Morphling - Master Pinger
By Isaac Tong

You already know how majorly broken Morphling is, right? But for those who 
are just getting into the game, here's a run down of one of blue's most 
powerful creatures.

Name: Morphling
Rarity: Rare
Set: Urza's Saga
Card Type: Creature - Shapeshifter
Casting Cost: 3UU
Power/Toughness: 3/3

Abilities

U: Untap Morphling
U: Morphling gains flying until end of turn
U: Morphling cannot be the target of spells or abilities until end of turn
1: Morphling gets +1/-1 until end of turn
1: Morphling gets -1/+1 until end of turn

Now you're thinking...how can this guy possibly get more broken? Well, all 
you need is a ton of blue mana (Which I'm sure a Tolarian Academy can 
provide easily with lots of artifacts out on your side) and this card. 
Wizards printed this before in Urza's Saga as Hermetic Studies, I think.

Name: Psionic Gift
Rarity: Common
Set: Odyssey
Card Type: Enchant Creature
Casting Cost: 1U

Abilities

Enchanted creature has "Tap: This creature deals 1 damage to target creature 
or player."

Combine this with Morphling's untap ability to deal a whopping amount of 
damage with a ton of blue mana. Horseshoe Crab could do the job with its 
untap ability but once you try to play Psionic Gift, he becomes public enemy 
numero uno. With Morphling, you can have a little insurance with his being 
untargetable ability. But the fun doesn't stop there...for the additional 
cost of R, you can play Quicksilver Dagger!! Sure, the Master Pinger can 
only hit players with this but he nets you massive card advantage!!! Still 
want more fun? Slap on this card after Morphling receives the Psionic 
Gift!!!

Name: Sigil of Sleep
Rarity: Common
Set: Urza's Destiny
Card Type: Enchant Creature
Casting Cost: U

Abilities

Whenever enchanted creature deals damage to a player, return target creature 
that player controls to its owner's hand.

Note that this says damage, NOT combat damage. With this baby on, Morphling 
becomes the new bouncer around and gives you board control against heavy 
creature decks. Just watch out for those creatures with come into play 
abilities like Deranged Hermit, Flametongue Kavu and last but not 
least...any of the Battlemages. That's it for now. Until next time, 
something crazy gets into my head.

Isaac Tong
ditong@ipoline.com