Random Thoughts of X – Mirrorweave

I know many of you have plans for Mirrorweave. It hasn’t really lived up to the hype though as it’s price and trade value are slipping. While not exactly a crap Rare it is becoming economical. So I got to thinking of a cheap deck for the Kitchen table game.

Not Tough Enough

10 Island

6 Forest

4 Llanowar Reborn

2 Terramophic Expanse

4 Simic Initiate

4 Aquastrand Spider

4 Plaxcaster Frogling

3 Phantom Nantuko

4 Cytoplast Root-kin

3 Phantom Centaur

4 Mana Leak

4 Rune Snag

4 Cytoshape

4 Mirrorweave

This deck can graft into some rather big dudes early. The counter magic is to protect established fatties. And Mirrorweave and Cytoshape are the removal. How do they remove? Just make every creature a copy of any of yours. They all have zero toughness and only live by virtue of the +1 / +1 counters. Other creatures lack the counter so therefore die once they become a copy.

Doubt it? Check these sample goldfish hands.

Turn 1 –Forest, Simic Initiate

Turn 2 – Island, Aquastrand Spider

Turn 3 – Island, Plaxcaster Frogling (5/5)

Turn 4 – Forest, Mirrorweave

Turn 1 –Llanowar Reborn

Turn 2 – Terramorph an Island, Simic Initiate

Turn 3 – Missed Drop, Mana Leak in hand

Turn 4 – Forest, Frogling

Turn 5 – Forest, Cytoplast Root-Kin (7/7)

Turn 1 –Forest, Initiate

Turn 2 – Reborn, Initiate

Turn 3 – Island, Phantom Nantuko (5/5) nearly indestructible.

Turn 4 – Missed Drop, Plaxcaster Frogling

Turn 5 – Island, Mirrorweave

Turn 6 – No Land, Phantom Centaur

Turn 1 –mulligan, Reborn

Turn 2 – Island, Aquastrand Spider

Turn 3 – Island, Simic Initiate, Rune Snag in hand

Turn 4 – Reborn, Plaxcaster Frogling

Turn 5 – Phantom Centaur (10 / 8 pro black, almost indestructible)

Turn 1 –Terra into forest

Turn 2 – Reborn, Simic Initiate

Turn 3 – Island, Aquastrand Spider

Turn 4 – Reborn, Frogling

Turn 5 – Island, Root-kin (9 / 9)

Turn 6 – Mirrorweave

Of course this deck sucks in the face of Wrath of God and any removal heavy deck. But it is Timmy style fun. Just wanted to tell you about it.

You can of course and some money to the deck with some more efficient counters. Breeding Pool and some fetch lands would be nice as well. Maybe a Birds of Paradise?

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