If you can get past reading this card without dancing in delight, we have new artists. Seriously though, this is so strong.
Rumblin-Slumm
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(10 votes)
I can copy my favorite creatures AND artifacts? For one mana less than Clone? In ANY color?
Wizards, you've made me a happy man.
AnTzero
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(4 votes)
This just proves that Phyrexians are superior. They perfected clone by giving it the properties of Sculpting Steel.
Tezz
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(2 votes)
then it wont be a creature, so it wont have p/t.
VoidedNote
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
I could see this making rage extractor very powerful. Play a slash panther and do 5 damage TWICE?! That could be a very ugly turn 6 (assuming you pay the life for rage and you don't mana accel).
Leonidus78
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(6 votes)
Probably one of the most versatile cards I've seen in a long time
Gabriel422
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
I guess Clone is obsolated huh? I still remember taking Clones to tournaments to deal with their Yoseis and Simic Sky Swallowers. Though a Clone would not be nearly as effective against most Titans, especially the red and green ones.
roguepariah
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(6 votes)
The love child of clone and sculpting steel. Its difficult to understand the impact that this card is going to have right away, simply because its so versatile. Its cheap, can be used in any color, and can copy two of the most common types of permanents without targeting. Goodbye Thrun A must have for me.
MasterOfEtherium
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Master of Etherium Xs 8
Kryplixx
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(7 votes)
Why is this not rated higher? A 3 mana Clone that works in any deck....
kashonismw
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
It would be funny to use liquid metal coating and make your opponent's plainswalker an artifact, then make this a copy of the plainswalker, thus blowing up opponent's plainswalker.
RATZGobbler
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I can hear the prototype portal revving up its whatyamacallits as this thing nears its release. So many strategies, very little patience.
One of the best cards in a long time... although, is it just me... or is it rather... well, phallic.
majinara
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Gabriel422: well, it is better than clone, except for clone beeing not vulnerable to artifact removal. Still 4/5 * from me.
cybishop
★☆☆☆☆ (1.8/5.0)(2 votes)
I guess Clone is obsolated huh? I still remember taking Clones to tournaments to deal with their Yoseis and Simic Sky Swallowers. Though a Clone would not be nearly as effective against most Titans, especially the red and green ones.
This is better than Clone because of the reduced mana cost, but not that it's not strictly better. The inherent weakness of artifact creatures is that they can be hit by both artifact removal and creature removal. In addition, if you choose to use this to copy a noncreature artifact, it can still be countered with Remove Soul, unlike Sculpting Steel.
So, yes, it's better overall, but Clone is not obsoleted.
Ninjakraken
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(3 votes)
During the prerelease, I got this guy inside my Prototype Portal and Started making Sensor Splicers to get a golem and artificer army. My opponent played Geth, Lord of the Vault and I Legendary Ruled him! AMAZING!!!
hatriarch
★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5.0)(2 votes)
Thinking about playing this in Valakut. Any single one of my creatures that it becomes a copy of will probably be worth 3 mana. Either I have 2 lotus cobras for insane ramp, an extra overgrown battlement for insane ramp, or an extra of either titans for win conitions, OR an extra Avenger for MOAR plant tokens and double +1/+1s on them.
Jedijoe
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Alright. This is my favorite card in the entire set. Beautiful artwork, great ability, and can just prove to be a hax card at any time. Just imagine the possibilities...
blindthrall
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
@Ninjakraken: Your opponent was an idiot.
Donovan_Fabian
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Your opponent plays fresh meat after a board sweep, you attach phyrexian metamorph to your mimic vat.. you have your mimic vat tap make a new phyrexian metamorph to copy that ratchet bomb you got 3 counters on over there in the corner, tap the new ratchet bomb to kill all tokens. Laugh maniacly.
Boakes2047
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I run this in my red/green deck along side Genesis Wave
I love accidentally getting 2 Blightsteels
DeathDark
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0)(4 votes)
Esper EDH has a new friend.
rinoh20
★★☆☆☆ (2.2/5.0)(2 votes)
hows this for a great idea: this in a tempered steel deck. 7/7 baneslayers for everyone!!!! okay just for me.
God_Of_The_Smurfs
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(5 votes)
Not quite sure what all the hype is about. Cryptoplasm does the exact same thing, only it isn't an artifact.
jlowther
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(3 votes)
Uh, Clone that also hits artifacts and can be played in ANY deck?
Daaaaayyyyyuuuuuuuummmmm...
SoulShatterer
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Got 2 for free at a pre-release. Amazing card.
kiseki
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
symbol test: Sweet. Get it with: L bracket - 3 - L parenthesis - U/P - R parenthesis - R bracket
Crazy fun card. People like me that don't use blue have more copying effects!
scumbling1
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
As a guy who likes Clone for casual formats, I was naturally excited to see this card printed. I was thrilled, but there's not much to say beyond that; the card is just superior in almost every way.
Hey: at least they didn't make the card also strictly better than Copy Artifact!
tcollins
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(12 votes)
That's funny, it sure doesn't LOOK like a Sword of Body and Mind, or a Baneslayer Angel, for as little as {3} you get a creatures (sometimes) and artifact (other times) and a removal spell (when copying legendary creatures like Emrakul, The Aeons Torn or legendary artifacts like Mindslaver) ... all wrapped into one card, that you don't even have to splash {U} for (hypothetically speaking). So many uses, comes in as the best thing in play, and can be utilized with your own permanents, i mean really, who wouldn't want two Myr Galvanizer instead of one?
digitallimit0
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
How does this interact with Living Weapons, e.g. Batterskull?
AzirSeroz
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
Games with Platinum Angel might start lasting a whole lot longer.
Razbot
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
So far my favorite card of New Phyrexia. So many options; double up any threat for three/four mana
Mavlis
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(15 votes)
This is a pretty strong candidate for the best card in New Phyrexia. This card is, by far, the most flexible card in standard - and maybe one of the most flexible cards in Magic, period. Not only because it can copy any artifact OR any creature, but it can also be played in any color. There are so many solid applications - even if, for instance you need another land for some reason. Why not animate a man land and play your metamorph? You have a shiny new land, as well.
This card has so many amazing applications - take an equipment, take a creature. It's an excellent way to counter legendary creatures and, heck, with Liquimetal coating - you could even counter Planeswalkers. This card will find its way into a ridiculously high number of decks over time.
mlanier131
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card might see play in affinity against NO bant. I think this card will get better as the years go on and more and more crazy creatures are printed.
modestmouse_55
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
probably the best clone variant ever print love this card!!
There is only one disappointing part about this card, the art! Don't get me wrong on this one! The art is great! Its just that I would have really liked it a bit better if the art was closer to an older style Clone! How cool would that be seeing something like an Elf or vulshok staring down a phyrexised, robotic clone of themselves!
rhettbradbury
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Anyone know if you have, let's say, an Acidic Slime out on the field and I cast the Metamorph who copies the Slime...does the Metamorph get to destroy something upon entering like the slime??
andromoidus
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
hello? anyone thinking of Mimic Vat here? it costs the same as casting it without paying two life! YES, PLEASE! lol. I love Clone creatures and Mimic Vats!
Tommy9898
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(21 votes)
Never met-a-morph I didn't like.
Bursama
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Now also burn deck copy. Big. Bad. Creatures.
Artan
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I don't see why any deck wouldn't run at least one of these guys.(except maybe über aggro decks that don't run anything past 1-2cc cards. maybe). The moment we got this as the release promo, every single player thought of different ways to use it, from the fifth Knight exemplar to ways of using it to beat Thrun/blightsteel/whatever. Also Soul sisters, but who cares about that.
dberry02
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Very awesome clone varient. I like the fact that any color other than blue can now get a copy of things! And not just creatures, artifacts as well! An A+ card.
kelayth
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
this card is hands down one of the best cards in my deck just because of the plays i have with it, putting this card on prototype portal and haveing Mycosynth lattice in play making you abloe to copy anything in play once a turn extremly helpful. it was the reason i won several times now.
QuietK
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It takes one hell of a card to oust Sculpting Steel, but this card manages it.
__Silence__
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Wow one of the creatures that can *almost* never be targeted by go for the throat.
ratchet1215
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
How does one improve perennial favorite Clone? Make it playable in any deck, you say? Make it come into play for one less mana? Make it able not just to double up on Consecrated Sphinx card draw slaughter but also capable of laying double the beats with a Sword of Fire and Ice? Make the art look far tastier, especially in foil?
Sta-ple
infernox10
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
You need some pretty decent reasons not to run him in almost any deck.
Tempted_Johnny
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
Any deck that relies on multiples of any combo piece should run this card as well. It's a fine way to ensure that your Livewire Lash equipped Spellskite has a buddy to play hot potato with :)
Judgemaster_Rolan
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card is similar to Soul Foundry and Prototype Portal...and if you imprint it onto either one of those...
Muah ha ha ha!!
Paleopaladin
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
F'ing BROKEN! Seriously, I don't think they imagined the havoc this thing might unleash. We WILL see this in Legacy--count on it!
Fun "for-the-hell-of-it" (I refuse to say "lulz") play today--this and Liquimetal Coating for planeswalker hate.
I can't believe that no one has mentioned the most obvious combo yet. Annihilate your enemy totally by using this on your Storm Crow (though this means you'll have one on the field already, which is an automatic winning condition).
DarthParallax
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This + Riku of Two Reflections = your opponent's creatures do not matter.
Them: "I'll tap out for a Batterskull." Me: "I'll pay {3} for a Batterskull and use the other 2 mana to shatter yours." Them: "I'll tap out for a Thrun." Me: "I'll pay {3} for a Thrun and kill both of them." Them: "I'll tap out for a wurmcoil." Me: "I'll pay {3} for a wurmcoil, then use the rest of my mana for an oblivion ring." Them: "f*** you!"
MindAblaze
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
On its own this card is amazing; combine it Heartless Summoning and Havengul Lich and it's downright broken. Copy any creature or artifact from your hand or graveyard for ? Suuuuuure, why not.
Artiificer
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
could this be combo-ed with a Followed Footsteps to create multiple copies of different creatures and artifacts in game?
j_mindfingerpainter
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It seems more Mirran than Phyrexian IMO because the "it's an artifact in addition to its other types" clause. However, I guess it could have been Mirran until the Phyrexians took control of it, proven by the Phyrexian mana, the name, and the watermark.
Trygon_Predator
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Ridiculously versatile, coming into its own in EDH where you can copy whatever good stuff your opponents have out, or just use it as a Vindicate on an enemy Commander.
Enelysios
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I love this guy so much! If Snapcaster Mage is copies 5-8 of my favorite instant, then this baby is copies 5-8 of my favorite artifacts and creatures! Two life (And I never seem to pay the extra, even in blue.) is a very small price to pay for a Sword of War and Peace. Also I have had some wonky shenanigans with him and my Tezzeret the seeker.
elmanigoldo
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card is ridiculously good. It literally saved my U/W deck's ass dozens of times, in ANY matchup. I just defeated a friggin' elf deck 3-0 thanks to this baby copying a simple Wirewood Hivemaster. It's just SO versatile. All in all, i have to say it's one of my favorite cards ever, simply for the combo/aggro potential and for how fun playing this is. 5/5 stars, and i usually don't rate cards this much just cause they're excellent (or broken): playability is what makes this shine, and the way it unlocks infinite ways of having fun, gawddammit.
atemu1234
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
what would happen if you used Argent Mutation on a planeswalker (Say, Jace, the Mind Sculpter), then play this, copying that. What happens at the end of your turn when it is no longer a creature? Does it copy what it was or is it an invalid target or what?
Eluem
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@tcollins, Can't copy emrakul with this. Oh wait.. you can.. it doesn't target. BAD ASS!
MisterAction
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
All right, well I got so tired of "strictly-better-than" arguments that I asked Mark Rosewater to come up with a term to describe how much better this is than Clone.
He told me this was "More Phyrexian than Clone."
Then there were a stream of comments arguing about the concept of strictly-betterness.
I tried, folks. I tried.
Tiggurix
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(4 votes)
I didn't know you worked in fantasy, T-1000!
Averyck
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Artiificer- you sure can, but you need to A) have metamorph not copy anything when it enters and B) have something that will boost it's toughness otherwise it'll die instantly.
@atemu1234- again, you can. and both planeswalkers will die, so your metamorph will become a copy of target Jace, then the planeswalker rules happen when state-based effects are checked, and both will die instantly. however, if you play metamorph with mirror gallery out, then both will stay in effect, and your phyrexian planeswalker will enter the battlefield as normal, loyalty counters and all. It will enter the battlefield as an artifact planeswalker, and will remain that way permanently or until destroyed, even though the effect that made the target valid was temporary.
Skiefyre
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Actually mirror gallery does not allow multiple planeswalkers in play. Planeswalkers are not "legendary" and as such removing the "legendary" rule does not stop them from destroying each other. "306.4. If two or more planeswalkers that share a planeswalker type are on the battlefield, all are put into their owners’ graveyards as a state-based action. This is called the “planeswalker uniqueness rule.” "
C1455
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is better tan clone in every way but one, it is always an artifact. Naturalize and smelt can kill it. Just to say something in defense of clone.
I wished all these blue copy creatures would get banned in EDH. I can't count anymore how often my general already got copied with this card. They only lead to that everyone always only plays the same stupid and boring cards like always. Just boring.
0.5/5
psychichobo
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This should've had another drawback really. The ONLY 'downside' is that it's an artifact - but it can become an artifact too.
The blue phyrexia cost is the stupid part though. Seriously. This is ridiculously awesome in my GOBLIN deck. As long as you have a lord out, you can get a copy of it and also have some tech for Legendary murder.
On the upside... it must be nice to get this in a booster on the basis that it'll fit into nearly any deck you'll have. I hated pulling a tribal lord from a booster for a tribe I never used, and this thing will go into nearly any deck.
Iam_IronMan
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(4 votes)
STARTING JULY 2013 THIS CARD WILL NO LONGER FUNCTION AS UNTARGETTED REMOVAL FOR PESKY LEGENDS.
HeraldOfRazia
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
A great card, it's usefulness is totally limitless. One time in my artifact deck I could either use it on a Master of Etherium, a Sol Ring, or a Cranial Plating. Any card that can give you insane options like that just on your own side of the table (not to mention your opponent's) is a 5/5 in my book.
Should be fun in Legacy. Whatever your opponent does you can copy on a budget. Drop a goyf? Well now you have one too! For like.. $2.
Batterskull? That's weird, you don't remember putting 4 batterskulls in your deck do you?
There will always be something killer to copy for 3-4 mana, just have enough control that you get to keep yours and that they lose theirs.
Kamishini
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I'm sure someone else has said it in the nine pages of comments, but if it hasn't, I just think this is fun.
Liquidmetal Coating + this = I can copy any permanent I can target! Just fun, especially in EDH were you might want to clone an Enchantment of some sort. Or a land possibly.
DimirOverlord
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Not sure if I'm correct but if he is a creature 0/0 and u copy say a Sol Ring, won't he die when he hits the battlrfield? It says he retains his other types...so creature is his type and a creature cannot be a 0/0. Any judges able to clear this up for me? It looks to me he can only copy creatures and artifact creatures...
velkaarn
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@DimirOverlord:
Read the rulings.
"1.6.2011 If Phyrexian Metamorph copies a noncreature artifact, it is no longer a creature."
He's not going to die because he enters as an artifact.
Strictly better than the T-1000, as it can't form complex machines. Guns and explosives have chemicals, moving parts. It doesn't work that way. But it can form solid metal shapes. Knives and stabbing weapons.
cotf1692
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I wonder if we will get a metamorph like creature in Journey to Nyx. Just enters the battlefield as a copy of an enchantment or a creature and is an enchantment in addition to its other types instead? I always love more clones. Maybe even work bestow in some how if it isn't too difficult (it seems difficult)
Stuflames
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
"Shake, you'll be fine. That hole in your head will heal up in no time."
Comments (89)
Wizards, you've made me a happy man.
Its difficult to understand the impact that this card is going to have right away, simply because its so versatile.
Its cheap, can be used in any color, and can copy two of the most common types of permanents without targeting. Goodbye Thrun
A must have for me.
1993-2010
RIP
Still 4/5 * from me.
This is better than Clone because of the reduced mana cost, but not that it's not strictly better. The inherent weakness of artifact creatures is that they can be hit by both artifact removal and creature removal. In addition, if you choose to use this to copy a noncreature artifact, it can still be countered with Remove Soul, unlike Sculpting Steel.
So, yes, it's better overall, but Clone is not obsoleted.
I love accidentally getting 2 Blightsteels
Daaaaayyyyyuuuuuuuummmmm...
Sweet. Get it with:
L bracket - 3 - L parenthesis - U/P - R parenthesis - R bracket
Crazy fun card. People like me that don't use blue have more copying effects!
Hey: at least they didn't make the card also strictly better than Copy Artifact!
This card has so many amazing applications - take an equipment, take a creature. It's an excellent way to counter legendary creatures and, heck, with Liquimetal coating - you could even counter Planeswalkers. This card will find its way into a ridiculously high number of decks over time.
Big. Bad. Creatures.
Sta-ple
Muah ha ha ha!!
Fun "for-the-hell-of-it" (I refuse to say "lulz") play today--this and Liquimetal Coating for planeswalker hate.
Me: "I'll pay {3} for a Batterskull and use the other 2 mana to shatter yours."
Them: "I'll tap out for a Thrun."
Me: "I'll pay {3} for a Thrun and kill both of them."
Them: "I'll tap out for a wurmcoil."
Me: "I'll pay {3} for a wurmcoil, then use the rest of my mana for an oblivion ring."
Them: "f*** you!"
He told me this was "More Phyrexian than Clone."
Then there were a stream of comments arguing about the concept of strictly-betterness.
I tried, folks. I tried.
@atemu1234- again, you can. and both planeswalkers will die, so your metamorph will become a copy of target Jace, then the planeswalker rules happen when state-based effects are checked, and both will die instantly. however, if you play metamorph with mirror gallery out, then both will stay in effect, and your phyrexian planeswalker will enter the battlefield as normal, loyalty counters and all. It will enter the battlefield as an artifact planeswalker, and will remain that way permanently or until destroyed, even though the effect that made the target valid was temporary.
"306.4. If two or more planeswalkers that share a planeswalker type are on the battlefield, all are put into
their owners’ graveyards as a state-based action. This is called the “planeswalker uniqueness rule.” "
0.5/5
The blue phyrexia cost is the stupid part though. Seriously. This is ridiculously awesome in my GOBLIN deck. As long as you have a lord out, you can get a copy of it and also have some tech for Legendary murder.
On the upside... it must be nice to get this in a booster on the basis that it'll fit into nearly any deck you'll have. I hated pulling a tribal lord from a booster for a tribe I never used, and this thing will go into nearly any deck.
I CAN MAKE ANYTHING.
Batterskull? That's weird, you don't remember putting 4 batterskulls in your deck do you?
There will always be something killer to copy for 3-4 mana, just have enough control that you get to keep yours and that they lose theirs.
Liquidmetal Coating + this = I can copy any permanent I can target! Just fun, especially in EDH were you might want to clone an Enchantment of some sort. Or a land possibly.
Read the rulings.
"1.6.2011 If Phyrexian Metamorph copies a noncreature artifact, it is no longer a creature."
He's not going to die because he enters as an artifact.