Rules question: I was recently playing a game where I had Mirrorworks and nothing else on the battlefield. I cast Etched Champion. When he enters the battlefield, Mirrorworks' effect triggers and I choose to pay 2 to copy Etched Champion. In response to this, my opponent plays a colored instant which destroys the first Etched Champion. Is this legal? i.e. does the Etched Champion have protection from all colors by this point or not? Does the token come into play first or does my opponents destroy spell hit first?
Posted By:
Waxxy
(8/24/2011 10:59:09 PM)
@Sweatymess:
Unfortunately, no. :(
The Argent Sphinx will not enter the battlefield as an artifact - it will only get turned into one AFTER it has already entered, and so Mirrorworks will not trigger.
@Waxxy:
Since your opponent destroyed the original champion in response to the Mirrorworks trigger, it will be destroyed before the token copy ever comes into play. Therefore the maximum number of artifacts under your control at any point during this is 2, and so Metalcraft is never activated. Your champion will never get protection from colours and is vulnerable throughout.
Hopefully this clears up your questions :D
Posted By:
ARandomMop
(8/26/2011 11:52:07 AM)
What is really fun is with a deck I have with galvanizers and palladium myrs I can make an infinite amount of these puppies and manaliths then using grinning totems to steal my opponents decks.
Posted By:
coconaught
(8/29/2011 4:17:56 PM)
Broken - and not in that cool kind of way that allows for ridiculous plays, but in that other "can't be fixed" kind of way. I'm not saying the card's effect isn't powerful, but it doesn't fall into any reliable mana-curve, and it lacks synergy, period. If, Grand Architect could produce mana for triggered abilities, then maybe this card would find a home in Blue-Artifact-ramp, allowing for large beatdowns w/multiple Steel Hellkites, Wurmcoil Engines, etc., BUT, that's not the case.
Posted By:
Tempted_Johnny
(8/30/2011 10:07:17 PM)
@B00oo I too use this in my myr swarm deck! Myr galvanizer drops it on turn 4 as well. Mirrorworks is fantastic in that it says :when another artifact enters the battlefield: which means you can cheat out an artifact (i.e myr battlesphere with myr turbine) and copy it for 
.
Posted By:
Ulixes_Pyr
(11/26/2011 9:37:44 PM)
I'm surprised only one person has mentioned Phyrexian Dreadnought, It works like this.
Play the Dreadnought for 1. Mirrorworks and its enters-the-battlefiend trigger both go on the stack. Put Mirrorworks' on top.
Mirrorworks' ability resolves, creating a token copy. Its ability goes on the stack. Sacrifice the original.
Original's ability resolves. Choose to sacrifice it, you can't, nothing happens.
Result: Token copy of Phyrexian Dreadnought for {3}, no drawback. An abusable Phyrexian Dreadnought in your graveyard.
Posted By:
Tynansdtm
(11/30/2011 4:51:45 PM)
i like using this card withMyr Turbine and Parallel Lives.
just use the turbine to get a Myr Battlesphere into play copy it and because of parallel lives you get 3 battlespheres (the original and two tokens), all of which make 8 tokens
so in the end you have twenty-four tokens, and if you attack with one of the battlespheres the next turn and tap all of the tokens, you deal 24 direct damage (because of battlesphere's ability) and the battlesphere becomes a 28/7 until the end of turn
Posted By:
ThatTobyGuy
(2/2/2012 1:13:25 PM)
Seems like it would be batsh!t bonkers in EDH.
"Hey there, Planeswalker! Do you have some cool artifacts in your deck? Is the only-one-of-each-card rule cramping your style? Then do I have a deal for you! Right now, for the bargain price of only 2 mana*, you get two artifacts instead of one! Double the artifact-fun for everyone!
*Cost for the original artifact still apply."
Posted By:
Exelia
(4/13/2012 2:13:42 AM)
Conjuror's Closet.
Bounce all your big artifact creatures and swarm your opponent with tokens. Perhaps ramp a bit with Grand Architect (tutor up fatties with Treasure Mage). Expensive combo so really not competative, but should prove fun.
Posted By:
Hugomanen
(4/25/2012 1:00:44 AM)
I was playing my Kemba EDH deck and I cast her with this on the field, she got chaos warped and I revealed blight steel colossus happily copied it with mirror works equipped it with boots of swiftness and a sword of war and peace and killed my opponent.
Posted By:
RainbowCrash
(9/3/2012 10:03:06 AM)