Volrath's Shapeshifter of Stronghold

Volrath’s Shapeshifter

Nº 48 - RARE - Stronghold
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As long as the top card of your graveyard is a creature card, Volrath’s Shapeshifter has the full text of that card and has the text “: Discard a card.” (Volrath’s Shapeshifter has that card’s name, mana cost, color, types, abilities, power, and toughness.)
: Discard a card.

STH · EN Illus. Ron Spencer
1998-03-02

standard
future
historic
timeless
gladiator
pioneer
explorer
modern
legacy pauper
vintage penny
commander oathbreaker
standardbrawl
brawl
alchemy
paupercommander
duel oldschool
premodern predh
usdeurfoiltix
3.473.100.23
EDHREC
Rareza Tipo Color Cmc L/T
Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter 3 01
Foil Nonfoil Promo Fecha
1998-03-02
Booster Digital Oversized Reserved
Paper Mtgo Digital Astral Sega
Keywords
Set Name Set Code Set Type
Stronghold STH EXPANSION
release: setsize: 143 totalsetsize: 143
onlyFoil: no onlyNonFoil: yes
Nombre ID
BORDER COLOR BLACK
FRAME 1997
Date Source Comment
01-08-2008 wotc The ability that sets its characteristics is a text-changing effect.
04-10-2004 wotc 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.
04-10-2004 wotc When it changes forms, any "enters" abilities of the card it "copies" do not trigger.
04-10-2004 wotc 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.
04-10-2004 wotc A copy of a Volrath's Shapeshifter will have the shapeshifting ability.
04-10-2004 wotc 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.