Morphling

Greater Morphling Query

If I use the third to last ability on greater morphling, can I choose Vincent Van Gogh.

Technically, you’re supposed to pick an existing Magic artist, but I don’t think anyone playing an Un-game will object.

Art Greater Morphling Morphling Un-sets

Tweaked Morph at Cost Two

Do you think we'll get a tweaked morph at cost 2? Like morphling maybe

We playtested 2 for 2/2 in Khans of Tarkir (nicknamed “borph” for “bear morph”). It was too aggressive.

Bear Khans of Tarkir Morph Morph Morphling

Naming Combat Effects

Hi Mark! I was wondering, is there a name for the "CARDNAME gets +1/-1 or -1/+1 until end of turn." effect?

We don’t do it enough to nickname it. I guess it’s been called “flowstone” and “the Morphling effect”.

Morphling

Gatherling Possibility

Could we see a WUBRG Morphling variant called Gatherling

: )

Morphling

Colorless Morphling Query

“OK Mark, we have brightling, morphling, endling, torchling, and thornling. When are we getting a colourless one?” Kaladesh did have Multiform Wonder, which was even a 3/3 for 5 like Morphling.

FYI

Brightling Colorless Endling Kaladesh Morphling Multiform Wonder Thornling Torchling

Voidling Absence

OK Mark, we have brightling, morphling, endling, torchling, and thronling. When are we getting a colourless one? Where is voidling mark?

We don’t consider colorless as necessary to a cycle.

Brightling Colorless Cycles Endling Morphling Torchling

Black Morphling Possibility

Black Morphling, I know you said at one point that this was in the works. Can I get a maybe on this showing up in Modern Horizons?

Maybe. : )

Black Modern Modern Horizons Morphling

MTG in Pop Culture

MTG spotted in the wild: Parks & Recreation, S4E2 has a brief appearance by a man named "Walt Morphling."

: )

Morphling

Color Pie Analysis

Isn't brightling a pie break? I thought pnly Grixis got +1/-1 on creatures

It’s a bend for the Morphling cycle.

Bend / Break Brightling Creatures Grixis Grixis (U/B/R) Morphling

Anticipation of Black Morphling

You are aware that we are expecting a black morphling to be printed somewhere within the next 7 year or so?

I understand pattern completion. : )

Black Card Printing Morphling

'Ling' Cycle Future

Hi Mark! I love the "ling" cycle - Morphling, Thornling, Torchling. And yes even Aetherling. Any chance that we can see the Black and white versions in future sets?

Maybe. : )

Aetherling Black Morphling Thornling Torchling White

Greater Morphling Question

Unhinged rules question! Greater Morphling can gain "landwalk of your choice". Am I required to choose a basic land type, or will any land type (such as "Desert" or "Gate") work? Or can I do anything at all, such as "legendary landwalk"?

You may choose any existing land to have landwalk on. My favorite is Island of Wak Wak Walk.

Gates Greater Morphling Lands Landwalk Rules Unhinged

Draw-Go Explanation

FYI: Draw-Go was a Tempest/Urza's Block-era control deck that typically ran 1 hard-to-kill creature (Rainbow Efreet, Morphling), 26-28 lands, 26-28 counterspells (most of which were hard counters), and sometimes a few copies of Nevinyrral's Disk or Capsize. It's hard for recent players to understand how oppressive and un-fun it was. No deck in the past fifteen years or so has truly resembled it, and for good reason.

FYI

Capsize Creatures Efreets Lands Morphling Nevinyrral's Disk Rainbow Efreet Tempest Urza

Choosing Artists

For Greater Morphling,do I have to choose an artist from Magic? Or is it like Creature Type, where I can't choose, say, Simpson, because that doesn't exist in MTG?

You have to chose from what exists. Creature type also makes you do that. Anything in silver border is fair game though.

Art Creatures Greater Morphling Un-Magic / Silver Border / Acorn Un-sets

Colorless Greater Morphling

Can Greater Morphling make itself colorless?

No, because… Everyone now - Colorless is not a color. : )

Colorless Colors Greater Morphling

Morphling Variants Maybe

Can we get a maybe on the White and Black Morphling variants?

Maybe. : )

Black Morphling White

Plainswalker Trivia

The day has come bday trivia. Trivia on 5 color plainswalker or my commander child of alara.

Here’s some five color plainswalking trivia. There are actually cards in every color (and artifact and multicolor) that can have or grant plainswalk:White Aysen Highway (Homelands)Concerted Effort (Ravnica) - must have other plainswalkerGraceful Antelope (Odyssey)Great Wall (Legends)Righteous Avengers (Legends)Blue (okay, other than Greater Morphing, Illusionary Presence or Traveler’s Cloak, you have to already have a land walker to pull this off)Crystal Spray (Invasion)Greater Morphling (Unhinged)Illusionary Presence (Ice Age)Magical Hack (Alpha)Mind Bend (Mirage)Spectral Shift (Fifth Dawn)Trait Doctoring (Dragon’s Maze)Traveler’s Cloak (Invasion)While of Vorrath (Tempest)BlackCairn Wanderer (Lorwyn) - ,must have plainswalker in graveGiant Slug (Legends)RedBarbarian Guides (Ice Age) - can grant snow-covered plainswalkBeggars Arsonists (Shadowmoor)GreenMagnigoth Treefolk (Planeshift) - must have PlainsOld Fogey (Unhinged)Zodiac Rooster (Portal: Three Kingdoms)ArtifactDeath-Mask Duplicate (Darksteel) - must exile plainswalkerExcavator (Tempest) - must sacrifice PlainsMulticolorLord Magnus (Legends) - Green/WhiteThis is the most I’ve ever written about plainswalk on Blogatog. : )Happy Birthday!

Alpha Antelope Artifacts Aysen Highway Barbarian Barbarian Guides Bend / Break Birthday Black Blue Cairn Wanderer Child of Alara Cloak Colors Commander Concerted Effort Crystal Spray Darksteel Dragon Excavator Fifth Dawn Giant Giant Slug Graceful Antelope Great Wall Greater Morphling Green Homelands Ice Age Illusionary Presence Lands Legendary Creatures Lord Magnus Lorwyn Magical Hack Magnigoth Treefolk Mind Bend Mirage Odyssey Old Fogey Planeshift Portal Red Righteous Avengers Sacrifice Selesnya (G/W) Shadowmoor Slug Spectral Shift Tempest The Exile Zone Trait Doctoring Treefolk Unhinged Wall White Zodiac Rooster

Morphling Trivia

Hey Mark! Could I get some birthday trivia? My favorite card is Morphling and got to meet RK Post a few weeks ago at the Origins Game Convention. I remember from your podcast the the art was supposed to be for clone and it didn't work in the set. Thanks so much and keep designing great cards!!!

The card is nicknamed “Superman”. Pemmin’s Aura from Scourge is an aura that turns something into a morphlings and its name anagrams to “I Am Superman”. Also, we seem to very (very) slowly be making a cycle of morphlings. Happy Birthday!

Art Auras Birthday Cycles Drive to Work Morphling Scourge

Superman Under Red Sun

Hi Mark! Can Superman survive under Mirrodin's red sun?

Neither Mirrodin block had Morphling so I just don’t know. : )

Mirrodin Morphling Red

Clone Card Trivia

It was my birthday yesterday - Is there any good trivia about my favorite card effects, Clone or Threaten?

For a while we took Clone out of the game because the rules surrounding copying were problematic. I wanted to bring it back in Urza’s Saga and got the Rules Manager at the time to okay it, but at the last minute, after the art was in, they changed their mind and we had to change the card. We made a new mechanic to match the art. You all might know the card as Morphling. Happy Birthday!

Art Birthday Mechanics Morphling Rules Sagas Urza