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◇ Catalog #398

Shapeshifter

5ed·#398·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Adrian Smith

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Mar 1997

29 yr ago

Value

$0.25+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.26 · low $0.24

NM$0.25

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.23–$0.26modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.25low $0.21range 19.0%n 48

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #28,041 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$0.25

Gameplay

Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter

As this creature enters, choose a number between 0 and 7. At the beginning of your upkeep, you may choose a number between 0 and 7. Shapeshifter's power is equal to the last chosen number and its toughness is equal to 7 minus that number.

*/7-*

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDHlegal

Rulings · 2

2008-08-01wotc

The ability that sets its power and toughness is a characteristic-defining ability. This means it applies before any other effects that modify power and/or toughness.

2008-08-01wotc

The ability that lets you choose a new number is a triggered ability that triggers only once each upkeep.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.25. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.21 and $0.25 across 48 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from 5ED — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #398 of *Fifth Edition*, the set that shipped alongside the March 1997 Fifth Edition release.

Card type: Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {6} (6 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #28,041 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Adrian Smith. Rarix catalogs 71 other cards credited to this artist.