Looking for cards that synergize with the Morph mechanic
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Posted on June 26, 2017, 3:47 p.m. by RedmundR2
Hey all, i'm trying to find cards that synergize specifically with face-down Morph cards, like Brine Elemental.
So far I have only found two non-creature spells that do a direct effect for face-down critters, like Obscuring AEther and Secret Plans . So far, im trying to keep the colors to Simic , but im considering splashing black possibly. Any card ideas you guys can throw at me would be awesome!
I made a deck forever ago based off of strictly the KTK block morph cards. Would be a good point of reference for cards that were effective.
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June 26, 2017 4:09 p.m.
WHite gives you access to Mastery of the Unseen and Path to Exile.
June 26, 2017 4:33 p.m.
TMBRLZ dude Trail of Mystery and Cloudform are exactly what im looking for. My decks creature base already looks kind of similar to yours, which is cool because that tells me im on the right track. I didnt even think of Megamorph tho. My deck is modern so i should have some more options as well.
Snydog17 those could synergize, but i dont think lifegain is something my deck really needs. The removal could be useful but Path to Exile is always going to be a good card in any deck for removal
June 26, 2017 4:40 p.m.
Winterblast says... #6
Ghostway and Momentary Blink could both return big creatures face up after you played them for 3 mana
June 26, 2017 4:55 p.m.
Winterblast Hmm...thats a really, really interesting idea. Does a face down card that gets exiled come back into play face up or face down though? Id imagine they come back in face down as a 2/2 if they did?
June 26, 2017 5:23 p.m.
OneItsStarted says... #8
If you blink a morph creature, it comes into play face up, however it will not count for "turn face up" effects like Mastery of the Unseen. There is great potential in using Manifest cards from Khans of Tarkir block along with Blink effects to cheat powerful permanents unto play.
June 26, 2017 5:39 p.m.
jparker-sartori21 says... #9
One card: Akroma, Angel of Fury. Morph and blink. 6/6 flying trample for 4-5 mana.
June 26, 2017 5:48 p.m.
landofMordor says... #10
As far as cheating permanents goes, you can manifest literally any permanent and then flicker, and it will return to battlefield face-up. If you flicker face-down creatures, you won't have to pay the morph cost, but you will not trigger any "when you turn a creature face-up" abilities. So flickering enables far faster game clocks, because you can manifest and flicker Blightsteel Colossus just as easily as Storm Crow, but it also requires some support (scrying, manifesting, and flickering) and has a little less interaction with your opponent, since you don't get those triggered abilities. It's almost 2 decks wanting to be made -- a "cheating fatties with manifest" deck and a plain ol' Morph deck.
June 27, 2017 6:19 a.m.
Funkydiscogod So you can pretty much make a Torpor Orb deck without Torpor Orb... Nice.
July 4, 2017 9:03 a.m.
I think he's talking about flipping a face-down card, not casting one.
July 4, 2017 2:09 p.m.
Flipping the card doesn't use the stack. It's akin to a mana ability in that it can't be interrupted.
July 4, 2017 3:18 p.m.
What I meant is, I play a card face down for , with a morph cost of something like , is it possible to exile the card, then when it enters back at the end of the turn, its face up instead of face down.
July 4, 2017 3:26 p.m.
It would be forced to enter face up. Hence the Ghostway recommendation earlier.
Morph is an alternate casting cost so if you flicker something then it is forced to ETB in its default state. Any effects or bonuses of an alternate casting cost do not apply despite how it originally entered.
RedmundR2 says... #2
I mostly have the creature base settled, im mostly looking for enchantment, sorcery/instant and artifact effects.
June 26, 2017 3:48 p.m.