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Bloodline Pretender

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Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter

MOCMarch of the Machine Commander#350uncommon
Finishes
Nonfoil
Border
black
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster
Illustrator
Slawomir Maniak
Found in
March of the Machine Commander Deck Growing Threat
Printings4Combos33EDHREC rank#1,849
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal
Changeling (This card is every creature type.) As this creature enters, choose a creature type. Whenever another creature you control of the chosen type enters, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
2/2
Changeling
Plays as:
Counter Placer
Market · per finishspark updated 1h ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
Nonfoil-0.4%
$2.44
$1.20 low-$0.30 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$1.55· across 4 printings· view the cheapest printing ›

Rulings

7 · latest Feb 5, 2021
  • WotCFeb 5, 2021

    Changeling is a characteristic-defining ability. It functions in all zones, not only while a card that has it is on the battlefield.

  • WotCFeb 5, 2021

    If Bloodline Pretender enters the battlefield at the same time as another creature, you can choose one of that creature's creature types and have Bloodline Pretender's last ability trigger for that other creature.

  • WotCFeb 5, 2021

    If Bloodline Pretender is somehow on the battlefield without a chosen creature type, its last ability can't trigger, even if a creature with no creature types enters the battlefield.

  • WotCFeb 5, 2021

    If an effect causes a creature with changeling to become a new creature type, it will be only that new creature type. It will still have changeling; the effect making it all creature types will simply be overwritten.

  • WotCFeb 5, 2021

    If an effect causes a creature with changeling to lose all abilities, it will remain all creature types, even though it will no longer have changeling. This is because changeling applies before the effect that removes it.

  • WotCFeb 5, 2021

    The subtype Shapeshifter that appears on the type line is mostly there to reinforce the flavor. A creature card with changeling is just as much an Elf, a Dwarf, a Sliver, a Goat, a Coward, and a Zombie as it is a Shapeshifter.

  • WotCFeb 5, 2021

    You must choose an existing creature type, such as Vampire or Druid. You can't choose card types (e.g., artifact) or supertypes (e.g., snow).