Cairn Wanderer

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Cairn Wanderer: Creature - Shapeshifter, Commander 2020. Changeling. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{4}{B}
Mana value
5
Type
Creature - Shapeshifter
Colour identity
Black (B)
Power / toughness
4/4
Rarity
Rare
Set
Commander 2020 (C20)
Released
2020-04-17
Collector number
130
Artist
Nils Hamm
Commander rank
11,487 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Changeling

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About Cairn Wanderer

Cairn Wanderer is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black creature from Commander 2020 (C20), a Commander product released in April 2020. It is collector number 130 in that set, with art by Nils Hamm. It costs {4}{B} (four generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 4/4 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Lorwyn (2007) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.36 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Changeling (This card is every creature type.)

As long as a creature card with flying is in a graveyard, this creature has flying. The same is true for fear, first strike, double strike, deathtouch, haste, landwalk, lifelink, protection, reach, trample, shroud, and vigilance.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.36 (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 Cairn Wanderer by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PreDHLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Cairn Wanderer

Cairn Wanderer has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The List (PLST) #LRW-105Rare2019
Lorwyn (LRW) #105Rare2007

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Cairn Wanderer.

  • Cairn Wanderer’s ability looks at all cards in all graveyards. It gains any landwalk abilities and any protection abilities.

Similar cards

Other creature cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.

In these precons

Cairn Wanderer is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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