He Looks Like The King To Bad His Effect Doesnt Get You A Free Whopper
SavageBrain89
★★☆☆☆ (2.1/5.0)(4 votes)
(Don't Fear) the Reaper.
Arachibutyrophobia
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(9 votes)
I'm not sure if this was obvious to everyone but me, but if you flip him right before he deals damage, you half your opponent and not yourself.
EnV
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Sure you can flip him. So in turn he is really rigged.
jimbob123432
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(3 votes)
Put any enchantment on it that give it "Tap: Deal 1 or more damage to target player"
Hibron
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
Jimbob-that won't work. It specifies COMBAT damage.
Kirbster
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Give him Double Strike, and he quarters your opponent's life in one go.
Shiny_Umbreon
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
@Arachibutyrophobia: That's kinda the point of the morph. The surprise factor doesn't cost that much.
pigknight
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Double strike + Quitius Spike = Life goes down to 1/16 with a succesful swing.
ClockworkSwordfish
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Never really worth swinging unmorphed.
Polychromatic
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(1 vote)
I've never been impressed by the Quietus Spike mechanic. It's a cycle of diminishing returns.
BegleOne
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(4 votes)
Of course it's designed to be flipped over after declaring attackers but before dealing damage to the opponent. Preferably after the opponents lets him through. Then you can use the in-block cards to flip him back over, (play 3 card Monty with your other face-down morph creatures so that your opponent won't know which one to block next time either), and then attack with him again.
But it's also a tool that can be used to combo with something if you need to lose lots of life in a hurry. Or you can combo it with something like Children of Korlis and use it as a tool to gain lots of life in a hurry as well. If he can get a single attack through, then you can play a Sanguine Bond and sacrifice a Child and you've probably won the game.
Kryptnyt
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
Master is so right. He looks exactly like the Burger King. You guys rated his comment down because youre racist! That's right, I went there
Fictionarious
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Two things that suck about morph: Three cost makes me not want a vanilla 2/2 with a target on it's back for the turn. Also, has anyone noticed there are no morph creatures that do interesting things when they're blocked? Just imagine that they reprinted a version of Saprazzan Heir or Tolarian Entrancer with morph. At least then you could play a fun sort of bluffing game when you swung, the opponent not knowing whether it was Tolarian Entrancer or this guy waiting for them. And would that be so overpowered? Was it so hard to think of? Why do these cards not already exist? As it is now any player worth their salt can just block the 2/2 with near utter certainty in their decision.
XTwistedsoulX
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Hey look, my Break Open was actually a good play! I shall block that guy! But I'm running Break Open in my deck so its probally gonna lose anyways!
sonorhC
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
@BegleOne: > (play 3 card Monty with your other face-down morph creatures so that your opponent won't know which one to block next time either) You're not allowed to do that. From the Comprehensive Rules:
707.6. If you control multiple face-down spells or face-down permanents, you must ensure at all times that your face-down spells and permanents can be easily differentiated from each other. This includes, but is not limited to, knowing the order spells were cast, the order that face-down permanents entered the battlefield, which creature attacked last turn, and any other differences between face-down spells or permanents. Common methods for distinguishing between face-down objects include using counters or dice to mark the different objects, or clearly placing those objects in order on the table.
TheWrathofShane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Swing in morphed and then flip!
Just hope they dont have a grizzly bear to block!
HuntingDrake
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Fictionarius wrote: has anyone noticed there are no morph creatures that do interesting things when they're blocked?
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But it's also a tool that can be used to combo with something if you need to lose lots of life in a hurry. Or you can combo it with something like Children of Korlis and use it as a tool to gain lots of life in a hurry as well. If he can get a single attack through, then you can play a Sanguine Bond and sacrifice a Child and you've probably won the game.
Three cost makes me not want a vanilla 2/2 with a target on it's back for the turn.
Also, has anyone noticed there are no morph creatures that do interesting things when they're blocked? Just imagine that they reprinted a version of Saprazzan Heir or Tolarian Entrancer with morph. At least then you could play a fun sort of bluffing game when you swung, the opponent not knowing whether it was Tolarian Entrancer or this guy waiting for them. And would that be so overpowered? Was it so hard to think of? Why do these cards not already exist?
As it is now any player worth their salt can just block the 2/2 with near utter certainty in their decision.
> (play 3 card Monty with your other face-down morph creatures so that your opponent won't know which one to block next time either)
You're not allowed to do that. From the Comprehensive Rules:
707.6. If you control multiple face-down spells or face-down permanents, you must ensure at all times that your face-down spells and permanents can be easily differentiated from each other. This includes, but is not limited to, knowing the order spells were cast, the order that face-down permanents entered the battlefield, which creature attacked last turn, and any other differences between face-down spells or permanents. Common methods for distinguishing between face-down objects include using counters or dice to mark the different objects, or clearly placing those objects in order on the table.
Just hope they dont have a grizzly bear to block!
You didn't draft much Onslaught Block, did you?
Besides the obvious fatties and first-strikers, try
Serpentine Basilisk
Broodhatch Nantuko
Karona's Zealot
Soul Collector
"When-blocked" triggers are hard to do with morph, but certainly a Tolarian Entrancer-like could have been done.
using this in a rakdos the defiler edh, everyone gets the drawback =D
Actually, giving him Double Strike and Quietus Spike would reduce an opponent from 20 to 0 in one round if unblocked:
Step 1. Combat damage (strike 1): 20-1=19
Step 2. Lose half of life, rounded up: 19-10=9
Step 3. Lose half of life, rounded up: 9-5=4
Step 4. Combat damage (strike 2): 4-1=3
Step 5. Lose half of life, rounded up: 3-2=1
Step 6. Lose half of life, rounded up: 1-1=0
Step 7. Enjoy style points.