I'll have to say I disagree majinara. Clone as his buddies do work differently from cryptoplasm, this is true, that does make them better. In certain situations you can utilize the ETB abilities of what it copies but you have to run some sort of blink with it to allow it to copy other creatures.
This creature comes with built in adaptability. Pacifism or arrest getting you down? Just change to a creature with pro white and watch it fall off. Or copy a creature with other useful abilities. Sure you could blink it off of a clone but here it gives you a way to deal with it in the card itself.
I like the idea of being able to change the creature into the best thing on the field at the beginning of my turn. Especially when the best thing is your opponent's. If it didn't have haste you get to attack with it first. God forbid you have more than one of these and they both copy it.
Posted By:
OpeeFomenom
(2/1/2011 10:13:13 PM)
This card saved me in a recent booster draft!!!
I was playing a guy who drafted both a Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas AND a Molten-Tail Masticore. How in the world he managed that I'll be wondering for the rest of my life!!! But needless to say, I lost match 1 of 3 horribly. He got both out on the field and I was helpless. Then match 2 of 3, I played my Cryptoplasm. He pulled out his masticore so I had good ol' Crypto become the masticore, used its "deal 4 damage" ability to rid of his masticore, and it was smooth sailing from there on out!!
4/5
Posted By:
Smauls
(2/14/2011 12:05:10 PM)
Run against decks that contain their own weakness. If any deck somehow gets below 50-50 in the mirror match this card will slaughter that deck. (-;
Posted By:
TPmanW
(2/7/2011 6:09:22 PM)
The best shapeshifter ever printed. It's cheap, has no restrictions as to what it can copy, and can change its form for no extra cost. I can't see why you wouldn't run it if you had it; it's either doubling something awesome that you have or taking something awesome that the opponent has. Brilliant.
Posted By:
Zulp
(1/27/2011 8:30:52 PM)
Vesuvan Doppelganger enters the battlefield as a copy of something.
Cryptoplasm is a vanilla 2/2 for a turn.
People seem to be misreading this card's text. It isn't outclassing or replacing much of anything.
Posted By:
Laguz
(2/6/2011 1:57:34 PM)
This was Cloneing Serum Rakers and Priests of Norn all draft long. I was playing Blue/Black/Green, so I'd drop this turn 5, copying Serum Raker the next turn, then shoot the opponent's Raker down with Pistus Strike.
Posted By:
NecroticNobody
(4/4/2011 8:49:44 PM)
It's alright, but the ones that copy on entering the battlefield (clone, vesuvan doppelganger, vesuvan shapeshifter, quicksilver gargantuan, sakashima the impostor) are still better. Why?
- this guy doesn't trigger "enter the battlefield" or "leave the battlefield" abilities. That is a huge drawback (for example when cloning primeval titan)
- this guy sits around for at least one turn as a weak 2/2 creature, giving everyone time to kill it or adapt to it
- can't coppy creatures with shroud or protection
- fewer combo possibilities. For example you can use cards like momentary blink to have clone or similiar cards copy a new creature at instant speed, triggering "enter the battlefield" and "leave the battlefield" abilities. Doesn't work with this guy.
- also, when it's about copying creatures, one or two mana different ain't th... (see all)
Posted By:
majinara
(1/29/2011 3:08:16 AM)
CAN'T CLONE SHROUD CREATURE.
just a warning
Posted By:
BioPrince
(1/28/2011 1:46:44 PM)
Just try using this in Ally deck and see what happens.
Posted By:
Mogun
(4/4/2011 5:02:04 AM)
This + Followed Footsteps = At the beginning of your upkeep, you may kill target legendary creature?
Posted By:
S-r-ex
(12/22/2011 11:40:58 AM)