Bloodline Pretender

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Bloodline Pretender: Artifact Creature - Shapeshifter, March of the Machine Commander. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}
Mana value
3
Type
Artifact Creature - Shapeshifter
Colour identity
Colourless
Power / toughness
2/2
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
March of the Machine Commander (MOC)
Released
2023-04-21
Collector number
350
Artist
Slawomir Maniak
Commander rank
1,842 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Changeling

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About Bloodline Pretender

Bloodline Pretender is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon colourless artifact creature from March of the Machine Commander (MOC), a Commander product released in April 2023. It is collector number 350 in that set, with art by Slawomir Maniak. It costs {3} (three generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 2/2 creature. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 4 sets, from The List (2020) to March of the Machine Commander (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.10 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

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.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.10 (as of 2026-11-12).

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

Format legality

Legality of Bloodline Pretender by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other printings of Bloodline Pretender

Bloodline Pretender has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The List (PLST) #KHM-235Uncommon2024
Jumpstart 2022 (J22) #757Uncommon2022
Kaldheim (KHM) #235Uncommon2021

Official rulings

Seven official rulings apply to Bloodline Pretender, newest first.

  • 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.

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