The Ever-Changing 'Dane

Gameplan

You durdle in Esper colors deploying value creatures, then use the 'Dane's , sac ability to morph into whatever best fits the moment—a beater, a combo piece, or a creature with a powerful ETB. Because it retains the copy ability, you can keep transforming each turn as the board evolves, recurring sacrifice fodder to grind value. You win by assembling a sacrifice/blink engine or by becoming an oversized threat backed by removal and protection.

Key Cards

• Bloodthrone Vampire — A near-mirror sac outlet that, when copied, lets you pump and sacrifice repeatedly for value.
• Grave Pact — Each creature you sacrifice to the 'Dane forces opponents to sac, turning your engine into board control.
• Bitterblossom — A steady, free stream of fodder so the 'Dane never runs out of creatures to consume.
• Karmic Guide — Becoming a copy of a powerful reanimation/ETB creature lets you loop bodies out of the yard.
• Reveillark — Copying it recurs your best sacrificed creatures when the 'Dane dies or is sacrificed in a loop.
• Phyrexian Altar — Provides mana and a free sac outlet to chain transformations and creature loops.

Upgrade Path

Add fast mana (Sol Ring, Arcane Signet) and tutors (Demonic Tutor, Diabolic Intent) to assemble engines faster, and a Buried Alive/Entomb package to set up reanimation targets. Tighten toward a compact combo line—Karmic Guide + Reveillark + free sac outlet (Phyrexian Altar/Carrion Feeder) + Blood Artist—so the value plan also closes games. Round out with efficient interaction (Swords to Plowshares, Cyclonic Rift, counterspells) to protect the engine.