Re: Orvar, the All-Form - Copying Permanents with Card Draw
Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2021 1:36 am
Regarding the clone debate, I find Sakashima the Impostor to be a good compromise in similar commander reliant decks.
In Orvar, it exposes you to a good bit of upside (not exponential like Spark Double, since you cant make more than 2 Orvars with Sakashima the Impostor) with a drastically higher floor. The higher floor is because casting Sakashima the Impostor on t4 as a clone of your opponents best creature is a pretty solid play, especially if you can then later make lots of copies of an ETB ability you wouldn't normally have access to.
As a typical example, casting Sakashima the Impostor on turn 4 copying a Reclamation Sage is a good bit better than you can get out of Spark Double that early in the game, and sets up nicely for the mid-to-late game with a great target to spam copies of.
In Orvar, it exposes you to a good bit of upside (not exponential like Spark Double, since you cant make more than 2 Orvars with Sakashima the Impostor) with a drastically higher floor. The higher floor is because casting Sakashima the Impostor on t4 as a clone of your opponents best creature is a pretty solid play, especially if you can then later make lots of copies of an ETB ability you wouldn't normally have access to.
As a typical example, casting Sakashima the Impostor on turn 4 copying a Reclamation Sage is a good bit better than you can get out of Spark Double that early in the game, and sets up nicely for the mid-to-late game with a great target to spam copies of.