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 (46)

GrimlockVIII on DENNICK DO NOT DISTURB♡ [JANKY] [WiP]

2 weeks ago

Yo Vizier of Many Faces and Cackling Counterpart can copy your Dennick and have him go to the yard where you can cast his Disturbed side.

The front and back sides of Dennick can coexist because they have different names, thus giving you access to both his Investigate and his graveyard protection abilities.

king-saproling on Naru Meha ($100 budget cedh - updated)

2 weeks ago

Thoughts on these? Cloud of Faeries, Cackling Counterpart, Fated Infatuation, Quasiduplicate, Naban, Dean of Iteration, Turnabout, Peregrine Drake, Altar of the Brood, Honor-Worn Shaku, Azami, Lady of Scrolls, Patron Wizard, Opposition, Hair-Strung Koto, Muddle the Mixture, Reality Spasm

DemonDragonJ on Innistrad: Midnight Hunt and Crimson …

3 weeks ago

So, Liesa has returned? I wonder how she came back to life, and how Sigarda shall react to that?

Fleshtaker and Diregraf rebirth are both very awesome cards, so I hope that I can find room for them in one of my decks.

Why is sludge monster not an ooze, and why is it blue, when most oozes are black and green?

I like how faithful mending references Faithless Looting, so it also would be nice to see a reference to Ancient Grudge, as well.

Croaking counterpart would make more sense on Eldraine or Lorwyn, but it still is a humorous card that is an interesting twist on Cackling Counterpart.

Coward_Token on Innistrad: Midnight Hunt. A Good …

3 weeks ago

Coraking Counterpart: Like may others, I don't really get the flavor behind this one. Yes, Cackling Counterpart was printed in the original set. Yes, witches are a thing on the plane, especially in this set. But it's not turning someone into a frog, it's making a frog-copy of something. Anyway, the upside over Cackling Counterpart (which, mind you is an Instant while this is a Sorcery) is that it can target other people's stuff, and its flashback cost is quite a bit more reasonable.

Unnatural Growth: Xenagod on crack at the same mana value. I think it'll mostly play out the same as Rage Reflection. However, even a single extra combat step will lead to quite dramatic power on board (you'll probably need some mana fixing for that color weight tho).

Sludge Monster: Basically a mono-blue Oko on legs. Kinda feel like it could have an Ooze and/or Eldrazi, but whatever. As with Glorybringer, the "Non-Horror" part is to prevent chicken races in mirror matches rather than true tribal support.

wallisface on Sultai Hulk

1 month ago

Some thoughts:

• How have you found Shardless Agent? My initial thoughts reading through this list, is that it's a card which has heavily restricted what control options you can play, because you're trying to avoid hitting stuff like Counterspell, Spell Snare, Thoughtseize, Opt and the likes. Without many fast/efficient ways to deal with your opponents early game, I'm wondering whether having Chalice of the Void in your mainboard makes more sense (i.e. I see more matchups where you'd want to bring this in rather than leave it out).

• I'm worried that without any way to mill your opponent, Drown in the Loch might be hard to find value from in some games. Though I do get that most of the time it's not a big issue, as modern is a fairly self-graveyard-filling meta in general.

• I'm not sure Cackling Counterpart is worth it, when it could just be copies 3-4 of Abrupt Decay. Intending to copy Torrential Gearhulk feels far too much like "win more". You also can't get the cascade trigger if you copy Shardless Agent, because the token isn't "cast".

• The full playset of Torrential Gearhulk feels excessive. With your decks card draw, and the fact it costs 6 mana, I would have thought 2 (or maybe 3?) copies more reasonable. Drawing a second one is probably a dead card in hand a lot of the time. With 3 copies, you're still very likely to draw one before you drop your 6th land.

FalconForce on Staring Contest: A List of Blink-Effect Cards

1 month ago

Nightmare Shepherd is one of the best as it adds a lot of functionality with no upfront cost and allows you to exploit sacrifice mechanics like evoke. Creating token clones with etb/ltb can easily become overpowered, especially when combined with populate. In fact I built a great ETB Roon EDH deck around it using cards like Yosei, the Morning Star, Protean Hulk and Wayfaring Temples that clone themselves. Token clone generation is amazing because it's essentially ETB blinking as a side effect. You have some cards that do it already listed under abuse but I think the mechanic is good enough and has enough viable cards that it might be worth making a new category for it.

Token clone makers

Stolen Identity Blade of Selves Mirror Mockery Zndrsplt's Judgment Repudiate / Replicate Hour of Eternity Supplant Form Dance of Many Minion Reflector Bramble Sovereign Progenitor Mimic Anointed Procession Quasiduplicate Rhys the Redeemed Back from the Brink Dual Nature Mimic Vat Rite of Replication Song of the Worldsoul Helm of the Host Doubling Season Parallel Lives Battle for Bretagard Mechanized Production Orvar, the All-Form Prototype Portal Saheeli, the Gifted Saheeli's Artistry Seance Second Harvest Soul Foundry Spitting Image Splinter Twin Replication Technique Saheeli Rai Mirror March Mirrorworks Molten Echoes Mythos of Illuna Sublime Epiphany Flamerush Rider Felhide Spiritbinder Littjara Mirrorlake God-Pharaoh's Gift Hofri Ghostforge Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker Followed Footsteps Nightmare Shepherd Osgir, the Reconstructor Echo Storm Cackling Counterpart Esika's Chariot Feldon of the Third Path Flameshadow Conjuring Trickster's Talisman & of course anything with populate.

Also some other blink type cards:

Blink-Yorion, Sky Nomad Conditional bounce- Cunning Evasion ETB clone- Wall of Stolen Identity Graveyard blink- Cauldron of Souls, Twilight Shepherd, Adarkar Valkyrie ETB Abuse- Jalira, Master Polymorphist, Proteus Staff, Master Transmuter. Listing the ones that specifically clone or blink artifacts in their own group might be helpful too.

multimedia on Adrix and Nev EDH

1 month ago

Hey, you've made a few good upgrades to the precon, nice Koma, Avenger, Rift and Birds. Do you own the cards in the maybeboard? All those cards are upgrades.

Some budget upgrades to consider:

• Tireless Provisioner --> Nissa's Expedition
• Biowaste Blob --> Ruxa, Patient Professor
• Champion of Lambholt --> Kaseto, Orochi Archmage
• Mimic Vat --> Sequence Engine
• Spawnwrithe --> Managorger Hydra
• Cackling Counterpart --> Mystic Genesis
• Fierce Empath --> Fractal Harness
• Risen Reef --> Golden Ratio
• Timeless Witness --> Terastodon
• Growth Spiral --> Commander's Insight
• Rimewood Falls --> Temple of the False God

Most of these suggestions is expanding on sources that can repeatedly create tokens with cards that have less converted mana cost (CMC). That's an area in the precon that's lacking which gives you more interaction with Twincasters earlier in the game.

Tireless Provisioner is ramp with treasures that has interaction with Twincasters. Biowaste Blob and Spawnwrithe can make token copies of themselves at your upkeep or by attacking/doing combat damage to a player. Champion of Lambholt cares about +1/+1 counters to make all creatures you control unblockable. Pair her with any source that can create creature tokens because she triggers whenever a creature token is created.

Mimic Vat can imprint an opponent's creature who dies which gives it real versatility in multiplayer Commander. Unfortunately, the token copy from Twincasters will also be exiled at the next end step therefore you don't get to keep the token copy unless you make another copy of the token then that copy won't be exiled. Risen Reef, Timeless Witness, Fierce Empath all have a strong ETB effect making them good creatures to make a token copy of. Rimewood Falls is a dual land that Farseek can search for instead of only a basic Island.

Good luck with your deck.

multimedia on Quantum Quandrix Upgrade

2 months ago

Hey, well done so far with a budget upgrade of the precon.

Meloku the Clouded Mirror would be good here because it can be a repeatable source of tokens for Twincasters as well as a landfall enabler. Pair Meloku with Kodama of the East Tree + a basic land for infinite 1/1 Illusions and infinite landfall at instant speed. Tap a basic land to pay to activate Meloku to return that basic land to your hand and create a 1/1 Illusion token that triggers Kodama. Put that basic land from hand onto the battlefield, tap it to activate Meloku and repeat. When the basic land returns to your hand from Meloku it's a new object that has no connection to the basic land that was previously on the battlefield thus Kodama doesn't recognize it as being put onto the battlefield with it's ability.

Kodama also combos with Rampaging Baloths + Simic Growth Chamber as the land enabler for infinite landfall for infinite 4/4 Beasts since Chamber can return itself back to your hand and Kodama can put it back onto the battlefield to repeat. Fierce Empath can search for Kodama or Rampaging and it's a creature to make a token copy of. Add Garruk's Uprising for a draw engine as well as trample source.

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Champion of Lambholt cares about +1/+1 counters and she triggers whenever a creature token is created. She can get big quick which makes all creatures you control unblockable. Pair Lambholt with Spawnwrithe + Twincasters to make an out of control army of Spawnwrithes who when each does combat damage to an opponent makes two copies of itself which grows Lambholt. Giant Adephage could replace Spawnwrithe since they do the same thing just one is three mana and other is seven mana. Add Curiosity Crafter or Reconnaissance Mission for a draw engine.

Tireless Provisioner is a repeatable source of treasures making it good repeatable ramp since it has interaction with Twincasters. Mimic Vat is powerful repeatable token source in multiplayer Commander since you can imprint an opponent's creature who dies, but sadly the additional token that Twincaster makes also gets exiled.

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Cackling Counterpart is an instant to create a token of a creature you control. Mystic Reflection can create many copies of a nonlegendary creature of your choice when a creature or many creatures at the same time ETB. Double Major can make a token copy of a creature if you cast it while that creature spell is on the stack.

Risen Reef is a creature you want to make a token copy of because each Risen triggers itself as well as all other Risens you control. With Twincasters and one Risen in your control, if you make a token copy of Risen then you get six Risen triggers since both token copies ETB at the same time and see each other. Each token sees each other when they ETB which is four triggers and each token Risen also triggers Risen already on the battlefield for two more triggers for a total of six Risen triggers.

If interested in any of these suggestions then I offer more advice including cuts to consider. Good luck with your deck.