Mystic of the Hidden Way

Creature — Human Monk

Mystic of the Hidden Way can't be blocked.

Morph {2}{U} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up at any time for its morph cost.)

Tokens

• Morph 2/2 C

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (7)

Rhadamanthus on Does Metamorphic Alteration override triggered …

4 years ago

If you selected all the targets correctly to make Mortis Dogs a copy of the face-down Mystic of the Hidden Way then this shouldn't have happened. The face-down status changes the copiable characteristics of a card. Mortis Dogs should have become a colorless 2/2 creature with no name, creature type, or abilities. Its first ability shouldn't have triggered when it attacked and its second ability shouldn't have triggered when it died.

reseune on Does Metamorphic Alteration override triggered …

4 years ago

Hey all,

I believe I found a bug in MTGO, but before I try to report it as such I want to make sure I am not an idiot (well, no more so than usual), so here I am checking my understanding of the rules.

My opponent has a Mortis Dogs in play. I have a Mystic of the Hidden Way played face down. I cast a Metamorphic Alteration on my opponent's doggies choosing my face-down card as the one to copy. The Mortis Dogs did appear to change to a copy of my 2/2 creature; however, when my opponent attacked, a triggered event went on the stack (and it even said it was the Mortis Dogs trigger), increasing his 2/2 copy of my face-down creature to 4/2. When it took lethal damage and went to the graveyard, the second trigger from Mortis Dogs went on the stack, and I lost life equal to the dogs' power. (We were actually both surprised by this turn of events.)

Regarding Metamorphic Alteration, Gatherer says, "The enchanted creature will be a copy of the chosen creature as it dies, so any “when this creature dies” abilities it gains from the copy effect will trigger. Any “when this creature dies” abilities it normally has will not trigger." I believe that neither of the normal Mortis Dogs triggered abilities should have gone on the stack. Am I mistaken? Or was this an actual bug?

Thanks!

UnleashedHavok on Beware The Monk!

7 years ago

Sorry it took me a while to get back with you guys.

Daring Apprentice I like your use of cards for draw power and card advantage, thanks for sharing! I have added a Command Tower and Mystic Monastery, I'm not sure why I didn't have them in the initial build lol. And I'm also totally using Kaho, Minamo Historian, she's awesome! I'm planning on using Jori En, Ruin Diver for card draw, he's pretty great. Especially with my low curve. My card advantage is going to be different from yours though, I'm wanting to be able to survive late game so my card advantage is taking form in cards like Frost Titan, Homura, Human Ascendant, and Yosei, the Morning Star. I don't want to have a bunch of high costing cards, I'm planning to try to keep it to 9 or 10 total. I'm also still wanting Thassa, God of the Sea, I just haven't picked her up yet.

Hey back Beio53! I have looked at cipher spells. I've got a Hidden Strings set aside, I'm just trying to figure out where I want to slide it in! I also enjoy the Hands of Binding. I feel like they would pair beautifully with my other tapping abilities, I'm just trying to figure out where to put them. I'm not sure how I feel about the Jhessian Balmgiver, it feels pretty fragile to me. I have been thinking about Mistfire Adept for a while, in addition to an Elusive Spellfist (I LOVE his art), and a Mystic of the Hidden Way. I like the Spectral Flight a lot but funny story; I'm actually wanting to cut my number of enchantments down to make room for a few more creatures while keeping my instant/sorcery count high. I'm not sure what I'm going to do quite yet honestly.

ticked-off-squirrel on Assassin's Creed

7 years ago

you should add Tricks of the Trade a good buff card and makes the creature unblockable. and also add Rogue's Passage by paying 4 and tapping it a creature of your choice is unblockable. and a Mystic of the Hidden Way is a good surprise card to throw down early on as an ambush card.

mindwrackcolin on Azorius Budget Homebrew -- Control

7 years ago

First of all, Mystic of the Hidden Way, Seeker of the Way, Kill Shot, Brainstorm, and Breakthrough are all not standard legal D: . Second, if your a budget U/W control/tempo deck, i suggest at least taking a look at SBMTG's video on budget U/W spirits deck (on youtube). You can change it up and play different cards, but his deck is only 15$.

nateblego on The Aggressive Blue

8 years ago

Mystic of the Hidden Way is unblockable, and the promo looks awesome.

Cool deck, why no Frost Walker?

Loreshadow on Unstoppable Landslide

8 years ago

Mystic of the Hidden Way is an obvious candidate if the equipment proves potent enough to remove Living Lore. At which point, Write into Being and Shorecrasher Elemental could replace Coralhelm Guide and Dig Through Time. Will add it to the Maybeboard.