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A creative take on a forum challenge. What if Ludevic were an illusionist instead of an alchemist? Amoeboid Changeling turns Ludevic's Test Subject into a Human to trigger from Moonmist. It also provides instant speed protection or stat boost with a Lord and/or Mayor/Alpha out. I wanted to put in Ixidron (which doesn't affect transform cards) but I may as well keep it aggressive. If any of you would like to make this standard-legal, you could use Xenograft instead of Amoeboid Changeling. But it makes the deck much much slower, so I would rebuild the entire thing around a control shell if you do that.
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i just had an idea xenograft to make ludivect test subjeck human and moonmist
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Xenograft works, but it's really slow. 9 mana in two colours + Ludevic's Test Subject + Xenograft + Moonmist = Ludevic's Abomination on turn 6 (but it's fogged) 12 mana in one colour + Ludevic's Test Subject by itself = the Abomination on turn 5 Doesn't seem worth two extra cards. My formula is 6 mana in two colours + Ludevic's Test Subject + Amoeboid Changeling + Moonmist = Abomination on turn 4, and a one-sided fog
I really like this, it's a really creative deck. I agree a little bit Xenograft because it would make the deck standard.
Bizarrely, the almost-being-standard was a coincidence. I'll add a note for you Standard-playing friends, though.
I've designed a similar deck myself ( http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/insta-zilla/ ) and I realized there's this one big problem: You'd need to get Ludevic, Moonmist AND Amoeboid Changeling in your hand - with a combo this specific, statistics are not gonna be on your side. Without tutoring or powerful drawing capacity you won't be able to kick the combo that often. If it isn't the main idea, then I'm sure you can do lotsa damage with those illusions but if you wanna make the combo reliable, here are some ideas that I figured out: 1 - Add Runed Stalactite in as well. This doubles the chances of you getting a Human subtype on your Ludevic. And the small +1/+1 buff on your him won't hurt either. It has a bit heavier CMC but it works as a "poor man's Amoeboid Changeling", if you have a crappy hand :P. Also, it makes the combo a bit less reliant on blue mana and thus more flexible. 2 - More tutoring cards. Chord of Calling for Ludevic / Amoeboid Changeling is very good (and also expensive) since it puts the creature to battlefield, instead of your hand. Mystical Teachings is used exclusively for Moonmist since it is as critical to this combo as Ludevic itself. Treefolk Harbinger is highly useful as well, because you can use him for fetching Amoeboid Changeling as well as Forests (or even better, Breeding Pools, if you want to invest in shock lands) - not to mention that his stats are pretty decent (0/3 for green one-drop) for early-game defence. 3 - Mana Ramping. If you get an expensive tutoring card (Chord of Calling or Mystical Teachings), you're gonna need lots of mana real fast. I've noticed Lotus Blooms are particularly good here - if you get a 1- or 2-drops on previous turns, you can tap them to Convoke the spell for 3-4 mana. Overgrown Battlement could also prove to be very useful. You can tap it for a certain amount of mana based on how many creatures w/Defender you got - and ta'dah, Ludevic's Test Subject has Defender so you've got 2G mana generator right there. And as I mentioned before, Treefolk Harbinger can be used to fetch changelings or forests based on what you need. I added a couple of Llanowar Elves as well, but they can be a bit redundant. Phyrexian Metamorphs are actually really nice touch, I didn't think of that. Maybe I'll replace my Llanowar Elves with those :D
You've got a nice list there; it's certainly more dedicated and I like your use of Runed Stalactite, although it seems vulnerable to just getting its few threats killed (though your counterspells help). Perhaps some sort of hybrid that uses Lord of the Unreal & Runed Stalactite for protection? If I have time I'll mess around with the list and play a few games. Thanks for the advice! =)