Critter-Swapper 9000

Modern* Casual Control Midrange Pillow Fort Tokens UR (Izzet)

Egann

Creature (19)

• 3x Beguiler of Wills
• 4x Fog Bank
• 4x Kraken Hatchling
• 4x Mercurial Chemister
• 4x Young Pyromancer

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Ral Zarek

Land (24)

• 11x Island
• 2x Izzet Boilerworks
• 7x Mountain
• 2x Vivid Crag
• 2x Vivid Creek

Artifact (6)

• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 3x Lightning Greaves
• 2x Slagwurm Armor

Instant (4)

• 2x Cancel
• 2x Cyclonic Rift

Sorcery (5)

• 2x Mizzium Mortars
• 3x Switcheroo

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Sideboard

Creature (7)

• 3x AEther Membrane
• 2x Archaeomancer
• 2x Talrand, Sky Summoner

Artifact (4)

• 2x Elixir of Immortality
• 2x Slagwurm Armor

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Hidden Strings

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Maybeboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Wall of Frost

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A control deck built to permanently acquire the opponent's creatures and swing back with them.

The key combo in the deck is Beguiler of Wills + Switcheroo + Young Pyromancer which makes tokens, then swaps them for the opponent's creatures. The combination of all three can take any creature which isn't hexproof. I take anything that's not nailed down.

The icing on the cake is when Ral Zarek is in play, as he can untap the beguiler, allowing her to use her ability twice per turn.

The vivid lands work as mana fix throughout the game, and even allow you to use the opponent's creature's abilities, if you so choose.

Between mana 1 and 4 the deck is entirely about self-defense. Ideally, young pyro, a wall, and an instant will go down. From mana 5-7, the deck switches to control, acquiring creatures from the opponent. By turn 8 or 9 the deck swings back with the opponent's own creatures.

The deck's prototype had consistency problems, but after rethinking the defenders and upgrading the Swiftfoot Boots to Lightning Greaves it is notably faster on the deploy.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	10 years
Key combos	Beguiler of Wills + Switcheroo + Young Pyromancer
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 8 - 2 Rares 21 - 5 Uncommons 8 - 5 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.81
Tokens	Drake 2/2 U, Elemental 1/1 R