Case of the Shifting Visage

Card text

At the beginning of your upkeep, surveil 1.

To solve - There are fifteen or more cards in your graveyard. (If unsolved, solve at the beginning of your end step.)

Solved - Whenever you cast a nonlegendary creature spell, copy that spell. (The copy becomes a token.)

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.52 (as of 2026-11-03).

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Format legality

Legality of Case of the Shifting Visage by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Case of the Shifting Visage, newest first.

• 2024-02-02 “To Solve - [condition]” means “At the beginning of your end step, if [condition] and this Case is not solved, it becomes solved.”
• 2024-02-02 If the spell that’s copied has an X whose value was determined as it was cast, the copy has the same value of X.
• 2024-02-02 You can’t choose to pay any additional costs for a copied spell. However, effects based on any additional costs that were paid for the original spell are copied as though those same costs were paid for the copy too.
• 2024-02-02 If a permanent spell is copied, it’s put onto the battlefield as a token as the spell resolves rather than putting the copy of the spell onto the battlefield. The rules that apply to a permanent spell becoming a permanent apply to a copy of a spell becoming a token.
• 2024-02-02 Each Case has two special keyword abilities: to solve and solved.
• 2024-02-02 The token that a resolving copy of a permanent spell becomes isn’t “created” and won’t interact with abilities that care about tokens being created, such as that of Case of the Pilfered Proof.
• 2024-02-02 “To solve” abilities will check for their condition twice: once when the ability would trigger, and once when it resolves. If the condition isn’t true at the beginning of your end step, the ability won’t trigger at all. If the condition isn’t true when the ability resolves, the Case won’t become solved.
• 2024-02-02 “Solved - [static ability]” means “As long as this Case is solved, [static ability].” Static abilities are written as statements, such as “Creatures you control get +1/+1” or “Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.”

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