![]() ![]() And then there is last year’s entries on Lord Windgrace and Saheeli and Aminatou and Estrid. ![]() Commander 2019 is no different as today I will be looking at the decks built around the mechanics of Morph and Populate. When we learned that Morph was going to be a theme one of the decks would be built around this year, I have to admit I was pretty excited. My Aminatou, the Fateshifter deck has a sizable Morph/manifest suite, but the deck has been more stagnant than I was hoping it would be as the last year since her release. What I was not expecting was that the deck was going to house so many stellar legendary creatures. Our marquee legend is Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer and while I had been lukewarm on them, I understand that players have been clamoring for a general that explicitly plays well with Morph creatures. I think the design space for a powerful deck is absolutely there, making the first face-down creature spell you cast each turn effectively free and making all face-down spells cantrip massively empowers the deck. #Commander 2019 faceless menace decklist free The deck skeleton I envision will be able to also take advantage of the new Scroll of Fate, manifesting cards from our hand and drawing us another card. But I also want to look out for cards that were excluded from the precon, like Ebonblade Reaper, which can drastically change an opponent’s place in the game, or Primordial Mist, which can turn manifested instants or sorceries back into spells. Something I wasn’t prepared for was just how much of an all-star Volrath, the Shapestealer was going to be in this product. The right deck skeleton will ultimately require some time thinking about ways to effectively get counters onto whichever creature we want to copy, but right now Generous Patron, Midnight Banshee, Xathrid Gorgon, and Makeshift Mannequin are topping my personal list. The game plan as I see it is to find creatures that gain value based on the size of their body but are built small. Have Volrath become a Beguiler of Wills and tap to likely nab the best creatures on the board. Become a Marionette Master and sacrifice your artifacts to decimate your opponents one by one. Or attack as a Ravenous Slime and avoid all the chump blockers. I don’t want to dedicate too much of this article to what I plan to do with Volrath, the Shapestealer, as I fully expect to write an entire article on him once I’ve gotten some games in with a build. So look out for that in the coming months. ![]() #Commander 2019 faceless menace decklist free. ![]()
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