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If you make it lose its abilities until End Of Turn, since they define specific average creature characteristics, hen next turn will it be considered to have "no abilities" be Muraganda Petroglyphs?

Correct, Mirrorman95. Anything written in a permanent's text box is an ability. Whenever you have a spell or ability that says "target permanent loses all abilities," you basically wipe its text box clean.

Therefore, if you made Mistform Ultimus lose all abilities, he would simply become a 3/3 Legendary Illusion with nothing in his text box; that means he would get the Muraganda Petroglyphs bonus. However, at the beginning of the end step, he would gain his I'm-every-creature-type-at-once ability back and lose the Petroglyphs bonus.

awesome flavor text!

The original Changeling.

"I was a changeling before they called the ability 'changeling'!"
-Mistform Ultimus

I was always disapointed that cards like this weren't every possible creature type, and instead are only every creature type Wizards have decided to print.
The potential of having Locus creatures while playing Cloudposts was awesome.

Or phoenix you could use:

"I was changeling before it was coll."
-Mistform Ultimus

Lolx.

Yes, psyklone, and it would also be flat broken for the shrines.

Damn you Ultimus! *shakes fist*

Mistform Ultimus is all creature types at all times in all zones even if you Snakeform it. Its ability is a characteristic-defining ability and is applied before effects that remove abilities are. So it will be all creature types but it won't have the ability "Mistform Ultimus is every creature type"

EDIT: Durr, Snakeform would overwrite the creature types. Humble, however, would not. And @ratchet1215? You're a moron. Not only would Ultimus retain its creature types AND get +2/+2 from Murganda Petroglyphs, but the effect would wear off at end of turn. The beginning of the end step is when abilities trigger. Don't act like a rules guru when you're clearly not.

Wow... a 3/3 vanilla changeling for 4... thats Legendary. At least we can use him in EDH.

It's an Igpay!
Well, it isn't, it's actually a pig, since Atinlay Igpay is a pig, because its language isn't english, but pig-latin, and therefor when translated to english, its a pig.

Not like you care or anything.

It should be noted that among other things, this creature is a Mutant Ninja Turtle.

Screw changelings; this guy rules.

Wombat squid gargoyle beast FTW =)

This looks like it would be fun to use a Goatnapper against :)

lol. Play Mistform Ultimus in your EDH deck as your general, then use one of every creature type you can come up with, and Coat of Arms becomes "Mistform Ultimus gains +1/+1 for each other creature in play"

Why is the art cropped differently than the original?

I was always disapointed that cards like this weren't every possible creature type, and instead are only every creature type Wizards have decided to print.
The potential of having Locus creatures while playing Cloudposts was awesome. -psyklone

Done.

Nature's Revolt

Yes, psyklone, and it would also be flat broken for the shrines.

Damn you Ultimus! *shakes fist* -EvilCheeseCake

Done.

Opalescence

Then play March of the Machines with Equipment on the board, and activate Gideon Jura's last ability.

Ultimus IS.

*Creature* types only, so it isn't a Locus after you play Nature's Revolt. You'll want to do something like Mirrorweave it into an animated land.

its also a Lady of Proper Etiquette! (See Miss Demeanor)

I know it doesn't really count, but still. :P

@PhyrexianAdvocate: Turning A Mountain into a 2/2 creature doesn't make "Mountain" a creature type, just like turning a cloudpost into a creature doesn't make locus a creature type. The same goes for enchantments. For example "Forest" isn't a creature type even though Dryad Arbor is a creature land.

It's a Ninja Pirate Zombie Construct!

The right way to use him for your EDH general is to back him up with all of the blue Lords and Slivers.

Lest we all forget, it is also a Brushwagg.

It is every creature type in existence. Including Shapeshifter. *Inception music*

Mistform Ultimus is, among other things:
A Giant Dwarf
A Pirate Ninja
An Insect Anteater
A Deserter Coward
A Crocodile Eye
A Horror Reflection
A Weird Licid
A Berserker Slug
A Serf Citizen
A Dryad Pincher
An Egg Orb
A Carrier Survivor
A Treefolk Splinter
A Human Bat
A Manticore Masticore
A Tetravite Pentavite Triskelavite
An Ox Aurochs
A Hippo Griffin Hippogriff
A Hag Fish
A Spirit Dragon
An Egg Bringer
A Wall Spawn
A Rhino Oyster
A Juggernaut Advisor
A Mutant Wolverine Beast Rogue Cyclops Phoenix Angel
A Wizard Cleric Rogue Warrior Monk Barbarian Druid
A Prism Reflection Illusion
A Cat Bat Rat Wombat Bureaucrat
A Lurker Berserker Assembly Worker
A Minor Mutant Ninja Turtle
A Bat Bear Boar Beast Bird

This is a Legendary Elemental Demon Dragon Soldier Vampire Wizard Horror. The important thing is that this a Legendary.
Also, suggestive. It's an ultimate being, and a Goat. So Goats are ultimate beings, obviously.

*** everything else.
It's also The Nastiest Donkey Gamer Beeble Ever (Thanks for letting me borrow your creature types, B.F.M)

Not to mention a Mime Waiter Lord.
What about a Child Ship or a Mummy Designer?

Doesn't this also mean it's a wall, thus is unable to attack?

I've actually built an EDH of this guy, and man is it entertaining sometimes!
''Tap Mishra's Factory to pump Ultimus. He's an Assembly-Worker, you know''
''Tap Swarmyard to regenerate Ultimus. He's an Insect-Rat-Spider-Squirrel, you know''
''Ultimus dies and returns because he was equipped with Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho. After all, he's a samurai''
''You can't block Ultimus, I've got a Shadow Sliver, and he's a sliver!''
''I cast Ultimus and put a counter on my Door of Destinies, which I picked 'lammasu' for!''
Man, I could go on forever!

@bloodbunny
"Doesn't this also mean it's a wall, thus is unable to attack?"

The original printing explicitly stated that Mistform can attack as though it was not a wall, back when the "can't attack" rule was written into the creature type. Wizards later decided to separate the rules text from creature type, and gave existing walls the ability "defender."

While most walls have defender for flavor reasons, gaining the creature type "wall" does not automatically add the defender ability. Since Mistform lacks defender, it has no restrictions on attacking.

I'm searching desperately to confirm that he's a Worm Wurm Wyrm. :)

Now all of you pro's can rest easy that you have a Blue Hill Giant that's actually a Giant...

Hur... Hurray?

With Theros, the ultimus is now a God as well.

THEY TOLD ME I COULD BE ANYTHING...

Mistform and I greet each other on a windswept peak jutting from the tallest mountain of Theros.

"So, old friend," I say, cautiously, "I understand you are a God now."

Mistform appears to nod in acquiescence.

"Do... do you feel any differently?"

Mistform appears to regard me for a moment.

"Do you not comprehend any differently? Would you presume to know the scope of the multiverse, despite encountering new worlds every year of your life? Do not mistake a blindfold for a void."

I am chastened. I say nothing. For a moment, we listen to the wind.

"I feel no different and am no different, as always. Theros has always existed, young one. I have always been a God."

Straight up hate that Changelings are in the game....but I confess I love this guy. xP


see...the problem is, Magic started out as High-Fantasy with almost nothing that wasn't Medieval or Antiquity Legends. Think D&D, Beowulf, Aladdin, Odysseus, King Arthur, the GOOD stuff x3

With an oddly Star Wars mix of Pirates and Sci-Fi in the Artifacts and Weatherlight Saga :) That was GREAT, but it probably would have worked a lot less better without Star Wars coming before it x3

Mutants are okay, because anywhere you have Magic combined with the logical attitude, want of KNOWING that Blue has, you're bound to encounter Arcane, Weird experiments. :P Wizards have Labs as well as Libraries, it's justifiable. :) Alchemy, you know? :P

Onslaught brought "Mutants" AND "Shapeshifters" to the game. Shapeshifters were almost universally Evil Twin, right from Alpha through Ravnica's "House Dimir" Guild. Who lived on a plane where the Izzet Guild invented "Wierds"

But...with Mutants...AND CHANGELING Shapeshifters....AND now ELDRAZI....it is very hard to imagine why any planeswalker with half a mind wouldn't just abandon "conventional" Magic for Science-o-mancy and Aliens and ...... and that's just not Magic. :P

The Lightning has been caught in the bottle, but it's also been let out. There is absolutely zero reason not to at least be {R}{G}{U}{B}, and try Necro-Alchemy ala the Innistrad sorcerers. The Divine Angels and Demons and Gods of Theros and Serra's Realm really couldn't even properly defend against PHYREXIANS, and....enough "Magi-technology" and "Weird Biology" has been discovered across the planes, that

the simple answer is to cross Slivers with Changelings with Phyrexians with Necro-Alchemists, and pit that against the Eldrazi, and see Who Eats Who and wins The Multiverse. There. That's it. You Win. Every conceivable challenge I can think of is destroyed extremely CRUSHINGLY by simply setting everything up to a Singularity.

It absolutely ruins the mystery to have too many Science Fiction elements cross over into your Fantasy. SOME is good, but .... really .... I would be a lot happier if,


After meeting the Slivers once or twice, they just plain GO EXTINCT. All the Jurassic Park clones from Otaria get hunted down again. And despite a few Time Rift Anomalies, the Hive is just Dead. It's one of the important things that NEEDS to Die.

Same thing with New Phyrexia. Karn Liberated needs to Vindicate and Obliterate until he's got his Mirrodin Pure. He's powerful enough, or he would have been if he were more ruthless. Phyrexia is something you have to use genocide against or it will corrupt the lore- just like Slivers do.

Slivers and Phyrexians pose a HUGE THREAT to the mystique of MAGIC. It's okay to feature them, but NOT okay to let them live, in my book. :P They are enemies that CAN be destroyed, if you're willing, so they should be.

Eldrazi make the Blind Eternities more Interesting and Planeswalkers relevant without destroying the Fantasy or Journey into Mystery. Eldrazi and Gods are cool. :P Theros vs. Zendikar anyone? :)

Changelings, on their OWN, are not quite as horrible, but it would be better in my eyes if There Can Be Only One- the Incorruptible Mistform. :P Like the White Lantern of the Multiverse? :) Because, if you have too large a race of Changelings, coexisting in the same multiverse as Weirds and Mutants, that's all the fuel either the Hive or the Contagion needs to Ruin It All. :(


Phyrexians and Slivers are probably the coolest enemies Magic has, but they HAVE to DIE for the game to live >:P

The release of Theros does much more than simply trigger the Ultimus' apotheosis. Yes, it is now a God, but it is beyond that.

For the Ultimus has become an Elder God. The mind wobbles.

Unfortunately, EGarrett, Wyrm is not a MTG creature type. But he is indeed a Worm Wurm.

@salient: I applaud you sir.

This soooo should have been reprinted in Modern Masters.
Just imagine, Weird Elder Uncle Istvan tribal.
THEY TOLD ME I COULD BECOME ANYTHING...
SO I DID.

It's also a (hu)Man Bear Pig if you're playing with Unsets.

The first time I read this card, I thought it said "Mistform Ultimus is every creature."

It's still one of my all time favorite cards, and I really want one, but he will never be as awesome as I thought he was in that moment.

"I am not just anything... I am everything."