Reality Fracture’s Multiverse Reforged Precon is one of the strangest we’ve received in a while. Built around a Polymorph theme and the deck’s Face Commander, this strategy focuses on cheating massive bombs into play early. Wizards of the Coast used this opportunity to print a ton of incredibly powerful reimagined legends in the precon, but a vast majority of them are far better in the Command Zone than in the 99.
Because of this, the Multiverse Reforged Precon might be the deck that most direly needs an upgrade guide among Magic: The Gathering’s recently released prebuilt decks. While this isn’t exactly ideal, the good news is that it doesn’t take much to turn this precon into a monster.
MTG Multiverse Reforged Upgrade Guide
For this upgrade guide, it’s likely best to stick with Jace, Multiverse Architect
Jace, Multiverse ArchitectAt the beginning of combat on each opponent's turn, they may pay {2}. If they don't, creatures they control can't attack Jaces you control this turn.
+1: Draw two cards, then put a card from your hand on the bottom of your library.
−3: Exile another target planeswalker or creature you control. Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature or planeswalker card. Put that card onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Jace, Multiverse Architect can be your commander. as the Commander. While Nissa, Leyline Tamer can be quite powerful, using her properly will require a massive upgrade to your mana base, which will, in turn, cost a lot of money. Those would basically be in addition to these recommended upgrades.
Most of the cards you’ll swap out are newly printed Legendary creatures, which suit the Command Zone better than the 99 of a Polymorph deck. As strong as cards like Niv-Mizzet Ghost Counsel, The Ur-Sphinx, and Omnath, Locus of the Void
Omnath, Locus of the VoidOmnath gets +1/+1 for each unspent mana you have.
If you would lose unspent mana, that mana becomes colorless instead.
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, add {C}{C}. are, they need the right support to truly shine, which isn’t in this precon. The same is true for cards like Nissa, Leyline Tamer, Venser, Fervent Forger, and Ginger, Queen of Sweets.
In their place, you can run tons of the biggest bombs from MTG’s history. If your budget allows it, this should include monsters like Blightsteel Colossus
Blightsteel ColossusTrample, infect, indestructible
If Blightsteel Colossus would be put into a graveyard from anywhere, reveal Blightsteel Colossus and shuffle it into its owner's library instead., Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur, and Ulamog, the Defiler. Other Polymorph mainstays, like Hullbreaker Horror, also do massive work here, making each of Jace’s activations a nightmare for your opponents.
A few other creatures in this deck could also use an upgrade, mainly because they lack impact. Akroma, Angel of Fury is a big one, since MTG power creep means it just isn’t that impressive anymore. While I personally enjoy the mayhem that Dack Fayden, Helping Hand causes, it’s also realistically something you should cut, but it does mean the deck’s finicky turn four infinite combo won’t be a part of it anymore.
Beyond running massive creatures for the sake of winning the game, you can also include some cards like Cavern-Hoard Dragon and Hoarding Broodlord that play a sort of hybrid role in your deck. While these creatures work well as strong Polymorph targets, you can also cast them ahead of time through various means, and they can then help you cast your other strong creatures.
Here’s the changelog for upgrading your creatures in Multiverse Reforged. We’ll do a final Changelog for all swaps at the end of the article:
OUT
- Nissa, Leyline Tamer
- Omnath, Locus of the VoidOmnath, Locus of the VoidOmnath gets +1/+1 for each unspent mana you have.
If you would lose unspent mana, that mana becomes colorless instead.
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, add {C}{C}. - Dack Fayden, Helping Hand
- Jhoira, Weatherlight Corsair
- Venser, Fervent Forger
- Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel
- The Ur-Sphinx
- Ginger, Queen of Sweets
- Akroma, Angel of Fury
IN
- Blightsteel ColossusBlightsteel ColossusTrample, infect, indestructible
If Blightsteel Colossus would be put into a graveyard from anywhere, reveal Blightsteel Colossus and shuffle it into its owner's library instead. - Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
- Ulamog, the Defiler
- Hullbreaker Horror
- Blazing Archon
- Cavern-Hoard Dragon
- Absolute Virtue
- Hoarding Broodlord
- Dreadfeast Demon
Create a Plan B
As fun as it is to cheat massive creatures out of your deck, Polymorphing is, at its core, a very fragile strategy. Because Jace and other Polymorph effects need to target a creature to resolve, any removal spell, from Swords to Plowshares to Lightning Bolt
Lightning BoltLightning Bolt deals 3 damage to any target., will foil your big play completely.
While Jace’s +1 ability helps ensure your game-ending bombs don’t get stranded in your hand, tools that can cheat your cards into play from your hand give Multiverse Reforged a lot of redundancy. Sneak Attack
Sneak Attack{R}: You may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield. That creature gains haste. Sacrifice the creature at the beginning of the next end step. and Show and Tell are the two best cards for this, getting any massive creatures in your hand onto the battlefield for cheap. While not quite as effective, Deathrender, Ilharg, the Raze Boar, and Through the Breach can also help add redundancy.
While this deck already includes some great protection spells, like Flawless Maneuver, including a few extra cards, like Defense Grid or Lost in the Maze, can help ensure your Polymorph play goes off without a hitch. If you’re feeling particularly nasty, Silence effects are generally the best way to ensure your opponent won’t mess with your plans, but we won’t add those cards to the final list.
In exchange, you can shave some of the less effective flex-slot cards in this precon, including Fatehold Charm, Teferi’s Reproach, and Plan for All Outcomes. There are also some somewhat inefficient mana rocks, namely Chromatic Lantern
Chromatic LanternLands you control have "{T}: Add one mana of any color."
{T}: Add one mana of any color., that aren’t needed in this precon.
OUT:
- Fatehold Charm
- Teferi’s Reproach
- Plan for All Outcomes
- Chromatic LanternChromatic LanternLands you control have "{T}: Add one mana of any color."
{T}: Add one mana of any color. - Shark Typhoon
- Tamiyo, Upriser Crowned
IN:
- Defense Grid
- Lost in the Maze
- Sneak AttackSneak Attack{R}: You may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield. That creature gains haste. Sacrifice the creature at the beginning of the next end step.
- Show and Tell
- Ilharg, the Raze Boar
- Through the Breach
Stopping Your Opponents and Upgrading Your Token Producers
Unfortunately, even with all these upgrades, Multiverse Reforged still suffers from being a slower strategy, especially if your first Polymorph attempt gets shut down. The deck has a ton of ramp to help with this, but you can do even more to buy yourself time.
Frankly, the most efficient way to do this is just to add a bunch of board wipes into your deck. Your opponents certainly won’t be a fan of that, though, so you can instead go with pillowfort tools like Ghostly Prison or Crawlspace. For the sake of this upgrade guide, however, we’ll load up on efficient board wipes like Blasphemous Act
Blasphemous ActThis spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature on the battlefield.
Blasphemous Act deals 13 damage to each creature. and Vanquish the Horde.
Board wipes aside, there’s also some room to upgrade some of the existing token producers in your deck. Court of Embereth, for example, is far stronger than Windcrag Siege for just one more mana, especially since The Monarch lets it replace itself at the absolute minimum. Bitterblossom is an absolute slam dunk in this deck, creating tokens at a much more efficient rate than Currency Converter, though it is quite expensive monetarily. Court of Grace is another decent option available for a fair bit cheaper.
While this is a fairly large amount of changes overall, this should easily make your Multiverse Reforged deck a force to be reckoned with. Upgrading the threat suite in this precon is the most essential thing here, so focus on that if you can’t upgrade everything.
Here is the final Changelog for our Multiverse Reforged upgrade guide:
OUT:
- Nissa, Leyline Tamer
- Omnath, Locus of the VoidOmnath, Locus of the VoidOmnath gets +1/+1 for each unspent mana you have.
If you would lose unspent mana, that mana becomes colorless instead.
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, add {C}{C}. - Dack Fayden, Helping Hand
- Jhoira, Weatherlight Corsair
- Venser, Fervent Forger
- Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel
- The Ur-Sphinx
- Ginger, Queen of Sweets
- Akroma, Angel of Fury
- Fatehold Charm
- Teferi’s Reproach
- Plan for All Outcomes
- Chromatic LanternChromatic LanternLands you control have "{T}: Add one mana of any color."
{T}: Add one mana of any color. - Shark Typhoon
- Tamiyo, Upriser Crowned
- Windcrag Siege
- Currency Converter
- White Sun’s Twilight
- Cursed Mirror
- Lingering Souls
IN:
- Blightsteel ColossusBlightsteel ColossusTrample, infect, indestructible
If Blightsteel Colossus would be put into a graveyard from anywhere, reveal Blightsteel Colossus and shuffle it into its owner's library instead. - Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
- Ulamog, the Defiler
- Hullbreaker Horror
- Blazing Archon
- Cavern-Hoard Dragon
- Absolute Virtue
- Hoarding Broodlord
- Dreadfeast Demon
- Defense Grid
- Lost in the Maze
- Sneak AttackSneak Attack{R}: You may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield. That creature gains haste. Sacrifice the creature at the beginning of the next end step.
- Show and Tell
- Ilharg, the Raze Boar
- Through the Breach
- Blasphemous ActBlasphemous ActThis spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature on the battlefield.
Blasphemous Act deals 13 damage to each creature. - Vanquish the Horde
- Final Act
- Court of Embereth
- Bitterblossom
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