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Dragonshift

{1}{U}{R}

Instant

DGMDragon's Maze#66rare
Foil
Border
black
Frame
2003
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 1200
Illustrator
Svetlin Velinov
Found in
Dragons Maze MTGO Redemption · Dragons Maze MTGO Redemption Foil · 2 more
Printings1
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Until end of turn, target creature you control becomes a blue and red Dragon with base power and toughness 4/4, loses all abilities, and gains flying. Overload {3}{U}{U}{R}{R} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")
Overload
Market · per finishspark updated 11h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$0.19
$0.09 low$0.06 gap
Foil+0.0%
$0.44
$0.40 low$0.25 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.19· across 1 printing

Rulings

10 · latest Jan 12, 2024 · one tap opens all
  • WotCJan 12, 2024

    Because a spell with overload doesn't target when its overload cost is paid, it may affect permanents with hexproof or with protection from the appropriate color.

  • WotCJan 12, 2024

    If you are instructed to cast a spell with overload "without paying its mana cost," you can't choose to pay its overload cost instead.

  • WotCJan 12, 2024

    If you don't pay the overload cost of a spell with overload, that spell will have a single target. If you pay the overload cost, the spell won't have any targets.

  • WotCJan 12, 2024

    To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as an overload cost), add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.

  • WotCApr 15, 2013

    Dragonshift overwrites all previous effects that set a creature's power or toughness to specific values. However, effects that set a creature's power or toughness to specific values that start to apply after Dragonshift resolves will overwrite this effect.

  • WotCApr 15, 2013

    Each affected creature will lose all other colors and creature types and be only red, blue, and a Dragon. Each will retain any other types it may have had, such as artifact.

  • WotCApr 15, 2013

    Each affected creature will lose any abilities it may have gained prior to Dragonshift resolving. Notably, this includes the ability to cast the copies of a card with cipher that's encoded on the creature, although that ability will return after the turn ends.

  • WotCApr 15, 2013

    Effects that modify the power or toughness of an affected creature, such as the effects of Phytoburst or Legion's Initiative, will apply to it no matter when they started to take effect. The same is true for counters that change the creature's power or toughness (such as +1/+1 counters) and effects that switch its power and toughness.

  • WotCApr 15, 2013

    If any of the affected creatures gains an ability after Dragonshift resolves, it will keep that ability.

  • WotCApr 15, 2013

    If you cast Dragonshift using overload, only creatures you control when it resolves will be affected. Creatures that come under your control later in the turn will not.