Shapesharer

Shapesharer card image

Shapesharer: Creature - Shapeshifter, Lorwyn. Changeling. 2U: Target Shapeshifter becomes a copy of target creature until your next turn. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{U}
Mana value
2
Type
Creature - Shapeshifter
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Power / toughness
1/1
Rarity
Rare
Set
Lorwyn (LRW)
Released
2007-10-12
Collector number
85
Artist
Alan Pollack
Commander rank
9,134 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Changeling

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About Shapesharer

Shapesharer is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue creature from Lorwyn (LRW), an expansion set released in October 2007. It is collector number 85 in that set, with art by Alan Pollack. It costs {1}{U} (one generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 1/1 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Lorwyn (2007) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $5.28 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Changeling (This card is every creature type.)

{2}{U}: Target Shapeshifter becomes a copy of target creature until your next turn.

One good mimic deserves another.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $5.28 (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 Shapesharer 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 Shapesharer

Shapesharer has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The List (PLST) #LRW-85Rare2025

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Shapesharer, newest first.

  • If either target becomes an illegal target, the ability will resolve but have no effect.
  • If Shapesharer itself becomes a copy of another creature, it loses both changeling and its activated ability (unless it’s copying another creature with changeling and/or another Shapesharer, of course).
  • The copy effect doesn’t wear off until just before your next untap step (even if an effect will cause that untap step to be skipped).
  • If the targeted Shapeshifter becomes a copy of a face-down creature, it will become a 2/2 creature with no name, creature type, abilities, mana cost, or color. It will not become face down and thus can’t be turned face up.
  • The targeted Shapeshifter copies the printed values of the targeted creature, plus any copy effects that have been applied to it. It won’t copy counters on that creature. It won’t copy effects that have changed the creature’s power, toughness, types, color, and so on.
  • This ability can cause a creature to become a copy of itself. This will usually have no visible effect.
  • Effects that have already applied to the targeted Shapeshifter will continue to apply to it. For example, if Giant Growth had given it +3/+3 earlier in the turn, then this ability makes it a copy of Grizzly Bears, it will be a 5/5 Grizzly Bears.
  • If the targeted Shapeshifter copies a creature that’s copying a creature, it will become whatever the chosen creature is copying.

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