Maskwood Nexus

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Maskwood Nexus: Artifact, Aetherdrift Commander. Creatures you control are every creature type. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{4}
Mana value
4
Type
Artifact
Colour identity
Colourless
Rarity
Rare
Set
Aetherdrift Commander (DRC)
Released
2025-02-14
Collector number
132
Artist
Jason A. Engle
Commander rank
491 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Maskwood Nexus

Maskwood Nexus is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare colourless artifact from Aetherdrift Commander (DRC), a Commander product released in February 2025. It is collector number 132 in that set, with art by Jason A. Engle. It costs {4} (four generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 9 sets, from The List (2020) to Aetherdrift Commander (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.64 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-04).

Card text

Creatures you control are every creature type. The same is true for creature spells you control and creature cards you own that aren't on the battlefield.

{3}, {T}: Create a 2/2 blue Shapeshifter creature token with changeling. (It is every creature type.)

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.64 (as of 2026-11-04).

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

Format legality

Legality of Maskwood Nexus by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

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

Other printings of Maskwood Nexus

Maskwood Nexus has been printed in 9 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1904Rare2025
Bloomburrow Commander (BLC) #279Rare2024
Modern Horizons 3 Commander (M3C) #299Rare2024
The List (PLST) #KHM-240Rare2024
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) #865Rare2022
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #88396Rare2021
Kaldheim (KHM) #240Rare2021
Kaldheim (KHM) #369Rare2021
Kaldheim Promos (PKHM) #240pRare2021
Kaldheim Promos (PKHM) #240sRare2021

Official rulings

Six official rulings apply to Maskwood Nexus, newest first.

  • 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.
  • Replacement effects that modify how creatures of a certain creature type enter the battlefield will apply after you apply the effect of Maskwood Nexus. For example, if you control Maskwood Nexus and an effect says that each Warrior you control enters the battlefield with an additional +1/+1 counter on it, any creature that enters the battlefield under your control will get that counter.
  • Changeling is a characteristic-defining ability. It functions in all zones, not only while a card that has it is on the battlefield.
  • 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.
  • The tokens created by the activated ability will continue to have all creature types if Maskwood Nexus leaves the battlefield because those tokens have changeling. Other creatures you control will revert to their usual creature types unless another relevant effect is affecting them.
  • 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.

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