Cackling Counterpart

Instant

Put a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of target creature you control.

Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Discussion (51)

desmondwrite on HOKUSAI'S NIGHTMARE

1 week ago

Ikoria & Commander 2020 released.

SPELLS

Replaced Pounce with Beast Within

Replaced Awakening of Vitu-Ghazi with Voracious Greatshark

Replaced Caustic Caterpillar with Overwhelming Denial

Replaced Cackling Counterpart with Sea-Dasher Octopus

Replaced Maraleaf Pixie with Ominous Seas

LANDS

Replaced Forest with Temple of Mystery

Replaced Island with Command Tower

king-saproling on Originality Via Copies

1 week ago

You might like these: Spark Double, Sakashima the Impostor, Docent of Perfection  ^Flip, Ilysian Caryatid, Harabaz Druid, Cackling Counterpart, Supplant Form, Riku of Two Reflections, Second Harvest, Archaeomancer, Zada, Hedron Grinder, Mirrorwing Dragon, Early Harvest, Turnabout, Depths of Desire, Unsubstantiate

ninetoe on Allies mill

2 weeks ago

Hey. Thanks for putting this together. I play-tested it quite a bit and have some recommended improvements:

I dropped all the Stolen Identity because it is slow. You have to pay 6, then cipher it. To get your value out of it, you then have to have a creature connect in combat. I found that the deck works best to simply never attack anyway.

I also dropped all Clones: Clone Legion, Cackling Counterpart, Jwari Shapeshifter. If your gameplan is to hit with Rite of Replication for win, having more clones doesn't really benefit much and those slots can be used to speed up your game or offer defenses for yourself and your creatures.

I found that my creatures were dying too quickly as chump blockers or to red spell damage/black destruction.

For this, I added 2 copies of Steely Resolve. And to protect myself, 4 copies of Ghostly Prison

Ondu Cleric can generate a ton of life for you and buy you the time you need for your combos. Especially when you chump block with him, then use flicker him off and on the field with Ephemerate or Cloudshift. But I wanted Allies that boost the P/T of other allies so I could take out some attackers with my blockers and not have to rely on flicker gimmicks. Enter Adaptive Automaton.

I won't bore you with all of the changes I made and my reasons for each change. Here's the updated 60 card list. I appreciate the deck you posted. It lent me some great inspiration and I hope you enjoy what I've done with it:

60 Card List

• Artifact
• 1x Herald's Horn
• Creature
• 4x Adaptive Automaton
• 4x Halimar Excavator
• 3x Harabaz Druid
• 4x Ondu Cleric
• 3x Sea Gate Loremaster
• 3x Unsettled Mariner
• Enchantment
• 4x Ghostly Prison
• Instant
• 2x Cloudshift
• 4x Ephemerate
• Sorcery
• 2x Rite of Replication
• 3x Serum Visions
• Land (My lands need some refinement)
• 2x Ally Encampment
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 4x Flooded Strand
• 1x Forest
• 1x Island
• 2x Misty Rainforest
• 2x Mutavault
• 1x Plains
• 2x Temple Garden
• 2x Breeding Pool
• 3x Hallowed Fountain

• 2x Windswept Heath

Sideboard

Sideboard needs some work. This is just what I have so far...

2x Glaring Spotlight

3x Detention Sphere

2x Leyline of Abundance

2x Rest in Peace

2x Steely Resolve

4x Swords to Plowshares

PS: Halimar Excavator + Rite of Replication hits for 180 milled cards (assuming there are no other allies present when the combo goes off).

If you are interested in what I've done with the decklist, let me know and I'll be happy to share my reasons for some of the changes.

Cheers!

multimedia on commanders for a token deck

1 month ago

Hey, I'm currently playing Kalamax, the Stormsire using a secondary token strategy.

You could play a main token strategy with Kalamax and The Locust God. Kalamax can act as a pseudo Parallel Lives affect with instant spells that create token since if he's tapped the first instant you cast each turn is copied. Many cards can repeatably for no mana cost create a token when you cast an instant or sorcery and you want to be casting instants with Kalamax. Instant draw spells are good with Kalamax. The doubling of draw is good with The Locust God who creates an Insect token when you draw a card. In my opinion getting token value on top of the value you already get from instants with Kalamax could make this a viable main strategy.

Some cards for a creature token strategy with Kalamax:

• The Locust God
• Young Pyromancer
• Saheeli, Sublime Artificer
• Murmuring Mystic
• Metallurgic Summonings
• Chord of Calling
• Parallel Lives
• Cryptolith Rite
• Skullclamp
• Beastmaster Ascension
• Bident of Thassa
• Hunter's Insight
• Return of the Wildspeaker
• Pull from Tomorrow
• Sprout Swarm
• Arachnogenesis
• Artifact Mutation
• Curious Herd
• Scatter the Seeds
• Fated Intervention
• Hunting Pack
• Second Harvest
• Cackling Counterpart
• Supplant Form
• Empty the Warrens
• Rite of Replication
• Mythos of Illuna
• Twinflame

rileyos on Niv-Mizzet, Parun and Dualcaster Combo's

1 month ago

The deck runs Niv-MIzzet, Parun as the commander but that is not the win con. The win con is based around playing Twinflame or Cackling Counterpart and flashing in Dualcaster Mage to create infinite wizards, then using different enchantments to trigger etb effects or ltb (if you use Naru Meha, Master Wizard and the legendary rule) effects. The full decklist is here Let There Be Wizards. I'm trying to make the deck quicker with more combo's/ manipulations to the stack.

king-saproling on Ink-Treader Splice

1 month ago

Nice list! Twinflame and Heat Shimmer would be all-stars here, definitely recommend them. Since they give the token copies haste, it's easy to generate infinite mana with a mana dork and something like Eternal Witness.

You might like these too: Harabaz Druid, Cackling Counterpart, Quasiduplicate, Repudiate / Replicate, Snap, Depths of Desire, Archaeomancer, Harnessed Lightning, Debt of Loyalty, Fiery Gambit, Dovescape, Possibility Storm, Knowledge Pool

Joker4242 on Water One

3 months ago

As a fan of Blue-counter decks I like the cards you are putting in there. I am wondering what the win conditions are (obviously besides Jace's last ability). Some of your creatures require a lot of mana for blue control (such as: Aberrant Researcher  ^Flip, Advanced Hoverguard, Aeon Chronicler, Aquamorph Entity, Aven Surveyor, and Lorthos, the Tidemaker). The problem with having high mana cost is that when you play them, you will be tapped out of mana and you will have no protection whatsoever.

Brazen Borrower is a favorite of mine. As is Augury Owl. Both can be played early on. The scry 3 ability is great if you can flicker or bounce the owl.

I like Blink of an Eye. I think it is a very versatile card in both the early game and late game. Honestly, bouncing your own creatures is just as useful sometimes, as you can then reuse a creature ability.

With so many creatures I recommend having more creatures with triggering abilities for when they come into play, and then maybe add more bouncing and flickering spells. I would recommend Ghostly Flicker, my favorite flicker card. It is amazing with cards like Archeomancer (you can flicker Archeomancer and when when he comes back, you can return Ghostly Flicker back from the graveyard back to your hand. Un-killable blocker plus the flickering of another creature with triggering ability. Works on a similar level with Mystic Sanctuary.

Cards I would recommend: Ghostly Flicker Archeomancer Cryptic Command Mystic Sanctuary Cackling Counterpart Peel from Reality

playing more Augury Owl and Blink of an Eye might be good as well.

I'm not sure if you realize, but many of your non-creature spells are not modern legal. Just wanted to make sure you knew.

Either way, I like where your head is at. Good start. I always appreciate when someone decides to make a blue deck. It's hard to make a creature heavy blue deck based on dealing damage. This is because blue is the color that is more focused on non-creature spells. Blue also doesn't have much in the way of kill spell and destruction. So bounce and counter are really only the ways to keep threats off the board. Blue invokes a challenge in the players capabilities to think about the long term plan. I am always happy to suggest cards and/or combos, although ultimately the decisions are up to you as it is your deck. Good luck with your deck.

ManSauce on Riku of Many Biovisionaries

3 months ago

Parallel Lives seems like an obvious choice, unless it has been omitted for a reason. Also Id swap the ingot for a Commander's Sphere. You might also like Twinflame, Cackling Counterpart and Stolen Identity. Its a bit tough on mana, but Fated Infatuation could work for you. Cool deck.