Thats right, if your opponent plays anything other a land, this Shapeshifter is getting bigger
Here are a few things it does: Karoos like Boros Garrison become super lands that enter the battlefield untapped and don't bounce a land Even bigger drawback lands like Lotus Vale and Lake of the Dead become all upside Powerful activated abilites like Maze of Ith are shut down Fetchlands like Arid Mesa can't be cracked And it draws you a card
Thats right, if you act now you too can get an addition treasure token on each Ashnods AltarAshnods Altar activation
Cards like Kaya's Ghostform can also let you benefit from this death trigger then immediately give you your commander back
Theres a part of me that wishes we got a more powerful and efficient Junk engine, but in general, the power level that these decks came in at strikes me as the right way to go about this sort of thing
At the beginning of combat on each opponent's turn, if you're the monarch, that opponent may pay , where X is the number of cards in their hand