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Volrath's Shapeshifter

Blue

1 printing listed in our catalog, from newest to oldest.

Volrath's Shapeshifter, Stronghold printing
Stronghold STH · No. 48 1998-03-02

Card text

{1}{U}{U}
Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter
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.
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EDHREC rank #23448 Rare Reserved List
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Standard ∅ Not legal
Pioneer ∅ Not legal
Modern ∅ Not legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ∅ Not legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ∅ Not legal
Historic ∅ Not legal
Timeless ∅ Not legal
Alchemy ∅ Not legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ∅ Not legal
Penny ∅ Not legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

6 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

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.

2004-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2004-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2004-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast

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

2004-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast

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

2004-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast

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

2008-08-01 · Wizards of the Coast

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