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BMoor's Magic The
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Deck Garage Creatures Why yes, as a matter of fact I do. I've got to say, I love the idea of making your opponent guess what they're blocking/attacking into/targeting. It's like mini-games in video games, where you can make your opponent play the shell game during your attack phase! (Note: the rules state you have to make it obvious which face-down creature is which. In other words, it has to be obvious which one came into play this turn versus which one is the one that's been flipped face down a dozen times. No "three-card monty" sleight of hand when your opponent isn't looking.) The only trouble is, with a singleton deck like this that thrives off keeping your opponent guessing, you may find yourself in real dire need of a specific morph trigger that you don't have on the board. Normally I'd suggest tutors, but with a tutor you have to reveal the card you searched for to ensure it fits the parameters of what the tutor can get. Unless it's Diabolic Tutor, which just says "a card", but green and blue doesn't have any like those. So, I guess we just have to make sure each individual card is as strong as it can be, and get plenty of copies of the cards that don't need to be a surprise.
So, you've got a justifiable reason for committ
 ing one of my notable pet peeves: lots of one-ofs. I know I tend to harp on that, but I readily accept it IF the deckbuilder did it for a reason, and your reason is a good one. But it only applies to the morph cards. Ixidron is a power beater that resets all those morph triiggers. You'll never really be unhappy to draw it, so at least 3 copies sounds appropriate. You've got 3 Llanowar Elves, which is enough, but I'd recommend a fourth if there's room simply because Llanowar Elves does its best work on Turn One. You really want to draw one in the early turns, but then you're dissapointed to see it in the late game when you needed an Ixidron. I guess 3 is the right number for that. And Teferi really needs at least a second copy. All your cards are creatures save Dream Chisel and the Top, which means Teferi lets you play anything as an instant. In a deck that relies so heavily on unmorphing things in response to something, you really need to be able to leave mana open. And playing all your spells at your opponent's EOT is the best way of doing that.
Next, I've got an idea for an utterly backbreaking combo you could make use of: Natural Affinity and Ixidron. Picture this-- you play Natural Affinity turning every land into a 2/2 creature until end of turn. Then you play Ixidron, turning all creatures face down--including all lands! Every land is face down, unable to tap for mana, and Ixidron is positively enormous! Best of all is when you can do it at the end of your opponent's turn with Teferi, even if that means Teferi stops being Teferi. Even better if your opponent tapped out that turn and is defenseless against your onslaught! Armageddon plus a threat usually wins games, but the trouble is that deprives you of all your mana which I just said you have so much use for. I'll leave it up to you if you want to use that strategy or not, but if you do, I would probably drop the Divining Tops for Affinity. It's really the only card that can come out here, but it's still useful.
Finally, I'll wrap up this workshop session with a rundown of some notable morph creatures that you aren't running, but might want to. I feel it's my duty to make my clients aware of all the different avenues they could pursue without forcing their hand (that's why I don't do "before and after decklists" like many of my predecessors), so let's take a look at some of your options.
Aphetto Alchemist- Like Coral Trickster, a timely unmorph could be quite unpleasant. Also interacts well with the Top.
Chromeshell Crab- An old favorite that plays Spawnbroker without the restrictions.
Mischievous Quanar- Might be hard to obtain, but a Fork morph trigger is certainly welcome here, especially since it can remorph and re-unmorph at will.
Mistform Seaswift- 3/1 flyers are hard to trifle with.
Raven Guild Master- I know your deck isn't really a milling deck, but you might actually steal a win with it, plus it makes a great bluff card to mislead opponents about your opponent's strategy. Against a reanimator deck, though, I'd keep it face down.
Riptide Survivor- With your singleton strategy, any card drawing is good card drawing. And remember, if you play out your whole hand before unmorphing it, you don't have to discard anything to it!
Root Elemental- The creature you put into play has to be face up. Putting Ixidron into play this way just makes me smile.
Scornful Egotist- I like the idea of a creature that's completely useless face-up. It's like every targeted removal spell or block has a chance of killing nothing. Though, if you did that, you'd probably want to use Proteus Machine instead-- at least that has some metagame potential by turning into a Sliver.
Titanic Bulvox- It's a 7/4 trampler. Pretty straightforward.
Venomspout Brackus- 5 damage for 1G is a good deal, even if the target has to have flying and be attacking or blocking. Though if it's flyers you're worried about, Spitting Gourna might work better.
That's about all the good ones I can find-- and a few bad ones most likely. Your selection is already awesome, but you might want to switch things out every once in a while so people don't gradually learn which ones you're running. You might actually convince people you've got one of every green or blue morph creature ever printed-- or that you're cheating. Good luck with that one!
~BMoor
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