#phyrexian metamorph

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Phyrexian Metamorph

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Artist: Cacho Rubione TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

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Phyrexian Metamorph

Artist: Jung Park TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

[magicjudge]

If I use Scarab God's ability on Phyrexian Metamorph, and then have Metamorph come in as a copy of a non-creature artifact (for instance Gilded Lotus), is the Phyrexian Metamorph still a 4/4 creature, or is it not a creature at all? Is it still black and have the zombie subtype?

It will just be a copy of the artifact. It won’t be black or a creature or a Zombie.

When you copy something with Phyrexian Metamorph’s ability, that copy effect overwrites all of the characteristics that The Scarab God created the token Metamorph with.

[magicjudge]

Hello, how does the combo of Sharuum + Phyrexian Metamorph and Disciple of the vault works in detail in edh and if removing the disciple would help because it still would cycle sharuum and the metamorph from the grave to the battlefield?

So, first we have Disciple of the Vault, which causes an opponent to lose 1 life whenever an artifact is put into the graveyard from the battlefield. We’ll need one of these guys on the battlefield.

Next we have Sharuum the Hegemon, who lets you return an artifact card to the battlefield from your graveyard when she enters the battlefield. For the combo we either need Sharuum on the battlefield already or in hand. If she’s in hand, then we need a target for her in the graveyard. Our target can be another copy of Sharuum or something like Sculpting Steel or Phyrexian Metamorph. If Sharuum is already on the battlefield, then we’ll need one of the targets in hand.

To execute the combo, you need to get Sharuum onto the battlefield where she’ll reanimate one of the targets which will copy her, then one of the copies dies to the legend rule and the trigger from the new Sharuum can then target the newly sacrificed artifact in the graveyard to return it to the battlefield. 

You can repeat this loop as many times as you want, with each iteration causing Disciple of the Vault to trigger and cause a target opponent to lose 1 life. Do this enough times and your opponent loses.

To interrupt the combo, you want to kill the Disciple of the Vault. This will allow your opponent to continue the reanimation loop, but without any way to benefit from it with triggers there’s no benefit to iterating it and your opponent will have to stop. Killing one of the Sharuums doesn’t¨accomplish anything since there’s always at least one Sharuum trigger on the stack at all times and they can just bring back their second copy and continue looping.

[magicjudge]

If I cast the red blue Minotaur cascader, and cascade into say phyrexian metamorph and clone something on the battlefield with cascade, do I cascade off the metamorph mana cost or what it copied say shardless agent?

Neither. It doesn’t become a copy of the permanent until it’s entering the battlefield. It didn’t have cascade when it was cast and so there’s no cascade.

[magicjudge]

If I cast Phyrexian Metamorph and choose to copy Magister Sphinx, will that trigger the Sphinx's ETB effect?

Yes.

Phyrexian Metamorph will enter the battlefield as a copy of Magister Sphinx, so that ability will trigger when it does so.

[magicjudge]

Hey Charlotte, I hope you can help clear something that came up in Commander yesterday - player A casts Phyrexian Metamorph intending to copy his Mimic Vat. Player B doesn't like that and wants to use his Viridian Zealot to destroy the Vat. They're not sure he can because PM doesn't target. Can you clear the situation please?

It depends on who said what and when.

When a clone like Phyrexian Metamorph is cast, it doesn’t target anything and you don’t choose what it will copy at that time. You can name what you intend to copy and this just serves as a shortcut if no one has any responses to the spell being cast, but isn’t necessary.

You choose what the Metamorph or other clone will copy when it’s resolving and about to enter the battlefield. No one can cast spells or activate abilities during this process, and by the time they can, it’s too late to stop it.

In the situation you describe, it’d be legal for B to do what he did if A announced that he planned to copy Mimic Vat as he cast the Metamorph, but not if he was choosing it when Metamorph resolved.

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Phyrexian Metamorph by Jeremy Kelly