.

In-game references

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Spinal Embrace

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+{{Infobox artifact
-     The tingler is a nasty little device used by the phyrexians during the invasion of Dominaria. The tingler resembles, for the lack of a better comparison, a spined centipede-like insect. one end of the tingler is fasioned with small hooks used both for movement, and for carrying out it's main function, which is to zombify enemy troops in the midst of battle, and turning them against their allies.
+  |image=Spinal Embrace.jpg
-     The tingler does zombifies you by crawling in your mouth, and using it's hooks to literaly rip out your spinal cord, effectively killing you. It will then crawl down your mouth and into the cavity once occupied by your spine and replace the spinal cord, controlling your body.
+  |origin=[[Phyrexia]]
-     The card Spinal Embrace represents the tingler, and the cards Metathran Zombie, Vodalian Zombie, and Shivan Zombie are examples of tingles victims, as told by the tingler's trademark "mouthpeice," and the metallic spines protruding from their backs.
+  |status=
+}}
+'''The Tingler''' was a nasty little device used by the [[Phyrexia]]ns during their invasion of [[Dominaria (plane)|Dominaria]]. Tinglers resembled spined centipede-like [[insect]]s. One end of the Tingler was fashioned with small hooks used both for movement and for carrying out its main function, which was to [[Zombie|zombify]] enemy troops in the midst of battle, turning them against their allies.
+The Tingler zombifies its victims by crawling into the mouth and using its hooks to literally rip out the spinal cord, effectively killing the host. It would then crawl down the mouth and into the cavity once occupied by the spine and replace the spinal cord, controlling the victim's body.
+The [[Invasion]] set card <c>Spinal Embrace</c> represents the Tingler, and the cards <c>Metathran Zombie</c>, <c>Vodalian Zombie</c>, and <c>Shivan Zombie</c> are examples of "tingled" victims, as told by the Tingler's trademark "mouthpiece" and the metallic spines protruding from their backs.
+==Trivia==
+The Tingler possibly references the 1959 film, [http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0053363/ The Tingler]. Starring Vincent Price, his character discovers a creature that lives on every spine, it looks like the Tingler from the <c>Spinal Embrace</c> card.
+==In-game references==
+{{in-game
+|art=
+*<c>Spinal Embrace</c>
+}}
+[[Category:Phyrexians]]
+[[Category:Artifacts]]
+[[Category:Weatherlight Saga]]