Mothdust Changeling
Mothdust Changeling: Creature - Shapeshifter, Modern Masters. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {U}
- Mana value
- 1
- Type
- Creature - Shapeshifter
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Power / toughness
- 1/1
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- Modern Masters (MMA)
- Released
- 2013-06-07
- Collector number
- 53
- Artist
- Shelly Wan
- Commander rank
- 4,277 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Changeling
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About Mothdust Changeling
Mothdust Changeling is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common blue creature from Modern Masters (MMA), a Masters set released in June 2013. It is collector number 53 in that set, with art by Shelly Wan. It costs {U} (one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. It is a 1/1 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Morningtide (2008) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.75 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Changeling (This card is every creature type.)
Tap an untapped creature you control: This creature gains flying until end of turn.
"Ever seen a changeling fly into a lantern?" -Calydd, kithkin farmer
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.75 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Mothdust Changeling by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Mothdust Changeling
Mothdust Changeling has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #MOR-42 | Common | 2024 |
| Morningtide (MOR) #42 | Common | 2008 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Mothdust Changeling.
- Since the activated ability doesn't have a tap symbol in its cost, you can tap a creature (including Mothdust Changeling itself) that hasn't been under your control since your most recent turn began to pay the cost.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Mothdust Changeling is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.