It's Morph Fun For Everyone!

Commander / EDH Database82

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9/6/19 Update —Sept. 6, 2019

Made some alterations to the deck and trimmed some fat to add it things to streamline the deck and allow me to pull win cons or removal when needed.

Cut Thieving Amalgam was too circumstantial and too high of CMC to be viable for his abilities, replaced with additional removal Thousand Winds also provides me with additional bounce for morphed creatures.

Cut Coral Trickster and replaced with Vampiric Tutor

Cut Dragon's Eye Savants replaced with Demonic Tutor for further tutor ability

Cut Aphetto Runecaster for Rhystic Study for more reliable card draw and lower CMC

Cut Aphetto Alchemist for Deathmist Raptor for recursion

Cut Wall of Deceit for Finale of Devastation for an additional Win Con and to pull creatures I need to the field.

Cut Weaver of Lies for Damnation for additional removal

nursejason says... #1

Since you posted this in Slack, I figured I'd offer my thoughts.

Ghastly Conscription has some versatility, but it's expensive. Your average CMC is already decently high, and it mandates that nobody is running decent grave hate. Too often do I completely hose decks by simply running RIP. Without someone having a decent sized graveyard, this card will feel awful to draw.

This is a nit, but Vesuvan Shapeshifter isn't stax. It's just a copy effect.

Your card draw cards aren't great IMO. The general offers great card advantage just from being on the battlefield, adding additional conditional cards to the deck just makes it worse. You're in blue and black for gods sake, there's much better options.

You have almost zero instant speed interaction. There's cyclonic rift and what two, three counters? The rest of your interaction relies on morphing and flipping creatures, all of which are really mediocre unless your general is in play. I may be missing it, but you also don't run a single board clear besides cyclonic rift.

Overall, the deck looks fun to play and is pretty decent. But the nature of morph spells is that the card quality is worse. This is fine because the general makes the mediocre cards actually quite good. However, if your general gets answered enough times, the sub-par card selection will become a real problem. I would recommend removing conditional effects and replacing them with generically good cards, adding some board clear, and some actual interaction.

September 4, 2019 3:24 p.m.

Database82 says... #2

Thanks for the feedback,

While Ghastly Conscription is a more expensive card to play, I've never run into an issue with mana to play it. From the several games I played with an incomplete version of the deck I've still managed to ramp enough where it isn't an issue. So sure they can try to RIP, but the deck has enough answers to either counter or remove RIP.

I agree that Vesuvan Shapeshifter isn't stax Brine Elemental is and he's in the deck to interact together locking down the board preventing players from untapping.

I do agree card draw could maybe be potentially better and am entertaining the idea of cutting Aphetto Runecaster for a Rhystic Study or Mystic Remora

As for instant interaction my commander doesn't necessarily need to be on the board for me to make use of the the morph abilities. She simply allows me to cast one more spell for free. I'd still be able to morph at instant speed to counter spells, but perhaps you can elaborate further on what you mean?

There's a reason I don't run board wipes in the deck. It generally causes more harm to my field than good, while the deck can recover quick enough in the instances of a board wipe I opt not to run it as I have more than enough responses to counter what may potentially be a threat. Other than the rift, I run Bane of the Living .

Not sure how in depth you looked it over, but there is definitely a method to my madness. :D Most of the deck has a lot of interaction, but if you could provide some card suggestions of what you would constitute as generically good cards I'd certainly appreciate it. Thanks

September 4, 2019 11:29 p.m.