Of course, I don't need the red mana for Mass Hysteria, because I have the Enduring Ideal. It took days for that realization to hit me. So now I have more scrying to help keep it in the library where it belongs, and to speed up getting the other cards I need. Might be worth adding a couple more enchantments from other colors to protect me and my creatures. Or more early game defense/control.
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Ack, so a Shapeshifter imprinted on a Chronozoa, then copied through its vanishing act retains the "turn face down" ability, but not the morph. Too bad. It's a lot of work to get an army of grounded 2/2s, though it still might be effective. Decided to try including Mass Hysteria instead. Curious to build up a Master of Etherium based version of this too.
So, I'm thinking either 1. add Mass Hysteria and some red mana multilands (any suggestions?) 2. forget Chronozoa and Sergeant, use Master of Etherium and more artifacts instead 3. add Vesuvan Shapeshifter. It'll pair with the Sergeant, or after multiplying, shapeshifted Chronozoa can be turned face down so they can attack as 2/2 next turn (or copy something more powerful next turn and attack as that). I think 2 is probably most reliable, and 3 most fun. Any thoughts or ideas from anyone?
Oops, my bad, you're right. Darn. Hmm, so only the Sergeants would work with this. Maybe replace the Chronozoa with Vesuvan Shapeshifters?
They might not attack immediately, but they still multiply quickly. In the ideal case, you've got a Chronozoa out and manage to play Enduring Ideal and next upkeep you can pump out 4 Paradox Haze and 4 Copy Enchantments. Meanwhile, a single Chronozoa turns into 8 Chronozoa. Next round you have 16, 8 of which can attack. So it take a turn or two to ramp up, but still pretty neat. Even better with Mirror-Sigil Sergeant, since they double every upkeep rather than every three upkeeps.