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Mercurial Pretender
Creature — Shapeshifter
You may have Mercurial Pretender enter the battlefield as a copy of any creature you control except it gains ": Return this creature to its owner's hand."
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Headers13 on
Flying Through The Plains In The Blue
2 years ago
Infinite Blink:
Changeling Hero (Champion a creature)
Combo:
Mulldrifter (card draw)
Lunarch Veteran Flip (infinite life)
Impassioned Orator (infinite life)
Daxos, Blessed by the Sun (infinite life)
Healer of the Pride (infinite life)
tef3ri on Modified clones
3 years ago
If I cast a Haunting Imitation and reveal a Clone-style effect, say Mercurial Pretender, would the clone be a 1/1 spirit copy of whatever I copy or would it just be a copy of whatever I choose to copy? I feel like it would just be a regular copy because the cloning would overwrite the 1/1 and possibly the spirit type as well, but I’m not sure.
Vessiliana on
Volo: Photocopied Sourcebooks
3 years ago
Have you considered Mercurial Pretender ? It seems like it might be good to be able to self-bounce back to your hand for another copy?
griffstick on
Rashmi
3 years ago
Acidic Slime for Reclamation Sage
Identity Thief for Stunt Double
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy for Momir Vig, Simic Visionary
Mercurial Pretender for Wall of Stolen Identity
Neotrup on None
4 years ago
Mercurial Pretender is entering as the modified Meteor Golem, so yes, it does trigger the ETB ability. I do want to clarify another point of error you made though, you stated that the tokens do have the Progenitor Mimic's upkeep triggered ability. That's why it says "if this creature isn't a token," so that the trigger doesn't actually trigger or do anything. What that means though is that if the original died (it's something your opponents should want to kill), Mercurial Pretender can copy a token to still get the ability, and because it won't be a token itself, it'll start duplicating.
CamraMaan on None
4 years ago
I'm not a rules expert, but yes, it should copy the Meteor Golem each time, producing the ETB trigger each time a new copy enters the battlefield. As long as it says it is entering the battlefield as a copy, then it will trigger the ETB bonus you are copying. The Mercurial Pretender will also acquire the Progenitor Mimic's copying of the Golem each upkeep.
dregewitz on
Riku Copies
4 years ago
Thanks JRaynor, I do like Infinite Reflection.
I could see it taking a 'clone' slot. Mercurial Pretender, being probably the weakest there. Although it does have good incremental rather than explosive value. There's also Magmaw whose only purpose is to have a sac outlet.
Chaotic_Justice on
Self Mill
5 years ago
So, if you want to mill or make your opponent draw out their deck, some cards that are going to help you get there are as follows:
Once you mill your opponent out, you still need to make them draw a card. There's alot of options, but to name a couple others that weren't mentioned earlier are Otherworld Atlas and Prosperity .
Use Pili-Pala and Grand Architect to create infinite mana and then cast Archeomancer and Mercurial Pretender to blink Archeomancer to pull those instant and sorcery cards back from the graveyard to continue to force your opponent to draw out their deck.
As a back up, get rid of all the jank in the deck and throw in about 20 Persistent Petitioners with Thrumming Stone , and all the tribal stuff like Coat of Arms , Stoneforge Masterwork , Adaptive Automaton , and Vanquisher's Banner . You can either use the petitioners to mill out opponents or you can just swing them. Nobody will expect that. Hell, throw in Archetype of Imagination for good fun.