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Combo Name: Creature - Steal - Copy

Submitted By: Squillis

Card Name

Type

Cost

P/T

Editions (ordered by release)

Mimic Vat

Artifact

Act of Aggression

Instant

3(R/P)(R/P)

Birthing Pod

Artifact

3(G/P)

Estimated Combo Cost: $4.86

Date Posted: Wed Jul/13/11 at 8:54 am

Squillis

Posts: 424
Joined: 20-Nov-08

With Mimic Vat and Birthing Pod out, your opponent drops a big fattie (ie. Primeval Titan, etc.). He/she may get the two lands, but at the end of the turn you steal the Primeval titan with Act of Aggression. Because Act of Aggression triggers to give the creature back at the 'beginning of the next end step' you won't have to hand it over till your turn. With your untapped mana, swing with the critter (get two lands from your deck if the primeval), Sac the creature to the Birthing Pod and imprint it to the Mimic Vat. During your oponent's next turn you can make another mimic'd creature to block with or just wait till the end of their turn so you can make another to swing with.

Other interactions with current decks include:

Valakut - Steal titans and make a new temporary one with haste every turn for double triggers giving you a good chance to get your Tectonic Edges.

Deceiver Exarch/Splinter Twin - When they try and enchant the exarch you steal it with Act of Aggression. At EoT, responding to the trigger to lose control, make a billion exarch creatures before you sac him to the birthing pod. This will win you the game if they don\'t have a Spellskite, removal, or counterspell. If they try and redirect your Act to the Spellskite, use your newly acquired Spellskite to redirect their Splinter Twin to it.

Mono-Black W/ Obliterator - Steal the Phyrexian Obliterator at EoT, swing with him, sac him and imprint him. Nothing like infinite Obliterators. If you're being attacked by Obliterator and other creatures, steal the Obliterator, block the biggest guy, imprint whichever dies and at the end of turn, in response to the 'lose control' trigger, make a copy of the imprinted guy, sac the obliterator (if still out), and imprint the obliterator.

Mono-White Infinite Life Gain - Just steal the Suture Priest or the other cleric in response to the Phyrexian Metamorph that entered as a copy of Relic Warden targeting itself. Now if they decide to keep going infinite they'll either give you infinite life, lose from life lost to the Suture Priest, or end up right where they started because you both now have a Suture Priest. If they try to redirect your Act with a Spellskite, you can use your new Spellskite to redirect the Phyrexian Relic Warden ability. If the lifegain is nullified you can sac the Suture Priest or whatever you got and now have it permanently on a stick to mess up their future combo-out attempts.

One nice thing about this combo is it can work in any color, the only cards that have colored mana are Birthing Pod and Act of Agression, but those both use all phyrexian mana for their costs, so you can just pay the life.

Date Posted: Wed Jul/13/11 at 8:59am

Squillis

Posts: 424
Joined: 20-Nov-08

I haven't yet figured out a good strategy against Mono-Red. With Mono-Green ramp, this can be fully ready to go by turn 4.

T1: Birds/Llanowar
T2: Mimic Vat
T3: Birthing Pod
T4: Ready to go!

Date Posted: Wed Jul/13/11 at 10:39am

Squillis

Posts: 424
Joined: 20-Nov-08

Argh! forgot the little "activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery" part on birthing pod. It still works great at messing up the other combos, but you can't sac the creature you stole at the end of their turn.

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