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Wall of Deceit

Creature — Wall1 generic manaBlue mana

Most morph creatures hide an aggressive flip: a creature whose face-up state ambushes combat or blanks a removal spell. This one inverts the whole premise. The morph here is not a way out of being a 2/2; it is a way back into one. The face-up side is an immovable 0/5 wall, but the 3 generic mana ability to turn it face down again means the body is never locked into either mode. Threatened by a sweeper that hits small creatures? Flip it up to a 0/5. Need a blocker that can also attack, or want to reset it past a face-down-matters effect? Pay 3 generic mana and it becomes a 2/2 again, reusable as many times as you have mana. That recursive flip-flop is the design idea, and it is unusual: most morph cards are one-way, paying their unmorph cost once to commit to the better side. The defender clause is what keeps the 0/5 honest, ensuring the toughness never converts into a clock. What you are really buying is a defensive body that can dodge whichever removal or board state the opponent presents, sliding between a hard-to-kill wall and a disposable two-power creature at instant speed. It is a fiddly, mana-hungry trick, but the toggle is the genuine wrinkle in a mechanic that almost never lets you flip backward.

Wall of Deceit (lgn)
LGN · #55uncommon
Pricing
Normal: $0.20
Foil: $1.07
Oracle Text

Rules text

Defender (This creature can't attack.) 3 generic mana: Turn this creature face down. Morph Blue mana (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for 3 generic mana. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
N/A
Modern
N/A
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
N/A
Historic
N/A
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
N/A
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
Legal
PreDH
Legal
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
N/A
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
N/A
TLR
Legal
Printings elsewhere

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