Shapeshifter's Marrow
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Turn 1: Island, Black lotus, Shapeshifter's marrow
Opponent's turn 1: Stare intently until your opponent reveals Progenitus.
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Posted By: IndianaWalsh (11/28/2010 6:06:37 PM)
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QUESTION:
Shapeshifter's Marrow specifies on the card and in the rulings that it (Shapeshifter's Marrow, referring to the card itself not just the creature/enchantment it might be at any given time) becomes a copy of the creature revealed on your opponent's library. If I then return it to my hand with Vedalken Mastermind, will I return a copy of my opponent's creature card to my hand, right down to the mana cost, ready to be played again? Or will it go back to being an enchantment in my hand again?
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Posted By: Fictionarious (1/20/2010 7:19:15 PM)
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This card is interesting, original and flavorful, but it's too risky and costy to se play IMHO. For 2BlueBlue you can get better cards to win...
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Posted By: Paolino (1/17/2012 3:03:58 AM)
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@lorendorky - I guess the one good thing about having Chippy draw art for crap cards is that I can afford to have all the cards with Chippy's art...

And I agree Chippy's one of the best. Notice how this is tailor-made to look awesome in the "future style" art format? It would actually look weirdly diagonalized in a standard rectangle. Bridge From Below and Tarmogoyf (both great cards) looks like crap in the future sight border; this drake-copier looks amazing.

Though, is it really a crap card? Using Jace TMS to fateseal the opponent every turn, you would have greater control over which creature Marrow becomes. I guess the question's really whether a 2BlueBlue Jace-combo card is really worth it given that you already spent 2BlueBlue on Jace.
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Posted By: Salient (2/17/2012 3:10:17 PM)
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Risky? Perhaps.
But the ability to copy anything before it even hits the field is tempting. Run with Spin into Myth if you want to just copy a creature.
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Posted By: DoragonShinzui (4/10/2012 6:17:31 PM)
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Amusing with effects like Grasp of Phantoms.
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Posted By: LordRandomness (8/23/2012 8:51:20 PM)
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Worst case, your opponent plays no creatures (which is unlikely) and you only get to see what they draw.
Best case, you get one of their bombs or a usefull utillity creature.
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Posted By: Exilyth (2/10/2013 10:05:46 AM)
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One of those cards that probably still wouldn't be broken if it cost 2 less.
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Posted By: jonrds (8/28/2013 2:38:50 PM)
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Surprised no one said Time Ebb a card already good in its own right.
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Posted By: amberbock (1/22/2014 2:00:07 PM)
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It is cool, but Control Magic is much more reliable and requires far less work.
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Posted By: Aquillion (2/27/2014 2:01:11 AM)
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