Needs the right support to be effective in limited. Shape Anew is effective, Scrapdiver Serpent is probably the single best common bomb, so perhaps blue does have a legitimate limited deck. Just grab sac outlets like Culling Dais/Throne of Geth, and you have a decent deck. When possible grab Solitons and Heavy Arbalest, since that's an almost instant wincon.
See, blue isn't as bad as you thought. You were just looking at it wrong.
Posted By:
Doom_Lich
(11/13/2010 11:47:22 AM)
I used this today with only 4 islands and a Palladium Myr on the field. It was killed defending a 4/1 the next turn, and I brought out a Myr Battlesphere to swing for an uncontested 14 damage.
Posted By:
darkrai88
(11/14/2010 7:58:40 PM)
Hello Clone Shell. Meet my friends Liliana Vess and Emrakul, the Aeons Torn. I think you three will get along just fine...
Posted By:
BiOhyBr
(11/18/2010 12:19:39 PM)
its not a bad card for big mana costing cards, but if you get a "Crystal ball" out on the feild, it could work
Posted By:
LiquidMetal333
(11/27/2010 2:43:00 PM)
I love Hideaway. I like Sarkhan the Mad. I agree with pistolsforpandas on making 5/5 dudes and potentially getting a nice critter for free as well.
Posted By:
DacenOctavio
(12/13/2010 10:43:37 PM)
I'm wondering, what would happen if Clone Shell was returned to your hand and then cast again? It would exile a second card, and when it entered the graveyard, would both exiled creatures come into play or only the second?
Also, @SeiberTross: Artisan of Kozilek has to be cast to get the creature from your graveyard, so putting him into play from exile by a Clone Shell wouldn't work.
Posted By:
drodalpha
(1/4/2011 9:34:22 AM)
MEAT PUPPET!
Posted By:
HairlessThoctar
(1/5/2011 4:43:18 PM)
The fact that it's a 2/2 that can turn into a nasty creature surprise almost seems like a tribute to morph creatures.
Almost.
Posted By:
ImpliedQuotient
(1/28/2011 7:53:33 AM)
@drodalpha: Whenever you cast a card, it's treated as if it is a totally different card. So it won't remember any cards imprinted on it except the most recent one.
Posted By:
Fanaticmogg
(1/31/2011 3:44:29 PM)
As a Shapeshifter, this guy has some serious synergy with Precursor Golem. Your opponents won't be so quick to Doom Blade a Precursor Golem if it means risking flipping over whatever is hidden under the clone shell. Best chump blocker ever.
Posted By:
tcollins
(4/17/2011 8:59:36 PM)