Undercover Operative

Creature — Shapeshifter Rogue

You may have this enters the battlefield as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except this enters the battlefield with a shield counter on this creature if you control the creature you are copying. (If it would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.)

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Alchemy	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Pre-release	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Standard	Legal
Standard Brawl	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (5)

Apollo_Paladin on Sea of Attrition [Arena] [V2]

4 months ago

Interesting take on mill +1

Some Food for Thought:

• Either Witness Protection or Stasis Field is a pretty easy upgrade to make over Ichthyomorphosis, less mana cost. (there's other 2-mana Blue auras along this line as well with other benefits: Eaten by Piranhas with Flash for example)

• Spark Double won't let you copy opponent's creatures, but might be better for you than Undercover Operative since it'd let you copy & keep multiple Bruvacs in play. Otherwise, Metamorphic Alteration lets you copy opponent's stuff as well as your own for half the CMC of the Operative, you just need a creature already in play (not a big issue with your build from the looks of it)

• I'm assuming Diamond Mare is in here because mono-red just won't go away in the queue, but if this is a best-of-3 deck, Drowned Secrets would offer a lot more synergy with the rest of your deck for the 2CMC slot (in games where the reliable lifegain isn't as important).

• Finally and Most Obviously, the 1 Fraying Sanity you have there too should be in the deck - ideally a couple more copies since they stack (yeah, I know, rare wildcards ugh - assuming this is why it's only 1x)

Catch you on Arena sometime

wallisface on None

1 year ago

I think two things can be going on here.

• It sounds like you're playing against decks that are much-more expensive than your own decks, which will generally mean your opponents have access to stronger cards. If your local meta doesn't have a wide-range of players, and everyone is splashing more cash, then it will quickly become an uphill fight, and it might be worth trying to find a more accommodating meta where players are using similar budgets to yourself.

• Regardless of deck costs, it sounds like you're wanting janky cards to perform waaay better than they should be. Using your NeoPod deck as an example, there is a plethora of really suboptimal cards here (Breaching Hippocamp, Cavalier of Gales, Undercover Operative etc etc), as well as a really awkward mana curve (having no turn-1 plays immediately puts you behind the opponent, also your mana curve requires a large amount of lands in play, but you've only got 19). There are MUCH stronger things you can do for that money-investment. So you may find that even in a less-cash-splashy meta, your decks would still struggle. I think your brewing needs some work, and considerations towards the meta you're playing in, optimal card choices (for your budget), and a working mana-curve.

It seems to me that really you're building for a casual/kitchen-table environment, and then wanting this to be able to compete competitively. I would suggest if you're wanting to strengthen your decks, to reach out here and get feedback on the one you're wanting to improve on, with budget-restrictions in-mind.

Headers13 on Flying Through The Plains In The Blue

1 year ago

Champion of the Parish

Changeling Titan

Gigantoplasm

Glasspool Mimic  ^Flip

Moritte of the Frost

Spark Double

Stunt Double

Undercover Operative

Wall of Stolen Identity Phyrexian Metamorph

KBK7101 on Hurricane: The Swirling Storm (Kairi EDH)

2 years ago

I love this! I was debating trying to make a deck for the new Kamigawa dragons and I think this deck just helped me decide!

As an alternate commander or even as part of the 99, what do you think of the old blue dragon Keiga, the Tide Star? The new cards Extravagant Replication and Undercover Operative from Streets of New Capenna are also worth mentioning. Also, would some sort of voltron theme benefit this deck since you can bounce a portion of the board with Kairi's first death trigger? Something like Runechanter's Pike seems really good here!

LB0818 on Koma-tose! (Koma - Clone)

2 years ago

Added Undercover Operative removed Primal Vigor had it help my advesaries several times too many!