4
Barkhide Mauler
2 Krosan Groundshaker
4 Krosan Tusker
4 Riptide Shapeshifter
1 Snarling Undorak
4 Towering Baloth
4 Venomspout Brackus
4 Astral Slide
4 Choking Tethers
4 Complicate
8 Forest
8 Island
4 Lonely Sandbar
1 Plains
4 Tranquil Thicket
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   Rip-Beast.
Description of deck by its author (quoted):
  I
looked at the Onslaught set for almost two weeks before I realized that
Riptide Shapeshifter isn't rare. It sure seems rare, but that's probably
because every other Shapeshifter until now has been rare. It's nice to
see that it's more common to find a Shapeshifter wandering into your
local bar. Of course, I guess you wouldn't know he was there. Um,
nevermind . . .
Some of the deck ideas that can be used with Riptide Shapeshifter have
already been outlined in the results of Deck Challenge 3 and the add-on
look at Artificial Evolution. I won't reiterate these excellent ideas
from readers, but instead I will say that using Riptide Shapeshifter and
Astral Slide -- another fun uncommon -- allows you to violate one of the
previous rules of "lite" decks. Before Onslaught, you usually couldn't
build a rareless deck with huge creatures. Thanks to morph, however, you
can drop a bunch of Beasts onto the table, flip them over via cycling,
and let your Shapeshifter transform into a 7/6 Towering Baloth. Wheeee!
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