I like it. Just about the ONLY treat blue gets this time around, as usual.
Oleander
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(4 votes)
It's an amusing card, when it's used and actually turns something huge and nasty into something small and weak; However, it has that potential to to turn a nasty creature into an equally nasty creature. About like Spellshift, in that the risks kinda outweigh the benefits.
SavageBrain89
★★★☆☆ (3.4/5.0)(5 votes)
Then the key here is to play it in a deck that works around it and a single amazing creature. In order to accomplish this however a player would need non-creature token generators, cards that search for stuff, and some control spells. What cards would best fit these categories? I'll let you people decide on that.
UltimaCenturion
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(3 votes)
Won't work against Red creatures, who all have "haste." But other than that, even if the creature pulled out is really big and nasty, it will most likely have summoning sickness, and if you're running blue, you will most likely have Unsummon.
Davidvo89
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(3 votes)
Overall a good card. It can be used on an opponent's bomb or when you're playing control. It's great if you're play with only a few strong creatures and man-lands. I remember a Blinkmoth nexus and Darksteel Colossus deck.
Genetic9
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(4 votes)
When you have enough mana you could actually play Slave of Bolas and before the end of the turn Polymorph it
Lord_Of_Illusions_002
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Polymorph + Goblin assault or Dragon fodder = Progenitus FTW
JacksJokeShop
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Not a particularly amazing card, but it is VERY fun.
You hope the latter happens when you're desperate to turn your Zepher Sprite into something bigger though, I'm feeling Inkwell Leviathan ;)
Muffin_Minister
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(7 votes)
I pose a question:
If you Polymorphed a creature with "indestructible", (let's say, your own Darksteel Colossus), when the creature fails to die, does the second effect of the card (deck searching and creature getting) still happen? As long as the target remains and doesn't fizzle the spell, the spell should be unaware of the creature's inability to die.
Please tell me if this is true, because I play a Polymorph deck with singletons Darksteel and Progenitus, and I'd love to Polymorph a token/manland into Darksteel, only then to Polymorph my Darksteel for Progenitus without losing another token (that I may not have to spare in the first place).
Vinifera7
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Plays great with Ponder to turn your weak or disabled creature into something good.
agalloch
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
@Muffin_Minister: Yes, that is correct. Indestructible creatures can be targeted by destruction effects (they just don't do anything). The spell won't fizzle, so you can use this card's effect.
Dingo777
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Iona, Darksteel, Progenitus, these are currently the best possible ones for a polymorph deck, and who says you cant use all 3 in your deck, 4 darksteel, 2 progenitus, 2 iona, twincasting poly targeting darksteel would = 3 large unbeatable creatures on the field, darksteel and either a progenitus, iona or darksteel
who would ever use this on an opponents creature, I mean, it wont mill an opponent like telemin performance, and really annoying stuff will have shroud or be indestructable, and whatever they get will be able to attack or do whatever it does on their turn
.Fighter.
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Awesome card. I'mma have to get a few copies.
CatsAreCthala
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Someone put together this in a poly-genitus deck and tell me how it turns out.
Gomorrah
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This could be a fun card if you know your opponent has Phage in his or her deck.
SIlverSkyz
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(6 votes)
10/1/2009 If the targeted creature is indestructible, it's still a legal target -- it just isn't destroyed. The rest of Polymorph's effect happens as normal.
So yes, you could polymorph a Darksteel and not lose it, but unless your stacking your deck-ponder brain storm and the like- you could just as easily get a Storm Crow.
Eric1618
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card is fantastic in standard right now. You can easily make a deck with NO creatures except for a few fatties and use this card extremely effectively.
1. Summoner's bane- AWESOME with polymorph. Let your opponent tap out on turn 4 to play a creature (cough cough bloodbraid) and then counter it. Then, on your turn, polymorph the token to get a guaranteed fattie. 2. Wind zendikon (Or any zendikon, really)- Self explanatory. Make a creature without using a creature spell, polymorph it, get a fattie. 3. Gargoyle castle- A little more desperate as it costs 5 mana and sacs a land. Still, it works and the 3/4 flying gargoyle can double up as a bolt-proof beater if necessary 4. Mind control- take an opponents creature, polymorph it, get a fattie. 5. Rite of Replication- make a copy of an opponent's creature, polymorph it, get a fattie.
There is also awesome synergy with other colors- especially red. 1. Goblin assault 2. Dragon fodder
PLUS there are some huge fatties in standard right now. Progenitis? Iona? Inkwell? Lorthos? On turn 4? Yes please.
PLUS the new Jace is perfect for a polymorph deck. If you're lucky enough to have a Jace or 2, you can get by with just 1 or 2 Ionas or whatever. If you ever draw one, you can use Jace's ability to draw some cards and stick the Iona at the bottom of your deck, where it can wait to be polymorphed.
If magic would print a capable counterspell, I really think that polymorph decks could go somewhere.
if the first card you reveal is a creature do you still get to shuffle your deck?
Uhhsam
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
i don't think you shuffle if the first card is a creature because you are told to shuffle the other revealed cards into the library.
heenaheena
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I realize most of you are probably talking about standard but seeing as this card has been around for a while, I'd expect someone to have mentioned using this with worldly tutor. It seems like the most direct way to use polymorph but I guess the problem would be that you would then have to have 3gu available unless you had a sylvan library or mirri's guile on the battlefield, or you were prepared to brainstorm (or something like that). Anyway, in most non-standard decks, natural order is probably better... unless you just won't settle for a 10/10 pro-everything never-quite-dead hydra avatar (or you don't wish to be sac'ing green creatures). That being said, Polymorph does have the added benefit of being an emergency creature remover for your opponent's creatures (albeit an unreliable one) and also, to be honest, I've never actually seen a tokens/zendikons/genjus/manlands polymorph deck in action.
Fairly simple, works pretty well. Make tokens, Polymorph into scary things. The Libraries are very good for making sure you don't put your necessary pieces in the graveyard, and Scroll Rack can put things back on top. Feldon's Cane is sort of a last resort for renewing your deck.
well i have seen very good use out of this in a G/W/U deck...
http://www.deckcheck.net/deck.php?id=33504
using with ramp and haldari gardens or however you spell it to get the 0/1 plant token when you play the land you can have a progenitis or Emrakul, the Aeons torn, as soon as turn 3...turn 4 if you wana be safe and keep a Dispel in hand for bolts and counter spells
Zinvampire
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(2 votes)
this card combos amazing with selective memory. you got your dude on the board, then you selective memory out all your dudes, aside for 1, then the next turn , your kraken hatchling becomes a 15/15 flying pro colorr annihilator 6. i likes it.
question tho. if i am targeting illusionary servant or phantasmal abomination and other cards that state that they are sac'ed when targeted by spells or abilities, does my morph fizzle or do i get to destroy it before its sac'ed?http://gatherer.wizards.com/Images/Stars/LeftClear.gif
thelittleupsman
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
why has nobody mentioned mystical tutor to fetch the polymorph?
achilleselbow
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(6 votes)
@Exuberance: My friend plays a standard deck with this, using Growth Spasm, Awakening Zone, and Khalni Garden to make tokens and polymorph to get an Emrakul out around turn 5 or so. Your decklist seems good, but you don't really need four copies of the creature, since you actually DON'T want to draw it in your opening hand. He only runs two copies of Emrakul, and See Beyond allows him to shuffle it back if he does draw it accidentally.
The rest of the deck is mainly draw spells, mana ramp, and counterspells. It's vulnerable to fast aggro decks and tramplers. Also note that your opponent could burn, terminate, or doom blade your targeted token in response to you casting Polymorph, which is why you need to have counter backup and the untapped mana to use it.
I choose Ulamog as our feared beast because hes the most durable, and still incredebily powerfull. The deck provides 15 ways of getting the tokens out (including expedition map into khalni). Theres alot of control and draw cards so if pollymorph isnt in your opening hand its fine. Plus Awakening Zone provides amazing chump blocks if you need time. With this deck its possible to bust out your Ulamog on T3, with a good explore and a Khalni garden. This deck is cheap and affordable, with the exeption being the one Ulamog and Awakening Zones, but its nice to have a playset of those, and you can use those in any deck with splash green.
Stray_Dog
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(6 votes)
Interesting... Is it a bunny turning into a monster, or a monster turning into a bunny? ;)
retaeluos
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
so, I have a question. I'm playing with a polymorph deck with just one creature card in it which is Kozilek, Butcher of Truth at the moment. my opponent plays a pacifism on kozilek. if I polymorph kozilek on the next turn, will he immediately come back into play because he's shuffled back into my otherwise creatureless deck, or does that not happen until polymorph looks through my whole deck and doesn't find anything? thanks.
MrBarrelRoll
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
As much fun as it is getting out Emrakul this way, I think Iona is a better choice.
Sironos
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(2 votes)
Played against this kind of deck, he got an emrakul out around turn 5, I dropped a smoldering spires and swung for the win ^^
@retaeluos
No, Kozy's death trigger does not go onto the stack until Polymorph has fully resolved. I suggest keeping some doomblades nearby just incase this happens, plus they are good enough for any deck anyways. Happy gaming (^_^)
TheTellion
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
use this on vampire nocturnus when you see something crappy :-)
KnightLord77
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5.0)(6 votes)
A good card, but why - after all this time - haven't they changed the artwork??? This picture is terrible!!!
SgtSwaggr
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
The ruling on this card says: "If the targeted creature is indestructible, it's still a legal target -- it just isn't destroyed. The rest of Polymorph's effect happens as normal."
So doing this to Blightsteel into Emrakul (which I've done before!) is perfectly legal.
scorpiolegend
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Has anyone ever seen a blue card with "destroy target creature" besides this?
Khultar
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
memnite into stormtide leviathan
CrowJonSnow
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
the only problem i've ever seen with the "standard polymorph deck" is drawing your big creature in your opening hand. unless you have some way of getting it back into your deck, you're screwed. one of my friends ran that type of deck, and if he ever got polymorph out it was usually game after that. however, every so often he drew his big creatures at the start, or never drew polymorph, and hard casting his creatures was near impossible
starfox444
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Hilarious fun in EDH.
"Hey man, I'm doing pretty good over here, would like a cool creature?" "Uhh..I guess I would." "Polymorph your general."
Use high tide, do this sort of thing on turn three?
j_mindfingerpainter
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I have this image of Polymorphing a Darksteel Myr into a Blightsteel Colossus. That's why Shape Anew, the artifact version, says sacrifice. We can still do this in Modern :)
This card is AWESOME, even in a casual kitchen table match. It says a lot about a card when you don't even need to combo it to make it good, and when you combo it it gets even better!
Also, that artwork is AWESOME. I've never seen an expression of more genuine terror - the whole of Innistrad block is just bad acting compared to this.
Blasphemale
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
If you still wannan run other creatures and get you biggies out use brainstorm to put em on the top :)
interesting card. Definitely nice way to get your own creatures out as mentioned already. In terms of defense, however, i feel like this could potentially backfire a whole lot.
4/5 for being an interesting option
Totema
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Is that a rabbit that's turning into a goblin, or a goblin that's turning into a rabbit?
PetePuma
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(2 votes)
I'm not sure why this card has been praised. It's one of those game-breaking gimmicks that is only fun for the person using it. Cards like this transform Magic from a thinking game into a crap shoot.
raptorman333
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@tarvofthemudhole: yea especially with a stifle/trickbind in hand
Comments (53)
Sometimes you kill a Mycoloth into a Wild Nacatl, and other times you kill a Wooly Thoctar into a Spearbreaker Behemoth.
You hope the latter happens when you're desperate to turn your Zepher Sprite into something bigger though, I'm feeling Inkwell Leviathan ;)
If you Polymorphed a creature with "indestructible", (let's say, your own Darksteel Colossus), when the creature fails to die, does the second effect of the card (deck searching and creature getting) still happen? As long as the target remains and doesn't fizzle the spell, the spell should be unaware of the creature's inability to die.
Please tell me if this is true, because I play a Polymorph deck with singletons Darksteel and Progenitus, and I'd love to Polymorph a token/manland into Darksteel, only then to Polymorph my Darksteel for Progenitus without losing another token (that I may not have to spare in the first place).
who would ever use this on an opponents creature, I mean, it wont mill an opponent like telemin performance, and really annoying stuff will have shroud or be indestructable, and whatever they get will be able to attack or do whatever it does on their turn
I'mma have to get a few copies.
So yes, you could polymorph a Darksteel and not lose it, but unless your stacking your deck-ponder brain storm and the like- you could just as easily get a Storm Crow.
1. Summoner's bane- AWESOME with polymorph. Let your opponent tap out on turn 4 to play a creature (cough cough bloodbraid) and then counter it. Then, on your turn, polymorph the token to get a guaranteed fattie.
2. Wind zendikon (Or any zendikon, really)- Self explanatory. Make a creature without using a creature spell, polymorph it, get a fattie.
3. Gargoyle castle- A little more desperate as it costs 5 mana and sacs a land. Still, it works and the 3/4 flying gargoyle can double up as a bolt-proof beater if necessary
4. Mind control- take an opponents creature, polymorph it, get a fattie.
5. Rite of Replication- make a copy of an opponent's creature, polymorph it, get a fattie.
There is also awesome synergy with other colors- especially red.
1. Goblin assault
2. Dragon fodder
PLUS there are some huge fatties in standard right now. Progenitis? Iona? Inkwell? Lorthos? On turn 4? Yes please.
PLUS the new Jace is perfect for a polymorph deck. If you're lucky enough to have a Jace or 2, you can get by with just 1 or 2 Ionas or whatever. If you ever draw one, you can use Jace's ability to draw some cards and stick the Iona at the bottom of your deck, where it can wait to be polymorphed.
If magic would print a capable counterspell, I really think that polymorph decks could go somewhere.
Proteus Staff is better
4x Polymorph
4x Dragon Fodder
2x Nuisance Engine
2x Proteus Staff
4x Ponder
3x Brainstorm
2x Library of Leng
2x Frantic Search
1x Scroll Rack
1x Feldon's Cane
4x Unsummon
4x Electrolyze
4x Kher Keep
4x Izzet Boilerworks
2x Urza's Factory
7x Island
6x Mountain
4x Creature*
Fairly simple, works pretty well. Make tokens, Polymorph into scary things. The Libraries are very good for making sure you don't put your necessary pieces in the graveyard, and Scroll Rack can put things back on top. Feldon's Cane is sort of a last resort for renewing your deck.
*Any four scary fatties you want - I run Progenitus, Darksteel Colossus, Inkwell Leviathan, and Iona, Shield of Emeria.
There are tons of cards that allow you to look at what is coming in your library, particularly for Blue. Try it with:
Sphinx of Jwar Isle
Sage Owl
Ponder
For hitting the enemy, try Orcish Spy.
5/5
http://www.deckcheck.net/deck.php?id=33504
using with ramp and haldari gardens or however you spell it to get the 0/1 plant token when you play the land you can have a progenitis or Emrakul, the Aeons torn, as soon as turn 3...turn 4 if you wana be safe and keep a Dispel in hand for bolts and counter spells
question tho. if i am targeting illusionary servant or phantasmal abomination and other cards that state that they are sac'ed when targeted by spells or abilities, does my morph fizzle or do i get to destroy it before its sac'ed?http://gatherer.wizards.com/Images/Stars/LeftClear.gif
The rest of the deck is mainly draw spells, mana ramp, and counterspells. It's vulnerable to fast aggro decks and tramplers. Also note that your opponent could burn, terminate, or doom blade your targeted token in response to you casting Polymorph, which is why you need to have counter backup and the untapped mana to use it.
Other- 39
x4 Essence Scatter
x4 Negate
x4 Polymorph
x4 Ponder
x4 Awakening Zone
x4 Growth Spasm
x4 Explore
x3 Expedition Map
x4 Into the Roil
x4 Spreading Seas
Creatures- 1
x1 Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
Lands
x6 Island
x6 Forest
x4 Khalni Garden
x4 Halimar Depths
I choose Ulamog as our feared beast because hes the most durable, and still incredebily powerfull. The deck provides 15 ways of getting the tokens out (including expedition map into khalni). Theres alot of control and draw cards so if pollymorph isnt in your opening hand its fine. Plus Awakening Zone provides amazing chump blocks if you need time. With this deck its possible to bust out your Ulamog on T3, with a good explore and a Khalni garden. This deck is cheap and affordable, with the exeption being the one Ulamog and Awakening Zones, but its nice to have a playset of those, and you can use those in any deck with splash green.
No, Kozy's death trigger does not go onto the stack until Polymorph has fully resolved. I suggest keeping some doomblades nearby just incase this happens, plus they are good enough for any deck anyways. Happy gaming (^_^)
So doing this to Blightsteel into Emrakul (which I've done before!) is perfectly legal.
one of my friends ran that type of deck, and if he ever got polymorph out it was usually game after that.
however, every so often he drew his big creatures at the start, or never drew polymorph, and hard casting his creatures was near impossible
"Hey man, I'm doing pretty good over here, would like a cool creature?"
"Uhh..I guess I would."
"Polymorph your general."
lolol
@scorpiolegend
Pongify
Also, that artwork is AWESOME. I've never seen an expression of more genuine terror - the whole of Innistrad block is just bad acting compared to this.
4/5 for being an interesting option