Aurora Shifter

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Aurora Shifter: Creature - Shapeshifter, Modern Horizons 3 Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{U}
Mana value
2
Type
Creature - Shapeshifter
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Power / toughness
1/3
Rarity
Rare
Set
Modern Horizons 3 Commander (M3C)
Released
2024-06-14
Collector number
97
Artist
Justyna Dura
Commander rank
7,563 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Aurora Shifter

Aurora Shifter is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue creature from Modern Horizons 3 Commander (M3C), a Commander product released in June 2024. It is collector number 97 in that set, with art by Justyna Dura. It costs {1}{U} (one generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 1/3 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Modern Horizons 3 Commander is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.30 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you get that many {E}.

At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may pay {E}{E}. When you do, this creature becomes a copy of another target creature you control, except it has this ability and "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you get that many {E}."

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.30 (as of 2026-11-11).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Aurora Shifter by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Aurora Shifter

The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Modern Horizons 3 Commander (M3C) #45Rare2024

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Aurora Shifter, newest first.

  • If a spell or ability with one or more targets states that you "may pay" some amount of {E}, and each permanent that it targets has become an illegal target, the spell or ability won't resolve. You can't pay any {E} even if you want to.
  • Some spells and abilities that give you {E} may require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve. You won't get any {E}.
  • If the copied creature is copying something else, then Aurora Shifter becomes a copy of whatever that creature copied (with the listed exception).
  • Energy counters are a kind of counter that a player may have. They're not associated with any specific permanents.
  • If the copied creature has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0.
  • Keep track of how many energy counters each player has. Potential ways to track this include writing theme down on paper or using dice, but any method that is clear and mutually agreeable is fine. (At higher levels of tournament play, dice may not be allowed for tracking counters that players have.)
  • Some triggered abilities that state that you "may pay" a certain amount of {E} describe an effect that happens "If you do." In that case, no player may take actions to try to stop the ability's effect after you make your choice. If the payment is followed by the phrase "When you do," then you'll choose any targets for that reflexive triggered ability and put it on the stack before players can take actions.
  • Energy counters aren't mana. They don't go away as steps, phases, and turns end, and effects that add mana "of any type" can't give you energy counters.

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