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MDV Featured Article - Mechanix Podcast #3: Morph. - by DeathCompany - posted 11/14/06 - discuss here

(This podcast was originally released September 26th at MTGCast.)

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Intro
Storm in my Heart by Scarred IV Life
A look at the Comprehensive Rules for morph, including the brand new changes (described in detail in Mark Gottlieb’s article).

Time Spiral Update!
A look at upcoming cards with abilities covered in today’s and previous episodes.
Ignite Memories (a new storm card), Vesuvan Shapeshifter (a throwback to Vesuvan Doppelganger) and Coral Trickster (a decent creature with Twiddle tacked on).

History
Where the face-down/morph mechanic started (Illusionary Mask and Camouflage) and how it might have influenced Kamigawa flip cards and Ninjitsu.

Older Morph Cards
A look at the different types of morph creatures, divided into several categories:

Upgraders: Blistering Firecat, Grinning Demon, Krosan Cloudscraper, Disruptive Pitmage, Dwarven Blastminer, and Whipcorder

Sneakers: Dawning Purist, Riptide Entrancer, Serpentine Basilisk, Silent Specter, Skirk Commando and Soul Collector

Tricksters: Bane of the Living, Echo Tracer, Frontline Strategist, Nantuko Vigilante, and Skirk Marauder.

Bluffers: Crude Rampart, Wall of Deceit and a bonus combo of Scornful Egotist + Juxtapose

Tribals: Bloodstoke Howler, Boneknitter, a couple of Mistform creatures, Nameless One, Proteus Machine and Warbreak Trumpeter

Anti-Tribals: Fallen Cleric, Foothill Guide and Riptide Biologist

Assistants: Ixidor, Reality Sculptor, Dream Chisel, Aphetto Runecaster, Aven Farseer, Bonethorn Valesk, Primal Whisperer, Skirk Alarmist and Tribal Forcemage

Meta-morphosis
Some cards that will ruin a morph player’s day.
AEther Flash, AEther Storm, Lethal Vapors, Chalice of the Void, Crime//Punishment, Pernicious Deed, Pyroclasm, Wrath of God, Fatal Mutation, Nosy Goblin, and Tariff

Mighty Morphin’
How morph cards influenced the tournament scene, namely Standard when they were legal.

Favorite Card
Willbender, with a sample decklist.

 

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Mechanixidor's Morphs.

Lands: (22)
11 Island
8 Plains
2 Azorius Chancery
1 Cloudcrest Lake

Creatures: (27)
3 Aphetto Runecaster
4 Aven Farseer
4 Disruptive Pitmage
4 Frontline Strategist
4 Soulsworn Jury
4 Voidmage Apprentice
4 Willbender
Other Cards: (11)
4 Overrule
4 Dream Chisel
3 Erratic Portal

 

 
by DeathCompany

This is a morph version of the classic control deck. Soulsworn Jury and Overrule are here to complement the U/W theme, though could be switched out for other counterspells or some generic bounce.

Erratic Portal is used to return turned-over morphers to hand and play them again face down. Also works well to save your own guys or to hinder the casting of the opponent's creatures along with Disruptive Pitmage. Use of Erratic Portal on Frontline Strategist locks down opposing combats, and returning Voidmage Apprentice gives you reusable countermagic.


Thanks for reading / listening to my third show. - Jesse

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