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Ageless Shapeshifter

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Volrath's Shapeshifter

{1}{U}{U}

Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter

Stronghold

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As long as the top card of your graveyard is a creature card, this creature has the full text of that card and has the text "{2}: Discard a card." (This creature has that card's name, mana cost, color, types, abilities, power, and toughness.) {2}: Discard a card.

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Date Posted: Mon Apr/14/14 at 10:50 pm

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Boyachi, Heheheee

terakhan
Posts: 636
Joined: 24-Mar-13

The Ornithopter can be any artifact, really. The point is to have a card you can put on top of Medomai in your graveyard, so the Shapeshifter stops copying it long enough to attack.

Once a creature is doing something, in this case attacking, spells or abilities that say it can't are irrelevant.

So, discard Medomai to the shapeshifter to make it a Medomai and swing with it, deal the damage, and get your extra turn.

Next turn, discard your choice artifact to drop the shapeshifter back to itself, attack, and use the Academy Ruins to put the artifact on top of your deck, changing the shapeshifter back to Medomai to net another turn when you connect.
Date Posted: Tue Apr/15/14 at 1:46pm

Boyachi
Posts: 1553
Joined: 02-Nov-11

I don't think this works, since Medomai can't attack during extra turns, therefore it wouldn't matter if there was a new one as any would be unable to attack.
Date Posted: Tue Apr/15/14 at 3:32pm

terakhan
Posts: 636
Joined: 24-Mar-13

The game rules only look to see if something can attack or not for the declare attackers step. Once that check has been passed and the shapeshifter is declared as an attacker, it won't be removed from combat because some ability says it shouldn't be there, such as turning into Medomai.

I know this much because I used to use Shared Animosity and Crescendo of War with Ensnaring Bridge. Both buff attacking creatures, but neither instance resulted in anything not attacking once it was already declared.
Date Posted: Tue Apr/15/14 at 4:31pm

Boyachi
Posts: 1553
Joined: 02-Nov-11

Fair enough, I see your point. Great find!
Date Posted: Wed Apr/16/14 at 5:24am

Goomania
Posts: 62
Joined: 29-Jul-12

Additionally, the newly copied medomai is treated as a whole different creature, so it has not had its first attack. This works great, nice.
Date Posted: Wed Apr/16/14 at 5:44am

terakhan
Posts: 636
Joined: 24-Mar-13

Actually, no, the Shapeshifter is still the shapeshifter. The game doesn't see it as a new creature on the field. It just has new details to it.

Not sure what you are referring to regarding first attack, either.




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