First printed in Kaldheim (2021)
Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter
Changeling (This card is every creature type.)
As this creature enters, choose a creature type.
Whenever another creature you control of the chosen type enters, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
2/2
- Illustrated by
- Slawomir Maniak
Legality
- Legal in
- Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pauper, Future Standard, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Standard Brawl
Rulings (7)
- If an effect causes a creature with changeling to lose all abilities, it will remain all creature types, even though it will no longer have changeling. This is because changeling applies before the effect that removes it.
- Changeling is a characteristic-defining ability. It functions in all zones, not only while a card that has it is on the battlefield.
- The subtype Shapeshifter that appears on the type line is mostly there to reinforce the flavor. A creature card with changeling is just as much an Elf, a Dwarf, a Sliver, a Goat, a Coward, and a Zombie as it is a Shapeshifter.
- You must choose an existing creature type, such as Vampire or Druid. You can't choose card types (e.g., artifact) or supertypes (e.g., snow).
- If Bloodline Pretender enters the battlefield at the same time as another creature, you can choose one of that creature's creature types and have Bloodline Pretender's last ability trigger for that other creature.
- If Bloodline Pretender is somehow on the battlefield without a chosen creature type, its last ability can't trigger, even if a creature with no creature types enters the battlefield.
- If an effect causes a creature with changeling to become a new creature type, it will be only that new creature type. It will still have changeling; the effect making it all creature types will simply be overwritten.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.003 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
In Limited on MTG Arena
Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).
| Set | GIH WR | vs set | IWD | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaldheim (KHM), Premier Draft | 55.0% | +0.4 | +1.2 | 17421 |
- GIH WR
- win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
- vs set
- points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
- IWD
- improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
- Games
- games in which the card was seen
Combos
33 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact tokens…: Bloodline Pretender + Clock of Omens + Magda, Brazen Outlaw
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite creature ETB…: Bloodline Pretender + Invisible Woman, Sue Storm
- Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Bloodline Pretender + Haru, Hidden Talent + Toph, the First Metalbender + Zuran Orb
- Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Ashnod's Altar + Bloodline Pretender + Haru, Hidden Talent + Toph, the First Metalbender
- Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Bloodline Pretender + Goblin Bombardment + Haru, Hidden Talent + Toph, the First Metalbender
- Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Bloodline Pretender + Haru, Hidden Talent + Phyrexian Altar + Toph, the First Metalbender
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature tokens…: Bloodline Pretender + Intruder Alarm + Xavier Sal, Infested Captain
- Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Altar of Dementia + Bloodline Pretender + Haru, Hidden Talent + Toph, the First Metalbender
- Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Bloodline Pretender + Haru, Hidden Talent + Krark-Clan Ironworks + Toph, the First Metalbender
- Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Bloodline Pretender + Haru, Hidden Talent + Megatog + Toph, the First Metalbender
