Human changeling training grounds

Modern

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Creature (31)

• 1x Adaptive Automaton
• 2x Amoeboid Changeling
• 4x Champion of the Parish
• 2x Dark Confidant
• 4x Knight Exemplar
• 3x Kytheon, Hero of Akros  ^Flip
• 3x Lord of the Unreal
• 3x Mirror Entity
• 2x Phantasmal Image
• 2x Shapesharer
• 1x Tasigur, the Golden Fang
• 2x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
• 2x Vedalken Aethermage

Land (21)

• 4x Cavern of Souls
• 4x Flooded Strand
• 3x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 4x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Island
• 2x Mutavault
• 1x Plains
• 1x Swarmyard

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Training Grounds

Artifact (6)

• 4x Aether Vial
• 2x Runed Stalactite

Instant (2)

• 2x Path to Exile

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Sideboard

Creature (6)

• 2x Ethersworn Canonist
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Riders of Gavony
• 2x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben

Artifact (3)

• 3x Relic of Progenitus

Instant (6)

• 4x Mana Leak
• 2x Path to Exile

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So this is a crazy brew I made some time ago and it's a blast to play!

It's basically a blue/white human tribal deck with a small black splash, mixed with some shapeshifters (changelings) and supported by 2 human lords; being Lord of the Unreal (giving all Illusion creatures +1/+1 and Hexproof) and Knight Examplar (giving all knights +1/+1 and Indestructible). The key card in this deck is Mirror Entity which can give all your creatures +x/+x (depending how much mana you have) and all creature types. Also if u happen to have one or more of the lords, it will grant all of your creatures Hexproof and/or Indestructablity.

The deck is quite weak if you don't have Mirror Entity because than you might end up with a bunch of lords doing nothing. To solve this I incorporated a couple of cards:

• 2x Vedalken AEthermage: This card can wizardcycle to tutor for your Mirror Entity OR Lord of the unreal (he being a wizard and all). You could even fetch Dark Confidant if you please. Also it can save your Changeling creature by flashing it in and put the creature back into your hand.

• 2x Runed Stalactite: this artifact gives your equipped creature +1/+1 and grants all creature types.

• 2x Mutavault: this awesome land gets all perks from the lords on the field, sometimes attacking as a 4/4 with hexproof and indestructability!)

• 2x Amoeboid Changeling: this little blue fellow can grant your creatures all creature types by tapping, and he being a changeling/shapeshifter gets all the lord perks himself aswell! You can even remove all creature types from opponents creatures so they might lose some benefits!

• 1x Swarmyard: Yes you read it correctly; Swarmyard: the land that can regenerate my changelings or the creature(s) that I gave all creature types. Just a one off, but still saved my Mirror Entity or other important cards more than a bunch of times.

• 1x Adaptive Automaton It's a semi lord himself and you can make this guy a knight, a human or an Illusion and it will become that type and get the benefits from another lord.

So what to do when you still don't have the lords and/or Mirror Entity, or they got removed? Fortunately there is a backup plan:

• Since all of my creatures are human I have 4 copies of Champion of the Parish. These guys can get real big real fast if not dealt with in a timely manner.

• 2x Dark Confidant: You probably all know Bob. It's a human so it grows my Champions and it's a wizard so tutorable by Vedalken Aethermage if need be. This card is pure value. Giving me much needed card advantage.

• 2x Phantasmal Image: This Illusion card can copy any card on the battlefield. I mostly use it to copy Lord of the Unreal because than the Phantasmal becomes a 4/4 creature with Hexproof. It's downside (sacrifice when targetted) is then mitigated because of the Hexproof. Just remember to don't target it yourself! Yes I have made this mistake not once, but twice!

• 2x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben: man this card rocks. I have 1 more in the Sideboard. It's also a human and it can totally put other non creature based decks off-balance. Again pure value!

• 3x Kytheon, Hero of Akros  : This hero is a powerhouse after getting flipped. A Planeswalker for 1 mana is not bad I would say. Since this is a creature deck, I have no trouble getting to attack with 3 creatures to flip it, and with Training Grounds on the field you can make him indestructible for only 1 mana!

• 1x Tasigur, the Golden Fang Another human giving me card advantage. This time he has a big body attached to it, and again with training grounds on the field you only have to pay 2 mana to get a card out of your graveyard. Insane!

• 2x Shapesharer: Another changeling which benefits from all the lords and which can copy any of the creatures on the field for 1 mana (given that you have training grounds out). Still on the fence about this card but I'm giving him some more testing.

• 2x Training Grounds: This support card is a powerful and underrated card IMO. I use it for Tasigur, Shapesharer, Kytheon and Mirror Entity. Especially Mirror Entity gets huge value from training grounds. You can give all your creatures +2/+2 every round without paying mana. And imagine if you have 3 or 4 lands to tap to go with it!

• 4x Aether Vial: This artifact is extremely important in this deck. Early game I use it to put in some cheap creatures like Champion of the parish or Amoeboid Changeling. Turn 3 and 4 I can use it to flash in either Aether vial or one of the lords, in response to one of my creatures getting targeted by removal. It's super effective!

• 2x Path to Exile: Cheap removal and one of the best removal cards in magic. I would run 4 if I could, but I need the space for creatures. But I also have 2 in my sideboard against decks like infect, affinity or Tron.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 1 Mythic Rares 43 - 5 Rares 2 - 5 Uncommons 6 - 4 Commons
Cards	62
Avg. CMC	1.88