I'll be honest: I think the color-pie-identity
controversy surrounding Phyrexian mana is
somewhat overblown. Take Phyrexian Metamorph as
an example. It gives any color the opportunity
to Clone or to Sculpting Steel; but does every
deck really want to? While the Metamorph can be
Eternal Witness or Knight of the Reliquary, it's
neither if nobody already controls one. It can
kill legends, but so can Oblivion Ring or Geth's
Verdict. Having said that, it's far from
useless. The alternate cost makes it more
versatile than Clone, and the enhanced speed
of casting it for three mana and two life is
occasionally relevant, for example when facing a
discount Progenitus or Blightsteel Colossus.
Today's card of the day is Phyrexian Metamorph
which is a four mana Blue or three mana and two
life artifact that comes into play as a copy of
an artifact or creature in play plus retains the
artifact type. This is a very versatile
and affordable card that can be played in any
deck to copy useful effects or just the most
aggressive creature in play.
There's no real drawback to it and overall this
is the kind of card that can pop up in nearly
any build, particularly ones based on multiple
copies of something like a lord having
increasing value.
For Limited this is a bomb that double up your
best offensive force or stalemate your
opponent's top card. Either way it is a
very easy first pick in Booster and being
potentially colorless works regardless of what
color your second and later picks might be.
Sealed greatly benefits from this as well
considering most decks in that setting are at
least two colors. The low cost and
adaptive nature allow the Metamorph to be useful
in an opening draw or topdeck situation and it
is one of the best cards to have in the format.
Welcome to the Card of the Day section at
Pojo.com! We begin this week by looking at
Phyrexian Metamorph from New Phyrexia. Phyrexian
Metamorph is a rare artifact creature shape
shifter that costs three generic and one
Phyrexian blue mana, which means pay either two
life or one blue mana. You may have Phyrexian
Metamorph enter the battlefield as a copy of any
creature or artifact on the battlefield except
that it is an artifact in addition to its other
types.
I find Phyrexain Metamorph to be simply amazing.
It is just an awesome card that has so many
applications. Copy something your opponent is
using against you, or copy something that is
helping you. Big creature, now there are two.
Handy artifact, doubled. Just such an amazing
card. Since it doesn’t target, it can kill off
Thrun the last Troll, or Progenitus.
Hard to fit in one quick card of the day how
amazing this little guy is, so I will just say,
simply amazing!
