Control V - Control C [Shapeshifters]

Commander / EDH

Zompires

Instant (12)

• 1x Cackling Counterpart
• 1x Comeuppance
• 1x Cryptic Command
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Polymorphist's Jest
• 1x Polymorphous Rush
• 1x Silumgar's Command
• 1x Split Decision
• 1x Sudden Spoiling
• 1x Time Stop
• 1x Twincast
• 1x Unsummon

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Clone Legion
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Stolen Identity

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Call to the Kindred
• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Confiscate
• 1x Copy Artifact
• 1x Copy Enchantment
• 1x Corrupted Conscience
• 1x Followed Footsteps
• 1x Infinite Reflection
• 1x Spirit Away
• 1x Take Possession

Artifact (15)

• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Conjurer's Closet
• 1x Crystal Shard
• 1x Everflowing Chalice
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Masterwork of Ingenuity
• 1x MImic Vat
• 1x Minion Reflector
• 1x Mirror Gallery
• 1x Sculpting Steel
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Soul Foundry
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Creature (24)

• 1x Body Double
• 1x Cairn Wanderer
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Clone
• 1x Dimir Doppelganger
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Echo Mage
• 1x Evil Twin
• 1x Gigantoplasm
• 1x Havengul Lich
• 1x It That Betrays
• 1x Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
• 1x Mirror Entity
• 1x Necrotic Ooze
• 1x Phyrexian Ingester
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Quicksilver Gargantuan
• 1x Renegade Doppelganger
• 1x Riptide Shapeshifter
• 1x Shapesharer
• 1x Simic Manipulator
• 1x Unstable Shapeshifter
• 1x Vesuvan Doppelganger
• 1x Volrath's Shapeshifter

Land (35)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dromar's Cavern
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Homeward Path
• 5x Island
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Orzhov Basilica
• 5x Plains
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Vesuva

Commander (1)

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Maybeboard

Instant (5)

• 1x AEtherize
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Memory Plunder
• 1x Supplant Form
• 1x Withdraw

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Debt to the Deathless
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Diabolic Revelation
• 1x Merciless Eviction
• 1x Talent of the Telepath
• 1x Wrath of God

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Control Magic
• 1x Cowardice
• 1x Debtors' Knell
• 1x Mind Control

Artifact (9)

• 1x Aether Vial
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Lotus Bloom
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Soul Conduit
• 1x Urza's Incubator
• 1x Veilstone Amulet

Creature (2)

• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Sakashima the Impostor

Land (1)

• 1x Watery Grave

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Deck list posted above.

So the goal is to have a bloody fun time and play something strongish, but full of jankyness.I chose... Shapeshifters!

The overall goal is to be a copycat. Somebody plays sol ring, caged sun or mana reflection? Copy it. Somebody plays vampiric tutor? copy it. Somebody plays an eldrazi? Copy it.Be it sorceries, instants, creatures, artifacts, enchantments, or planeswalkers and lands... There is a copy effect for it on this deck. Including activated or trigger abilities.Copy Artifact, Copy Enchantment, Vesuva, Clever Impersonator, twin cast, Stolen Identity.

Now just copying stuff will only be as strong as what people play, and whoever starts the effect/combo first will usually come out on top.SO for when copying isn't strong enough, there is some control. Bounce effects like Unsummon and Cyclonic Rift , Cryptic Command Silumgar's Command allow me to get people to tap out, and to put those shiny jewels back in their hand so I can steal them with Sen Triplets on my turn.

There is also some counter spells so I can control and copy out of the graveyard. Lazav, Dimir Mastermind, Body Double, Dimir-doppleganger, Necrotic Ooze , Cairn Wanderer.

Other times, I might want all the copies in play and can't bounce to use Sen... So Take Possession, Confiscate, etc can grab anything on the board, Corrupted Conscience and Spirit Away will grab those fatties. Mirror Gallery helps for when I want to copy more on my side if I steal something good.

The tech and the flavor cards... Staying true to theme of shapeshifting/morphing/imprinting/cloning/stealing, etc.Polymorphist's Jest is basically Sudden Spoiling and will shapeshift opponent's creatures. Polymorphous Rush with Mirror Gallery is gonna be insane and give me access to some fun final strikes. Clone Legion is an anti-board wipe and will populate my board. Even against token decks. Call to the Kindred on a changeling is giving me a free cast and if I hit It That Betrays he comes down for free. Same with Riptide Shapeshifter. Echo Mage and Simic Manipulator support the copy and theft theme. Cathars' Crusade will allow my copy's to get bigger and will support Simic's theiving. Mimic Vat, Minion Reflector, Soul Foundry, Strionic Resonator, Sculpting Steel and Masterwork of Ingenuity make for some fun copy effects. Copy Triggers, copy equipment like Argentum armor, copy artifacts, copy a creature and then make a token with haste, etc.

There's a few duals in here so I haven't had trouble color fixing, but ramp is definitely an issue for a high curve deck, so we're running all the things that aren't outlandishly expensive. Sol Ring, Thran Dyanamo, Worn Powerstone, Gilded Lotus, Everflowing Chalice, and Chromatic Lantern which I consider a little ramp since my commander costs 5 cmc. Hopefully I'll steal or copy some body else's mana dorks and ramp.

Where I fall short is card draw. I'm hoping to steal some, but if you have any suggestions please let me know!

TL;DR: would you play this deck? Does it seem fun? Would you suggest anything?

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 59 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 4 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.11
Tokens	Copy Clone
Folders	EDH