@ DacenOctavio
There's always everyone's favorite 1 mana counterspell, Stifle, which would allow him to become Emrakul, or any other triggered self-shuffler for that matter e.g. DsC or Serra Avatar.
Posted By:
Snafinturtle
(11/17/2010 5:18:41 PM)
That is AWESOME!!! Madness booster, plus a cool ability! 5/5 for sheer fun factor
Posted By:
Superllama12
(2/8/2011 4:28:23 PM)
So, if the top card were a Necrotic Ooze...
Posted By:
niceguygreensboro
(2/27/2011 10:06:56 PM)
What about planeswalkers?
Posted By:
Mike-C
(4/12/2011 7:17:21 PM)
@Mike-C: What about planeswalkers? Have they ever been creatures?
@niceguygreensboro: So if the top card of your graveyard is Necrotic Ooze has nothing more happening than when you have a Necrotic Ooze on play and in graveyard. Necrotic Ooze doesn't gain its own ability from graveyard because its ability is not activated ability.
Posted By:
tavaritz
(8/6/2011 7:52:54 AM)
Well, it's not like an Elvish Piper, but we are not so far...
Posted By:
Paolino
(1/12/2012 7:25:55 AM)
That's...an unusual shapeshifter.
Posted By:
DoragonShinzui
(4/19/2012 8:38:03 AM)
My brother uses this to cheat Phage into play. You can't play her from anywhere but your hand, but if you make a permanent that has already been in play into a copy of her, you don't lose the game.
Posted By:
MacBizzle
(5/30/2012 10:41:38 AM)
Volrath's Shapeshifter is a great way to get around attacking drawbacks and even turn them into advantages, since you can transform it mid-combat for cheaps. To illustrate what I mean:
1) Discard Invisible Stalker.
2) Attack with the shapeshifter.
3) Wait until after your opponent declares blockers (oh noes, they couldn't block it!)
4) Discard Rakdos the Defiler.
5) Rakdos connects with effective unblockability and without his first ability triggering.
6) Ouch.
Tricks like that are inordinately difficult to pull off with other shapeshifters, while Volrath's here does it without breaking a sweat. Best of all, a single cast of Disentomb gets you ready to go again, and if you can drop it at instant speed (Quicken, many other flash solutions, any instant speed versions of the effect), you can use it to save your shapeshifter from removal by suddenly making him hexproof! (Although the effect is tricky to u... (see all)
Posted By:
LordRandomness
(10/1/2012 3:33:55 PM)
Fun with Jarad's Orders!
Posted By:
Prizrak
(10/6/2012 3:49:12 PM)