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Absorb Identity
Instant
Return target creature to its owner's hand. You may have Shapeshifters you control become copies of that creature until end of turn.
wallisface on How does Absorb Identity and …
9 months ago
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casting Cerulean Wisps on Orvar, the All-Form won’t do anything, as Orvars trigger requires you target another creature, not Orvar himself.
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when you cast Absorb Identity on Darksteel Colossus, Orvars ability will trigger and resolve first, creatinh a Darksteel copy. You then resolve the Absorb Identity, and as part of that resolution may have Orvar become a copy of Darksteel Colossus until end of turn.
Ev1_ on How does Absorb Identity and …
9 months ago
If i cast a Cerulean Wisps on Orvar, the All-Form and in response to Orvars triggered ability cast an Absorb Identity on a creature, say Darksteel Colossus, making my Orvar a copy of it, do i get a Darksteel Colossus or a Orvar, the All-Form?
DeVerbalen on
Astos control
2 years ago
Hi, first of all welcome to the game of magic, its pretty amezing. There are a couple of problems with your deck in my opinion.
- Some cards are not modern legal. I don't know what the format is at you LGS but if its modern you have to change the cards that aren't legal to use.
- You are forcing yourself to play blue-green just to able to use Desert Twister which isn't modern legal, and quite frankly, not good. I would take it out so that you can play mono-blue.
- In terms of counterspells, Counterspell is about to get legal in modern in a couple of days so I would buy four copies and take out Broken Concentration , Cancel , Memory Lapse (also not legal in modern) and Negate .
- You use some bounce-effect cards that have effects you don't benefit from. Absorb Identity is only useful if you have shapeshifters, and you don't. Compelling Deterrence is only useful if you have zombies, you don't. Winds of Rebuke is only useful if you can utilize the cards that you put in your graveyard, you can't. Exchange these four card with Unsummon which is cheaper and thus more efficient in your deck. If you want to go a little bit more expensive exchange them for Brazen Borrower .
- As a final remark, you use to many lands. In your deck I would use between 20 and 24 lands.
If you have any more questions be sure to let me know!
Temur_Frontier on
A Game of Clones
2 years ago
Was wondering about this commander. Is it fun to play? What's your game plan aside from copying Biovisionary a bunch or using Absorb Identity on it?
sabisia on
The Faceles Masses [Orvar All-In Combo][PRIMER]
3 years ago
Hmm... What's your use case for Absorb Identity?
I can see some funny things like dodging Wrath effects by turning your Orvar's into animated lands (thus making them unanimated lands), or if you have a small horde of Orvar's you could turn them into your enemies Blightsteel Colossus, but what have you done with it?
It's an interesting card for sure, but not having played with it in a live environment I'm wondering what the good outcomes are, esp because you're losing the use of Orvar for that time.