Nameless Inversion

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Nameless Inversion: Kindred Instant - Shapeshifter, Lorwyn Eclipsed. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{B}
Mana value
2
Type
Kindred Instant - Shapeshifter
Colour identity
Black (B)
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Lorwyn Eclipsed (ECL)
Released
2026-01-23
Collector number
113
Artist
Dominik Mayer
Commander rank
8,094 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Changeling

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About Nameless Inversion

Nameless Inversion is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon black kindred instant from Lorwyn Eclipsed (ECL), an expansion set released in January 2026. It is collector number 113 in that set, with art by Dominik Mayer. It costs {1}{B} (one generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 6 sets, from Lorwyn (2007) to Lorwyn Eclipsed (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.21 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Changeling (This card is every creature type.)

Target creature gets +3/-3 and loses all creature types until end of turn.

Eclipsed realms are the spaces between Lorwyn's stability and Shadowmoor's chaos-raw and undefined boundaries where the plane naturally corrects imbalances in power and influence.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.21 (as of 2026-11-11).

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

Format legality

Legality of Nameless Inversion by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PreDHLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
AlchemyLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Nameless Inversion

Nameless Inversion has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The List (PLST) #MM2-87Common2019
Modern Masters 2015 (MM2) #87Common2015
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #35126Common2014
Magic Player Rewards 2009 (P09) #4Rare2009
Lorwyn (LRW) #128Common2007

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Nameless Inversion, newest first.

  • If a creature loses all creature types but then gains a new creature type later in the turn, it will be that new creature type.
  • Kindred is a card type that allows noncreature cards to have creature types. For example, Morcant's Eyes is an Elf (although not a creature) while on the battlefield and an Elf card (although not a creature card) in zones other than 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 a Kithkin, a Goblin, a Merfolk, and a Brushwagg as it is a Shapeshifter.
  • While it appears only on cards that already have other card types, kindred is a card type and will be counted by effects that refer to the number of card types among cards in a zone.
  • Some older cards were originally printed with the "tribal" card type. That card type has been replaced with "kindred." This change does not affect the gameplay function of these cards.
  • If an effect causes a creature with changeling to become a new creature type, it will be only that new creature type (unless the effect says "in addition" or similar). It will still have changeling; the effect making it all creature types will simply be overwritten.
  • 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.

In these precons

Nameless Inversion is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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