Volrath's Shapeshifter
Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter
Volrath's Shapeshifter
Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter
Card Text
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 ": Discard a card." (This creature has that card's name, mana cost, color, types, abilities, power, and toughness.)
: Discard a card.
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 3
- Colors
- Blue
- Color Identity
- Blue
- Power / Toughness
- 0 / 1
- EDHREC Rank
- #22,819
Format Legalities
Market Prices
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Price History (30d)
All Printings (10)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vintage Masters (VMA) | #101 | rare | en | Ron Spencer | — | — |
| Stronghold (STH) | #48 | rare | en | Ron Spencer | $15.70 | — |
| Stronghold (STH) | #48 | rare | de | Ron Spencer | — | — |
| Stronghold (STH) | #48 | rare | es | Ron Spencer | — | — |
| Stronghold (STH) | #48 | rare | fr | Ron Spencer | — | — |
| Stronghold (STH) | #48 | rare | it | Ron Spencer | — | — |
| Stronghold (STH) | #48 | rare | ja | Ron Spencer | — | — |
| Stronghold (STH) | #48 | rare | ko | Ron Spencer | — | — |
| Stronghold (STH) | #48 | rare | pt | Ron Spencer | — | — |
| Stronghold (STH) | #48 | rare | zht | Ron Spencer | — | — |
Official Rulings (6)
The ability that sets its characteristics is a text-changing effect.
A copy of a Volrath's Shapeshifter will have the shapeshifting ability.
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.
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.
When it changes forms, any "enters" abilities of the card it "copies" do not trigger.
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.
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