Any useful applications for this?
Varchild's War-Riders seems just plain better for that.
Birthing Pod?
Something silly with Illusionist's Bracers? (No this doesn't do anything fun.)
Mostly, Rings of Brighthearth or Strionic Resonator would also work in its place.
I think I like Varchild over Rabblemaster that's seeing play. They fill similar roles, but the Varchild Tokens can't fight back.
Varchild can do fun stuff with Artificial Evolution, either fogging an attack or branding stuff when he leaves play.
How is this working with Door to nothingness
Esper commander: +1 mini brainstorm, this is busted in MIRACLES!!
Esper miracles coming for the end of legacy!
ok i'm out.
Replayable Polymorph for all card types seems interesting. I wonder if there's a way to break it properly.
Expensive, yes, but the ability to nuke all flyers could have applications. Maybe. The price tag is still step if it isn't cheated into play.
If you're going the artifact route why not just Shape Anew?
It wouldn't be a whole artifact route which I feel shape anew is more geared towards, was mostly thinking for Blightsteel as a payoff only at first and added Inkwell as a hard to kill second option. Was already dabbling around with trackers and a large threat vs drawing a random card is better. Plus could turn dead explorers into threats late game as well with any of the other creatures.
Looks like somebody bought most them out on MKM.
Aside from the obvious combos with War-Riders and Defense of the Heart, there's also the cute interaction with Unnatural Selection. Pay to your opponent's creature off (or steal them in case Varchild leaves the battlefield).
Edit: Rampaging Ferocidon seems like another nice combo with it. No lifegain + essentially doubling the damage sounds like a bitch to deal with, especially when it brings another decent body to boot.
Bonus round for being a complete, politically incorrect asshat:
Ferocidon + Varchild's War-Riders + Ensnaring Bridge = you literally kill your opponent by drowning them in survivor tokens while you hide behind your Bridge. I call it "Refugee Stompy".
FWIW, it's "... permanent you own ..." which has some cute possibilities with control exchange stuff like Puca's Mischief or Gilded Drake.
Another fun feature is that it puts the card on bottom first so it could work as a flicker effect.
You probably don't want to Reality Scramble into another Gilded Drake, though.
At the very least this is incredibly cool. A land you can cast!
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