I'm trying to build a mono blue deck. Mainly around illusion creatures. One creature I was interested in is
Renegade Doppelganger.
It's oracle reads "Whenever another creature enters the battlefield under your control, you may have
Renegade Doppelganger become a copy of that creature until end of turn"
This is a nice effect, but you may not get consistency in summoning a strong creature you can copy and attack with each turn. I thought I may be able to achieve this consistency with the enchantment spell:
Halcyon Glaze.
It's oracle reads "Whenever you cast a creature spell,
Halcyon Glaze becomes a 4/4 Illusion creature with flying in addition to its other types until end of turn."
I got excited about this, because I thought any time I cast a creature spell (including
Renegade Doppelganger),
Halcyon Glaze would become a 4/4 Creature with flying, and any existing
Renegade Doppelganger's and/or a newly summoned
Renegade Doppelganger could become copies of the 4/4 Flying illusion creature, therefore giving the possibility of quite a damaging
assault on your opponent. These creatures could even be buffed with
Lord of the Unreal, or
Paragon of Gathering Mists, for extra damage. I was also thinking of including
Phantasmal Image whom could become a copy of an existing
Renegade Doppelganger so the 4/4 flying illusion creatures would keep amassing if the board was controlled well enough. I had the idea of protecting the Doppelganger's with
Eel Umbra, as well as having a few low cost defenders and
unsummon cards to keep the battlefield's control in your favour.
Now, this would all be fine and dandy if I wasn't questioning whether
Renegade Doppelganger could actually become a copy of a
Halcyon Glaze in the first place. The problem is
Renegade Doppelganger's oracle reads "Whenever another creature ENTERS THE BATTLEFIELD...".
- The argument against
Renegade Doppelganger being able to become a copy
Halcyon Glaze when it's ability triggers and becomes a creature is that it hasn't actually entered the battlefield (the enchantment spell entered the battlefield on a previous turn and is not re-entering the battlefield when its ability triggers and becomes a creature).
- The argument for would be that
Halcyon Glaze is an enchantment spell, but when it triggers
Halcyon Glaze becomes a creature type and enters the battlefield as a creature.
I'm probably actually 60/40 in favour of against being the correct ruling, but I might be wrong and maybe someone with deeper knowledge than myself could clear this up.
Aside from this question, I have a question about
Phantasmal Image regarding
Halcyon Glaze as well. Say you summon a cheap creature spell at the start of your turn and
Halcyon Glaze becomes the 4/4 illusion creature with flying as stated In it's oracle. You attack with
Halcyon Glaze and go to your second main step after combat. You have 2 untapped lands left and summon
Phantasmal image. Could he copy the
Halcyon Glaze creature, but without the "until end of turn" part taking effect, therefore having a permanent 4/4 creature with flying on the battlefield? Or would he copy that part of the oracle and goto the graveyard at the end of the turn? I really don't know.
Any other help with ideas on improving upon this deck would be welcome. Maybe you know a better option than
Halcyon Glaze in triggering consistency with
Renegade Doppelganger's effect.
Thanks