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Volrath's Shapeshifter

{1}{U}{U}

Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter

STHStronghold#48rare
Reserved List

EDHREC #23,421Played in Under 1% of cEDH decks with blue

Finishes
Nonfoil
Border
black
Frame
1997
Illustrator
Ron Spencer
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernNot legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
BrawlNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
GladiatorNot legal

Other

PremodernLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal
As long as the top card of your graveyard is a creature card, this creature has the full text of that card and has the text "{2}: Discard a card." (This creature has that card's name, mana cost, color, types, abilities, power, and toughness.) {2}: Discard a card.
0/1
Market · per finishtrend updated 5h ago · prices as of Oct 15, 2026
Nonfoil$14.36+3.5%
$10.00 low$1.00 gap
Cheapest playable copy$14.36· across 1 printing· you're viewing it

Price history

last 30 days · set by the window above · each finish on its own scale
Nonfoil$14.36+3.5%30D
30D range$13.88to$14.36Since Feb 2024:H $18.14L $2.84

Other printings

1 totalCompare all printings

Found in

1 productRounded odds

  • Stronghold Booster Pack

    Booster Pack · $146.12

    Nonfoil under 10%

Combos

Used in 3 known combos

Rulings

6 · latest Aug 1, 2008
  • WotCAug 1, 2008

    The ability that sets its characteristics is a text-changing effect.

  • WotCOct 4, 2004

    A copy of a Volrath's Shapeshifter will have the shapeshifting ability.

  • WotCOct 4, 2004

    If the top card in the graveyard has any other undefined characteristics, then those characteristics are not acquired and the shapeshifter uses the characteristic from its own card.

  • WotCOct 4, 2004

    If the top card in your graveyard is a creature card, this card uses the listed characteristics, including color and any other types. But, this card keeps the granted ability in addition to those from the card being copied.

  • WotCOct 4, 2004

    If the top card in your graveyard isn't a creature card (meaning a card with the type Creature, which may or may not have other types such as Artifact or Enchantment), then it's just a 0/1 blue creature. Older cards of type Summon are also Creature cards.

  • WotCOct 4, 2004

    When it changes forms, any "enters" abilities of the card it "copies" do not trigger.

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