Wow, I can't wait... Vesuvan Doppelganger was one of my favorite cards when I started playing, so I hope this lives up to the nostalgia factor
Art looks like Pete Venters (from what I can tell--it's a small pic). Although it would've been cool if they had Quinton Hoover do it, as another throwback
If the shapeshifter is a morph as the art seems to suggest, I predict something along the lines of the following:
Vesuvan Shapeshifter 2U
Creature - Shapeshifter
Morph ?UU
When Vesuvan Shapeshifter is turned face up, it becomes a copy of target creature and gains "?: Turn Vesuvan Shapeshifter face down."
1/1
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If the shapeshifter is a morph as the art seems to suggest, I predict something along the lines of the following:
Vesuvan Shapeshifter 2U
Creature - Shapeshifter
Morph ?UU
When Vesuvan Shapeshifter is turned face up, it becomes a copy of target creature and gains "?: Turn Vesuvan Shapeshifter face down."
1/1
Yep, my thoughts exactly, kind of like Mischievous Quaanar, but now with the doppleganger ability. Would be a lot of fun for multiplayer games.
Maybe it has no mana cost and can only be morphed? Most likely not, since I don't think they were aiming to do anything new with the old mechanics, but hey, it would be cool.
I just hope it's going to be like the Vesuvan Doppelganger were it copies when it hits play or un-morphs and continues to change to another ceature some how.
Vesuvian Shapeshifter ?symu::symu:
Creature - Shapeshifter
Morph :3mana::symu::symu: (?)
When ~ comes into play or is turned face-up, you may choose a creature in play. If you do, it becomes a copy of that creature, except it's blue, and has ?: Turn this creature face-down."
0/0
that would get the nostalgia in me going, while still making the morph useful...
and what I just did is one reason I think this could have been in speculation... it's hard to discuss news about something like this without speculation or saying "Yay, I can't wait!" and get a spam warning...
EDIT: Sarnath'd on the card idea... it wasn't there when I started typing, i swear...
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probably something like:
2UU
1/1
Morph U or 0(would be so cool)
When ~ comes into play or is turned face up, blah blah blah clone.
1: turn ~ face down.
probably something like:
2UU
1/1
Morph U or 0(would be so cool)
When ~ comes into play or is turned face up, blah blah blah clone.
1: turn ~ face down.
Turn into any creature for free, and then remorph for 1? Any clue how absurdly unbalanced that is?
well hopefully they cost it low enough to be playable this time. What was the name of the legendary one from kamigawa block...4 mana to return it to your hand, plus 4 mana to play again to copy somehting new...yuck
I'm sorry, unbalanced? Have you seen magus of the disk/jar? There is no such thing anymore.
Yeah, because keeping effects that belong in their colors IN THEIR COLORS and making them destroyable by the most common removal in the game is totally unfair, yet letting someone play a morph and unmorph for colorless (so that any color can use it) to produce a great effect is completely understandable and fair. Totally. No question about it.
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It looks like a kid with a pair of scissors cut up the picture and couldn't put it back together. When will they figure out that it looks like crap when they do that?
But, back on topic: As long as you can switch the creature you copy during upkeep, I'm ok with it. But the whole "morph" addition really isn't neccassary, since after the first unmorphing, the surprise factor is gone. It's just more complex than a copy card really needs to be.
That, and I just didn't care for morph much, so combining it with such a cool card just doesn't sit well with me.
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Vesuvan Shapeshifter 2U
Creature - Shapeshifter
Morph ?UU
When Vesuvan Shapeshifter is turned face up, it becomes a copy of target creature and gains "?: Turn Vesuvan Shapeshifter face down."
1/1
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Vesuvian Shapeshifter ?symu::symu:
Creature - Shapeshifter
Morph :3mana::symu::symu: (?)
When ~ comes into play or is turned face-up, you may choose a creature in play. If you do, it becomes a copy of that creature, except it's blue, and has ?: Turn this creature face-down."
0/0
that would get the nostalgia in me going, while still making the morph useful...
and what I just did is one reason I think this could have been in speculation... it's hard to discuss news about something like this without speculation or saying "Yay, I can't wait!" and get a spam warning...
EDIT: Sarnath'd on the card idea... it wasn't there when I started typing, i swear...
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2UU
1/1
Morph U or 0(would be so cool)
When ~ comes into play or is turned face up, blah blah blah clone.
1: turn ~ face down.
Turn into any creature for free, and then remorph for 1? Any clue how absurdly unbalanced that is?
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I'm sorry, unbalanced? Have you seen magus of the disk/jar? There is no such thing anymore.
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Yeah, because keeping effects that belong in their colors IN THEIR COLORS and making them destroyable by the most common removal in the game is totally unfair, yet letting someone play a morph and unmorph for colorless (so that any color can use it) to produce a great effect is completely understandable and fair. Totally. No question about it.
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Therefore, the victorious military is first victorious and after that does battle.
The defeated military first does battle and after that seeks victory."
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This Clay Spider sure looks interesting for my johnny side... hope it makes my spike side happy as well.:sweat:
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It looks like a kid with a pair of scissors cut up the picture and couldn't put it back together. When will they figure out that it looks like crap when they do that?
But, back on topic: As long as you can switch the creature you copy during upkeep, I'm ok with it. But the whole "morph" addition really isn't neccassary, since after the first unmorphing, the surprise factor is gone. It's just more complex than a copy card really needs to be.
That, and I just didn't care for morph much, so combining it with such a cool card just doesn't sit well with me.