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6 Island
4 Tropical Island
1 Taiga
1 Savannah
2 Undiscovered Paradise
3 City of Brass

Full English Breakfast.

Description of deck by Ben Bleiweiss (from www.wizards.com)  (quoted):
More than meets the eye, these creatures change from one form to another. They shed their Clark Kent alter egos in favor of Superman-like strength. Rukh Egg seems like a very overcosted Phyrexian Walker until it heads to the graveyard, at which point you net a very respectable 4/4 flyer. Roc Hatchling takes four turns to mature, but eventually grows into a Roc of Kher Ridges. Rabid Wombat just needs one enchanted evening to go completely berserk, while Phantasmal Sphere waits for the moment its bubble bursts, barring an extensive collection of mana. Dwarven Armorer theoretically could make himself a really large creature (although he seems weaker than many of the others on this list). And Kavu Scout simply wants to feel a basic love of land in order to obtain that rush that comes from attacking for five.

But of all the transformers, none were as deadly as a certain shapeshifter out of the Stronghold set. Judge Paul Barclay showed the world the power of timing with his “Full English Breakfast” deck, centered around getting a Volrath's Shapeshifter into play, and then stretching the timing rules of Magic to the point of abuse. Typical games would go as follows: Survival of the Fittest for a Shapeshifter, put it into play, Survival for a Flowstone Hellion and discard it, put eleven activations on the stack, Survival for a Phyrexian Dreadnought and discard it, and attack with a 23/1 trampler. Not bad for a 0/2 knockoff of Vesuvan Doppelganger and Clone, and definitely better than its close relative, the aptly named Unstable Shapeshifter.

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by Paul Barclay found on www.magicthegathering.com

UNIQUE: Volrath's Shapeshifter (Full English Breakfast)