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Unstable Shapeshifter - Creature — Shapeshifter

Tempest · 1997

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$0.59median

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Legality

PremodernLEGAL
Full Scryfall Data
Tempest{3}{U}

Unstable Shapeshifter

Creature — Shapeshifter

Whenever another creature enters, this creature becomes a copy of that creature, except it has this ability.

Printings & Editions

Premodern-legal editions of Unstable Shapeshifter — old-border printings plus any period-appropriate foil promos (Arena/Judge, through Scourge). Hover to preview an edition on the card; click to select it.

Old-border editions + pre-Scourge promo foils (Arena/Judge). Modern-frame reprints (8th Edition onward) exist but are not period-appropriate printings.

Critical Rulings

"When it changes "shape" to a new creature, any "enters" abilities of the creature do not trigger."

— 2004-10-04

"If a creature enters that has some characteristic or ability set when it enters, the copy does not get to make that choice (because it is not entering. All values are zero and all checks for choices consider the choice not to have been made."

— 2004-10-04

"If the creature has power/toughness that is continuously recalculated, so does this copy of it."

— 2004-10-04

"The copy effect is not targeted."

— 2004-10-04

"The ability is granted as part of the copy effect, which means it will be removed by any effects that would remove abilities regardless of when the effect was created."

— 2008-08-01

"If an Unstable Shapeshifter is on the battlefield when another Unstable Shapeshifter enters, the first one gets the second one's triggered ability, so it will copy the next creature that enters twice. It will only do so the next time a creature enters, because the second "becomes a copy" effect to resolve will erase the extra triggered ability."

— 2008-08-01

Price History

91d · USD
$0.89▲ 18.7%

Tracks this card’s preferred printing: the old-border edition shown by default (block-expansion printings first, e.g. Urza’s, Tempest, Mirage). It doesn’t re-price when you select a different edition above. Per-edition history is planned.

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Decks playing Unstable Shapeshifter (0)

No mainboard decks match.