Altered Ego
Altered Ego: Creature - Shapeshifter, Secrets of Strixhaven Commander. This spell can't be countered. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {X}{2}{G}{U}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Creature - Shapeshifter
- Colour identity
- Blue and green (UG)
- Power / toughness
- 0/0
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)
- Released
- 2026-04-24
- Collector number
- 292
- Artist
- Kev Walker
- Commander rank
- 4,106 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Altered Ego
Altered Ego is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue and green creature from Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC), a Commander product released in April 2026. It is collector number 292 in that set, with art by Kev Walker. It costs {X}{2}{G}{U} (X, two generic, one blue and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 0/0 creature. Its colour identity is blue and green. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 6 sets, from Shadows over Innistrad (2016) to Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.28 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
This spell can't be countered.
You may have this creature enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it enters with X additional +1/+1 counters on it.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.28 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Altered Ego by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Altered Ego
Altered Ego has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Final Fantasy Commander (FIC) #317 | Rare | 2025 |
| Innistrad Remastered (INR) #228 | Rare | 2025 |
| Shadows over Innistrad Remastered (SIR) #228 | Rare | 2023 |
| Shadows over Innistrad Promos (PSOI) #241s | Rare | 2016 |
| Shadows over Innistrad (SOI) #241 | Rare | 2016 |
Official rulings
The 8 most recent official rulings for Altered Ego, newest first.
- If the chosen creature is a token, Altered Ego copies the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that created that token. Altered Ego isn't a token.
- If the chosen creature is copying something else (for example, if the chosen creature is another Altered Ego), then your Altered Ego enters as whatever the chosen creature copied.
- X can be 0. Altered Ego won't enter with any additional +1/+1 counters, and it will just be a copy of the chosen creature.
- Altered Ego copies exactly what was printed on the original creature (unless that creature is copying something else or is a token; see below). It doesn't copy whether that creature is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or any Auras and Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, or so on.
- You can choose not to copy anything. In that case, Altered Ego enters as a 0/0 creature and is probably put into the graveyard immediately. It won't have +1/+1 counters placed on it by its ability.
- Any "enters" abilities of the copied creature will trigger when Altered Ego enters the battlefield. Any "as [this creature] enters" or "[this creature] enters with" abilities of the chosen creature will also work.
- If you copy a double-faced creature, Altered Ego will be a copy of the face that's up when Altered Ego enters. Because Altered Ego is not a double-faced card, it won't be able to transform. If an effect instructs you to return it to the battlefield transformed when it leaves the battlefield, it won't return and will remain in its new zone.
- If the chosen creature has {X} in its mana cost, that X is considered to be 0. The value of X in Altered Ego's last ability will be whatever value was chosen for X while casting Altered Ego.
Similar cards
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In these precons
Altered Ego is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.