Morophon, Changeling Tribal

Commander / EDH Casual Five Color Theme/Gimmick Tribal

KronkTheFish

Instant (6)

• 1x Crib Swap
• 1x Despark
• 1x Kindred Summons
• 1x Shields of Velis Vel
• 1x Thieves' Fortune
• 1x Wings of Velis Vel

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Distant Melody
• 1x Explosive Vegetation
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Idyllic Tutor
• 1x Knowledge Exploitation
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Patriarch's Bidding
• 1x Rampant Growth

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Descendants' Path
• 1x Guardian Project
• 1x Kindred Discovery
• 1x Merrow Commerce
• 1x Mirari's Wake
• 1x Rhythm of the Wild
• 1x Rooftop Storm
• 1x Spirit Mirror

Artifact (21)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Birthing Boughs
• 1x Boros Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Cloak and Dagger
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Diviner's Wand
• 1x Door of Destinies
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Fist of Suns
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Herald's Horn
• 1x Lifecrafter's Bestiary
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Selesnya Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Urza's Incubator
• 1x Vanquisher's Banner
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Creature (21)

• 1x Adaptive Automaton
• 1x Amoeboid Changeling
• 1x Cairn Wanderer
• 1x Chameleon Colossus
• 1x Changeling Berserker
• 1x Changeling Hero
• 1x Changeling Outcast
• 1x Ghostly Changeling
• 1x Graveshifter
• 1x Irregular Cohort
• 1x Manaweft Sliver
• 1x Metallic Mimic
• 1x Mirror Entity
• 1x Shapesharer
• 1x Skeletal Changeling
• 1x Taurean Mauler
• 1x Universal Automaton
• 1x Unsettled Mariner
• 1x Valiant Changeling
• 1x Venomous Changeling
• 1x Webweaver Changeling

Land (35)

• 1x Cascading Cataracts
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Clifftop Retreat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 4x Forest
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 2x Island
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 3x Plains
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Unclaimed Territory
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Commander (1)

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Morophon's such a good guy, so he always gets stuck helping other weaker tribes. It's time for him to get back to his roots, so now Morophon is leading his own kind: Changelings! For mostly flavor reasons we're only running Changeling Shapeshifter creatures (give or take a couple utility creatures), so we're gonna try to get as much mileage out of that as possible.

Breaking Down: Morophon

Morophon is a 6/6 Changeling creature for mana with arguably 3 unique lines of text:

1. Changeling (This card is every creature type.)
2. As Morophon, the Boundless enters the battlefield, choose a creature type. Spells of the chosen type you cast cost less to cast. This effect reduces only the amount of colored mana you pay.
3. Other creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+1.

The major effects we want to abuse here are the 1st and 2nd effects. While the anthem effect provided is beneficial in the late game when we want to beat down with our massive Changeling army, what we're going to profit off of is the fact that our creatures are EVERY type. The general idea (like most Morophon decks) is that we play Morophon to reduce the mana cost of the rest of our Changelings as well as use him as a Changeling for our other synergistic enchantments.

Our Mana Base

We don't run many red spells and have a heavy emphasis on Bant colors in our deck. We're running a budget mana base so we can go all in on our tribal support.

Mana Rocks & Reductions

• We run all non-Red signets for early-game filtering; Chromatic Lantern because we need to have all colors available ASAP; card:Commander Sphere and Fellwar Stone .

• Colorless mana rocks ( Sol Ring , Mind Stone , Worn Powerstone ) and cost reduction stones ( Herald's Horn , Urza's Incubator , Fist of Suns ) let us power out our commander sooner, and subsequently most of our creatures.

Ramp Spells & Lands

• For the sake of budget I've put in a good amount of classic green ramp spells ( Rampant Growth , Kodama's Reach , Explosive Vegetation ) to compensate the lack of fetch lands.

• We run a full set of checklands (i.e. Hinterland Harbor ) to complement our basic land ramp spells.

• Lands that tap for any color are a must ( City of Brass , Mana Confluence , Exotic Orchard , Reflecting Pool , Cascading Cataracts , Unclaimed Territory ), and some even let us benefit off of playing our Changeling spells ( Path of Ancestry ).

A Swarm of Shapeshifters

We pretty much run every "Changeling" Shapeshifter under the sun worth running so this section is dedicated to the ones worth mentioning:

• Amoeboid Changeling lets us do some pretty crazy interactions that I'll detail in the "Combo" section.

• Chameleon Colossus and Ghostly Changeling are pretty good late-game beaters, letting us dump our mana into them for lethal.

• Changeling Outcast has built in evasion.

• Shapesharer can become a copy of any creature on the battlefield.

• Taurean Mauler is the Forgotten Ancient of Changelings.

• Valiant Changeling is a great beater.

• Unsettled Mariner is just a really good card that protects our creatures.

• Graveshifter is the Gravedigger of Changelings.

• Manaweft Sliver ISN'T a Changeling or a Shapeshifter but it lets us tap them for any color mana so they can chill with the squad.

• Metallic Mimic and Adaptive Automaton are the lords Changelings deserve.

Power of the Horde

Pretty much every creature we run is any tribe we want it to be, so why not use ALL the tribal support?

• Cloak and Dagger isn't normally a good card, but when all of our creatures are Rogues it becomes a Lightning Greaves on crack, attaching to anything we slam down at instant speed for no cost. Similar of note is Diviner's Wand .

• Spells like Distant Melody , Kindred Summons , Kindred Discovery Patriarch's Bidding , Descendants' Path , Merrow Commerce and Thieves' Fortune are all unconditional.

• Door of Destinies and Vanquisher's Banner are generic tribal buffs we can use to cantrip off our free Changeling spells.

Combos!

- Spirit Mirror + Wings of Velis Vel let's us wipe the opponent's board for free

• Amoeboid Changeling + Spirit Mirror does pretty much the same thing but every turn to make sure we can connect with our beefy Changelings

• Fist of Suns + Morophon, the Boundless (I believe) lets us play out our Changelings for free as the cost reduction from Fist of Suns becomes the new mana cost of the creature. If this is not the case as I am skeptical myself please let me know so I can remove this from the section.

As always all comments and suggestion are highly appreciated! I'd be more than willing to toss some of the less viable Changelings for more synergistic combos and/or functional spot removal., as in it's current state the deck plays a little too fair and has a tendency to durdle.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Key combos	Spirit Mirror + Wings of Velis Vel Amoeboid Changeling + Spirit Mirror Fist of Suns + Morophon, the Boundless
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 24 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.22
Tokens	2/2 W Creature Reflection, Shapeshifter 1/1 C, Shapeshifter 2/2 C