Polymorph Madness

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Polymorph Madness 60 cards, 0 sideboard 4 {Khalni Garden} 4 {Island} 7 {Plains} 4 {Forest} 3 {Halimar Depths} 22 lands 1 {Darksteel Colossus} 2 {Jalira, Master Polymorphist} 1 {Chancellor of the Spires} 1 {Griselbrand} 1 {Worldspine Wurm} 1 {Ashen Rider} 1 {Stormtide Leviathan} 1 {Elderscale Wurm} 9 creatures 4 {Growth Spasm} 2 {Anticipate} 4 {Intangible Virtue} 3 {Druid's Deliverance} 3 {Abundant Growth} 2 {Mass Polymorph} 2 {Brainstorm} 2 {Midnight Haunting} 3 {Raise the Alarm} 4 {Polymorph} 29 other spells Sideboard

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   Back with yet another stupid gimmicky deck. I have recently been looking into the card {Polymorph} and just the fun things you can do with it. I have seen some decks listed and did take some inspirations from them-- notably {{Roberto982}}'s deck thread and posters in said thread. So let's get into this.

I don't have much problems with the mana base, but I put in {Abundant Growth} as both card draw and a counter-measure to fix mana if needed.

I tried to stick to a token theme just in case the biggies get ripped from the deck somehow and/or die with no way to easily get them out again. As a token deck it is very subpar and will most likely not win, but you can throw blockers/attackers out pretty easily. I cut {Glorious Anthem} as it wasn't so beneficial mid to late game.

I used {Anticipate} instead of {Dig Through Time} because I favored the single {U} and early casting to either get a land or token spell typically. It should be noted that I almost never needed to look for a {Polymorph} after I added a 2nd {Jalira, Master Polymorphist} and {Mass Polymorph}.

Adding {Brainstorm} was kind of a last minute choice because some games I would end up with {Ashen Rider} or {Griselbrand} in my hand with no way of dropping them. I was before thinking of using {Quicksilver Amulet} but it was a dead card if you got almost either of them out early enough. {Brainstorm} is used typically when {Jalira, Master Polymorphist} is in play and you have {Ashen Rider} in hand since Jalira can't target {Griselbrand}. In that case if you have a {Polymorph} in hand then using {Brainstorm} will be beneficial.

{Mass Polymorph} hasn't been used much in here, but I really liked it when I used it. It's saved me a couple times. With the amount of tokens as well as populating available in the deck, especially using {Growth Spasm} makes {Mass Polymorph} a castable card that will normally hit at least three creatures whenever I needed to use it.

On choice of biggies that I used are almost the same in every other {Polymorph} deck I looked into. They used {Worldspine Wurm} and {Darksteel Colossus} as recurring creatures that they were able to hit. {Elderscale Wurm} as a way to stay alive against burn and scavenge typically. {Stormtide Leviathan} to shut down a lot of token decks and/or elf/goblin type decks. {Griselbrand} as a life gaining source, draw engine, and a big flyer as a blocker at times. The only creatures that I didn't see much in these decks were {Ashen Rider} and {Chancellor of the Spires}. I like both of them as counter-measures to lockdown decks. They've been very beneficial since I've added them.

One of the biggest problems with the deck is that it doesn't have much protection for itself. It's kind of like a {Sneak Attack} deck. It works once with the opponent like, "What is this?", but then you drop {Sneak Attack} and a {Blightsteel Colossus} and they go, "Oh, so I need to SB in some {Erase} cards." Once they counter your {Polymorph}-esque cards the deck is pretty hard to play off and win. If you're looking to have some fun, then this is a good deck to do so with.