Bustin' Out

Who remembers Onslaught? I sure do. It was back in the heyday when I had a crappy 90-card almost-singleton Elf deck monstrosity to bring to play against my friends during lunchtime at school. It was also the origin of one of my favorite mechanics: Morph. Having cards with concealed information is one of my favorite things to play with in Magic, whether it be simply because they're in your hand, hidden from Hideaway, or on the front side of a Morph creature. Today's card attempts to make that hidden information public. It also fails hardcore.


Gaze upon the source of Spike's tears:

Oh boy. Where to begin?

Okay, so we can immediately rule one thing out. We can't Morph our own creatures on-the-cheap, because it only targets opposing critters. This sucks.

Secondly, and most importantly, think about the kind of creatures that have Morph. They were either:

A.) Creatures that had some sort of spell-like effect when Morphed, usually that would bone the opponent, or
B.) Creatures that were huge and had Morph as a way to cheat them out more quickly.

You know what's worse than seeing a vanilla 2/2 on your opponent's board? Either of those things. There are some noticable exceptions to my items listed above, but no one played cards like that anyway. Ultimately, this card will do next to nothing (if, for instance, your opponent blanks on a Skinthinner), or totally hose you completely, in certain cases. Might as well read "1R: Discard a card." I can't think of a time I'd rather try to turn something face up rather than just kill it.

Can you?