3
Aphetto Runecaster
3 Carrion Feeder
3 Chromeshell Crab
4 Putrid Raptor
3 Riptide Survivor
4 Skinthinner
4 Skirk Alarmist
3 Skirk Marauder
4 Zombie Cutthroat
4 Dream Chisel
3 Smother
4 Island
7 Mountain
9 Swamp
2 Grand Coliseum |
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Description of deck by it's author
(quoted):
This deck makes the most out of the morph mechanic by using a
variety of effects creating what is called "morph diversity." This means
that your facedown creatures could be any number of things, so your
opponent doesn't know the correct play. Usually when someone plays a
creature with morph in Constructed, one can assume it's Exalted Angel,
with the minor possibilities of Birchlore Ranger, Skirk Marauder, or
Dwarven Blastminer. With this deck, the facedown creature could have a
multitude of effects leading your opponent to questions like: "Should I
block? Should I try to kill it? Should I counter it?" If your opponent's
wrong, the results can be disastrous.
The trick to this deck is the ability to morph your creature without
paying the activation cost. That way, even when you're tapped out, it's
a risk for your opponent to try and kill your facedown creature, lest it
be Putrid Raptor or Zombie Cutthroat. Skirk Alarmist brings real fun to
this strategy, giving you the ability to do a number of cool tricks just
by tapping your creature.
I barely managed to show restraint while building this deck, but if you
want to live more on the wild side (and if I was playing this deck I
would), then I would certainly include a couple of Krosan Cloudscrapers
or Titanic Bulvoxes. Now that's a beating.
Tips On Playing The Deck
--Carrion Feeder puts more of a curve in the deck while letting you make
better use of creatures that have been turned face up with the Alarmist.
--While a deck full of morph creatures might not seem to convey any
sense of mana curve, never underestimate playing your creatures face up
-- especially a turn two Skirk Marauder or Skinthinner.
--There's an added incentive for emptying your hand, since Riptide
Survivor will actually let you draw three cards with no drawback if you
have none to discard first.
--Remember, multiple Dream Chisels stack -- if you draw two, play one on
turn two and another on turn three along with a facedown creature for .
The next turn you can drop the rest of your hand and then morph Riptide
Survivor (hopefully).
--Have fun with your opponent. Many decisions involving your morph
creatures will be entirely dependent on the reactions your opponent sees
in your play style -- use that to your advantage. If there ever was a
deck built for the old Jedi Mind-Trick, this is it.
Adding Money To The Deck
The first thing this deck needs is fetchlands. Both Polluted Delta and
Bloodstained Mire would help the struggling mana base. I have already
included two Grand Coliseums (even though they are probably putting my
30-ticket limit under strain), but switching those out for fetchlands
might be better.
Other cool morphing creatures to include would be Soul Collector and
Rockshard Elemental. Rockshard gives you a little bit of that
Cloudscraper feel but with the potential to morph it the hard way.
This deck might be more fun to play with physical cards -- that way you
can have some fun with your friends and keep them guessing what your
face-down cards are. Either way, this deck is fun and unique in ways not
often seen in Magic games these days.
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