First printed in Lorwyn Eclipsed (2026)
Creature — Shapeshifter
Changeling (This card is every creature type.)
Flash
The changeling felt that the most important part of making new friends was the element of surprise.
2/2
- Illustrated by
- Ron Spears
Legality
- Legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Pauper Commander, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, PreDH
Rulings (4)
- Changeling is a characteristic-defining ability. It functions in all zones, not only while a card that has it is on the battlefield.
- 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.
- 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 a Kithkin, a Goblin, a Merfolk, and a Brushwagg as it is a Shapeshifter.
- If an effect causes a creature with changeling to become a new creature type, it will be only that new creature type (unless the effect says "in addition" or similar). It will still have changeling; the effect making it all creature types will simply be overwritten.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.002 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 30 Oct 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lorwyn Eclipsed (ECL), Premier Draft | 53.0% | -2.0 | -1.1 | 49974 |
| Lorwyn Eclipsed (ECL), Sealed | 52.8% | -3.6 | +1.3 | 1379 |
- 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
