Volrath’s Shapeshifter

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Commander	Legal
Duel	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Penny	Legal
Predh	Legal
Premodern	Legal
Vintage	Legal


Card Set	Stronghold
Card Type	Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter
Rarity	Rare
Mana Cost
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 Number	#48
Artist	Ron Spencer
Subtypes	Phyrexian , Shapeshifter
Card Languages	English , French , German , Italian , Japanese , Portuguese (Brazil) , Spanish
Frame Version	1997
Border Color	Black
EDHREC Rank	21019
Has Foil?	No
Reprint?	No
Is Promo?	No
Oversized?	No
Joke Card?	No
In Starter?	No
Time Shifted?	No
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Card Rulings

2004-10-04

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

2004-10-04

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

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

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

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

2008-08-01

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