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Changeling<\/strong> is a Magic: The Gathering keyword from Lorwyn (October 2007). A card with changeling is every creature type.<\/strong> It is an Elf, a Goblin, a Zombie, a Dragon, a Sliver and a Merfolk all at once, plus every other creature type in the game. One changeling counts for every tribal lord, every “choose a creature type” card and every “whenever you cast a Wizard spell” trigger you will ever play.<\/p>\n\n

Lorwyn Eclipsed (January 2026) brought the mechanic home with 13 new changeling cards, and changelings are now some of the most-played filler in Commander. Changeling Outcast is in 203,420 decks on EDHREC. Maskwood Nexus, which turns all your creatures into changelings, is in 266,710. We counted what a single changeling actually counts for: 324 creature types in the Comprehensive Rules, 91 Commander-legal “choose a creature type” cards<\/strong> and hundreds of cards that name a specific tribe.<\/p>\n\n

This guide covers how changeling works (including the rules most players get wrong), every changeling card ranked by real Commander play, the cards that give a creature every type, the changeling commanders, legality in every format and a $79.82 budget Morophon, the Boundless deck<\/strong> built entirely around Shapeshifters.<\/p>\n\n

What is changeling in MTG?<\/h2>\n\n

Changeling is rule 702.73 of the Comprehensive Rules. Rule 702.73a says: “Changeling is a characteristic-defining ability. ‘Changeling’ means ‘This object is every creature type.’ This ability works everywhere, even outside the game.” Every changeling card carries the reminder text “(This card is every creature type.)”<\/p>\n\n

The type line of a changeling card usually just says Shapeshifter. That is flavour. The official rulings are blunt about it: “A creature card with changeling is just as much a Kithkin, a Goblin, a Merfolk, and a Brushwagg as it is a Shapeshifter.” Rule 205.3m lists 324 creature types, from Advisor to Zubera (including Time Lord, the only two-word one), and a changeling has all of them.<\/p>\n\n

Changeling started as the glue for Lorwyn’s tribal block. Lorwyn printed 19 changeling cards and Morningtide 7 more. The mechanic came back in Modern Horizons (10), Kaldheim (10), Bloomburrow, Duskmourn Commander and Lorwyn Eclipsed (13). There are 62 cards with the changeling keyword<\/strong>: 54 creatures and 8 kindred spells and artifacts, like Crib Swap and Nameless Inversion. 34 of them are commons, and 53 cost less than a dollar.<\/p>\n\n

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Mirror Entity (Lorwyn): one of the first changelings, still in 154,708 Commander decks. Art by Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai. Image via Scryfall; \u00a9 Wizards of the Coast.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

How changeling works<\/h2>\n\n

Changeling is simple at the table, but a handful of rulings come up constantly. Here is every case, with the source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Situation<\/th>What happens<\/th>Source<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
A changeling in your hand, library or graveyard<\/td>It is every creature type there too<\/td>CR 702.73a: "works everywhere, even outside the game"<\/td><\/tr>\n
Casting a changeling spell<\/td>It is a spell of every type: it triggers "whenever you cast an Elf spell" and gets type-based discounts<\/td>Rule 702.73a; rulings on Crib Swap and Formless Genesis<\/td><\/tr>\n
The changeling loses all abilities<\/td>It stays every creature type<\/td>Ruling: changeling "applies before the effect that removes it"<\/td><\/tr>\n
An effect makes it a new creature type<\/td>It becomes only that type (unless the effect says "in addition")<\/td>Rulings on Crib Swap and Bloodline Pretender<\/td><\/tr>\n
An effect says it loses all creature types<\/td>It has no creature types until the effect ends<\/td>Curse of Conformity and Amoeboid Changeling rulings<\/td><\/tr>\n
Shapeshifter on the type line<\/td>Flavour only; it is just as much every other type<\/td>Ruling on Crib Swap, Bloodline Pretender, Barkform Harvester<\/td><\/tr>\n
Mutavault, Faceless Haven, Maskwood Nexus<\/td>All creature types, but not the changeling keyword<\/td>Mutavault and Faceless Haven rulings<\/td><\/tr>\n
Kindred instants and sorceries with changeling<\/td>Not creatures, but every creature type<\/td>Rule 308 (kindred replaced tribal in 2024)<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table>\n\n

Changeling works in every zone<\/h3>\n\n

Because changeling is a characteristic-defining ability, it applies in your hand, your library, your graveyard and on the stack, not just on the battlefield. A changeling in your library is a Goblin card for Goblin Ringleader and an Elf card for Elvish Harbinger. A changeling spell is a Wizard spell, a Dragon spell and a Sliver spell while you cast it, so it triggers Vanquisher’s Banner, Herald’s Horn’s discount and every “whenever you cast a [type] spell” ability. Realmwalker can cast a changeling from the top of your library no matter which type you named.<\/p>\n\n

Losing abilities doesn’t take the types away<\/h3>\n\n

This is the ruling people get wrong most often. If a changeling loses all abilities (Humility, Sudden Spoiling, Dress Down), it is still every creature type. The rulings explain why: changeling “applies before the effect that removes it.” Type-changing effects apply in layer 4 and ability-removing effects in layer 6, so the types are already locked in.<\/p>\n\n

Becoming a new type does take them away<\/h3>\n\n

The opposite is also true. If an effect makes a changeling a new<\/em> creature type, without “in addition to its other types”, the new type overwrites everything. Turn to Frog makes it a Frog and nothing else. It still has changeling on it, but the effect wins. Curse of Conformity and Amoeboid Changeling’s second ability (“loses all creature types”) also strip it, and so does Nameless Inversion, which is itself a changeling.<\/p>\n\n

Changeling is not the same as “gains all creature types”<\/h3>\n\n

Mutavault, Faceless Haven and Soulstone Sanctuary become creatures with all creature types, and Maskwood Nexus makes your creatures every type. None of them give the changeling keyword. That only matters for the few cards that look for the word (Omni-Changeling’s copy keeps changeling; Maskwood Nexus’s own 2\/2 tokens have it, so they stay every type after the Nexus leaves).<\/p>\n\n

Kindred spells with changeling are creature types too<\/h3>\n\n

Crib Swap, Nameless Inversion and the Velis Vel instants are kindred spells. They are not creatures, but they have every creature type, so they count for “Elf spell” and “Merfolk card” effects. Rule 308 calls these kindred (the old “tribal” type was renamed in 2024). Crib Swap is also the one changeling card that gives your opponent<\/em> a changeling: the exiled creature’s controller gets a 1\/1 Shapeshifter token with changeling.<\/p>\n\n

What one changeling counts for<\/h2>\n\n

The value of changeling is coverage. We searched every Commander-legal card on Scryfall for the tribes most decks are built around. The count is every card whose rules text names that tribe, so it includes lords, token makers and “for each” effects alike. A changeling fits all of them at once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tribe<\/th>Commander-legal cards that name it<\/th>Does a changeling count?<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Zombie<\/td>296<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>\n
Dragon<\/td>211<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>\n
Goblin<\/td>209<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>\n
Elf<\/td>155<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>\n
Sliver<\/td>119<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>\n
Merfolk<\/td>78<\/td>Yes<\/td><\/tr>\n
Any type you choose (“choose a creature type”)<\/td>91<\/td>Yes, whatever you name<\/td><\/tr>\n
“Shares a creature type” checks<\/td>30<\/td>Yes, with any creature that has a type<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table>\n\n

Add the 91 “choose a creature type” cards (Cavern of Souls, Herald’s Horn, Vanquisher’s Banner, Kindred Discovery, Urza’s Incubator, Patchwork Banner) and the 30 “shares a creature type” cards, and a changeling slots into almost any typal deck as the 31st or 32nd member of the tribe. That is why the cheap ones show up everywhere: Changeling Outcast is a one-mana unblockable Ninja, Rogue, Zombie and Faerie, and it costs $1.56.<\/p>\n\n

For the specific tribes, our guide to Magic’s tribes<\/a> ranks the strongest typal decks, and our Faerie deck guide<\/a> shows how changelings fill out a small tribe.<\/p>\n\n

Every changeling card in MTG<\/h2>\n\n

All 62 cards with the changeling keyword, ranked by how many Commander decks run them on EDHREC. Prices are the cheapest ordinary printing on Scryfall today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Card<\/th>Type and mana cost<\/th>What it does (besides changeling)<\/th>EDHREC decks<\/th>Cheapest printing<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Realmwalker<\/strong><\/td>Creature, Shapeshifter, {2}{G}<\/td>As this creature enters, choose a creature type. You may look at the top card of your library any time. You may cast creature spells of the chosen\u2026<\/td>224,690<\/td>$2.02 (KHM)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Changeling Outcast<\/strong><\/td>Creature, Shapeshifter, {B}<\/td>This creature can't block and can't be blocked.<\/td>203,420<\/td>$1.56 (ZNC)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Taurean Mauler<\/strong><\/td>Creature, Shapeshifter, {2}{R}<\/td>Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may put a +1\/+1 counter on this creature.<\/td>159,930<\/td>$0.40 (FDC)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Mirror Entity<\/strong><\/td>Creature, Shapeshifter, {2}{W}<\/td>{X}: Until end of turn, creatures you control have base power and toughness X\/X and gain all creature types.<\/td>154,708<\/td>$0.95 (PLST)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Bloodline Pretender<\/strong><\/td>Artifact Creature, Shapeshifter, {3}<\/td>As this creature enters, choose a creature type. Whenever another creature you control of the chosen type enters, put a +1\/+1 counter on this\u2026<\/td>86,836<\/td>$1.19 (KHM)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Morophon, the Boundless<\/strong><\/td>Legendary Creature, Shapeshifter, {7}<\/td>As Morophon enters, choose a creature type. Spells of the chosen type you cast cost {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} less to cast. This effect reduces only the amount\u2026<\/td>86,693<\/td>$7.71 (M3C)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Universal Automaton<\/strong><\/td>Artifact Creature, Shapeshifter, {1}<\/td>No other abilities (vanilla changeling)<\/td>77,245<\/td>$0.60 (MH1)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Masked Vandal<\/strong><\/td>Creature, Shapeshifter, {1}{G}<\/td>When this creature enters, you may exile a creature card from your graveyard. If you do, exile target artifact or enchantment an opponent controls.<\/td>76,910<\/td>$1.52 (PLST)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Chomping Changeling<\/strong><\/td>Creature, Shapeshifter, {2}{G}<\/td>When this creature enters, destroy up to one target artifact or enchantment.<\/td>69,372<\/td>$0.83 (ECL)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Crib Swap<\/strong><\/td>Kindred Instant, Shapeshifter, {2}{W}<\/td>Exile target creature. Its controller creates a 1\/1 colorless Shapeshifter creature token with changeling.<\/td>67,660<\/td>$0.17 (CM2)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Graveshifter<\/strong><\/td>Creature, Shapeshifter, {3}{B}<\/td>When this creature enters, you may return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.<\/td>59,333<\/td>$0.18 (PLST)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Firdoch Core<\/strong><\/td>Kindred Artifact, Shapeshifter, {3}<\/td>{T}: Add one mana of any color. {4}: This artifact becomes a 4\/4 artifact creature until end of turn.<\/td>55,172<\/td>$0.34 (ECL)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Mutable Explorer<\/strong><\/td>Creature, Shapeshifter, {2}{G}<\/td>When this creature enters, create a tapped Mutavault token.<\/td>45,606<\/td>$1.63 (ECL)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Unsettled Mariner<\/strong><\/td>Creature, Shapeshifter, {W}{U}<\/td>Whenever you or a permanent you control becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter that spell or ability unless its\u2026<\/td>41,983<\/td>$3.13 (MH1)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Three Tree Mascot<\/strong><\/td>Artifact Creature, Shapeshifter, {2}<\/td>{1}: Add one mana of any color. Activate only once each turn.<\/td>38,579<\/td>$0.13 (FDN)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Mothdust Changeling<\/strong><\/td>Creature, Shapeshifter, {U}<\/td>Tap an untapped creature you control: This creature gains flying until end of turn.<\/td>37,304<\/td>$0.43 (PLST)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Barkform Harvester<\/strong><\/td>Artifact Creature, Shapeshifter, {3}<\/td>Reach {2}: Put target card from your graveyard on the bottom of your library.<\/td>37,032<\/td>$0.22 (BLB)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Changeling Wayfinder<\/strong><\/td>Creature, Shapeshifter, {3}<\/td>When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.<\/td>36,402<\/td>$0.29 (ECL)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Amoeboid Changeling<\/strong><\/td>Creature, Shapeshifter, {1}{U}<\/td>{T}: Target creature gains all creature types until end of turn. {T}: Target creature loses all creature types until end of turn.<\/td>32,905<\/td>$0.33 (PLST)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Omni-Changeling<\/strong><\/td>Creature, Shapeshifter, {3}{U}{U}<\/td>Convoke You may have this creature enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it has changeling.<\/td>31,593<\/td>$0.33 (ECL)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Irregular Cohort<\/strong><\/td>Creature, Shapeshifter, {2}{W}{W}<\/td>When this creature enters, create a 2\/2 colorless Shapeshifter creature token with changeling.<\/td>28,997<\/td>$0.19 (PLST)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Formless Genesis<\/strong><\/td>Kindred Sorcery, Shapeshifter, {2}{G}<\/td>Create an X\/X colorless Shapeshifter creature token with changeling and deathtouch, where X is the number of land cards in your graveyard. Retrace<\/td>28,647<\/td>$0.29 (EOC)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Chameleon Colossus<\/strong><\/td>Creature, Shapeshifter, {2}{G}{G}<\/td>Protection from black {2}{G}{G}: This creature gets +X\/+X until end of turn, where X is its power.<\/td>23,611<\/td>$0.94 (C15)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Moritte of the Frost<\/strong><\/td>Legendary Snow Creature, Shapeshifter, {2}{G}{U}{U}<\/td>You may have Moritte enter as a copy of a permanent you control, except it's legendary and snow in addition to its other types and, if it's a\u2026<\/td>22,879<\/td>$0.24 (PLST)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Orvar, the All-Form<\/strong><\/td>Legendary Creature, Shapeshifter, {3}{U}<\/td>Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, if it targets one or more other permanents you control, create a token that's a copy of one of those\u2026<\/td>17,917<\/td>$2.99 (KHM)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Nameless Inversion<\/strong><\/td>Kindred Instant, Shapeshifter, {1}{B}<\/td>Target creature gets +3\/-3 and loses all creature types until end of turn.<\/td>17,010<\/td>$0.13 (MM2)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Guardian Gladewalker<\/strong><\/td>Creature, Shapeshifter, {1}{G}<\/td>When this creature enters, put a +1\/+1 counter on target creature.<\/td>16,591<\/td>$0.08 (KHM)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Shapesharer<\/strong><\/td>Creature, Shapeshifter, {1}{U}<\/td>{2}{U}: Target Shapeshifter becomes a copy of target creature until your next turn.<\/td>14,324<\/td>$4.48 (PLST)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Impostor of the Sixth Pride<\/strong><\/td>Creature, Shapeshifter, {1}{W}<\/td>No other abilities (vanilla changeling)<\/td>12,378<\/td>$0.18 (PLST)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Avian Changeling<\/strong><\/td>Creature, Shapeshifter, {2}{W}<\/td>Flying<\/td>11,795<\/td>$0.15 (PLST)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Shields of Velis Vel<\/strong><\/td>Kindred Instant, Shapeshifter, {W}<\/td>Creatures target player controls get +0\/+1 and gain all creature types until end of turn.<\/td>11,762<\/td>$0.48 (PLST)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Flock Impostor<\/strong><\/td>Creature, Shapeshifter, {2}{W}<\/td>Flash Flying When this creature enters, return up to one other target creature you control to its owner's hand.<\/td>11,275<\/td>$0.24 (ECL)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Venomous Changeling<\/strong><\/td>Creature, Shapeshifter, {2}{B}<\/td>Deathtouch<\/td>11,083<\/td>$0.18 (MH1)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Valiant Changeling<\/strong><\/td>Creature, Shapeshifter, {5}{W}{W}<\/td>This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature type among creatures you control. This effect can't reduce the amount of mana this spell costs by\u2026<\/td>10,908<\/td>$0.22 (MH1)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Skeletal Changeling<\/strong><\/td>Creature, Shapeshifter, {1}{B}<\/td>{1}{B}: Regenerate this creature.<\/td>10,626<\/td>$0.23 (PLST)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Woodland Changeling<\/strong><\/td>Creature, Shapeshifter, {1}{G}<\/td>No other abilities (vanilla changeling)<\/td>10,063<\/td>$0.28 (PLST)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Cairn Wanderer<\/strong><\/td>Creature, Shapeshifter, {4}{B}<\/td>As long as a creature card with flying is in a graveyard, this creature has flying. The same is true for fear, first strike, double strike,\u2026<\/td>9,355<\/td>$0.35 (PLST)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Blades of Velis Vel<\/strong><\/td>Kindred Instant, Shapeshifter, {1}{R}<\/td>Up to two target creatures each get +2\/+0 and gain all creature types until end of turn.<\/td>8,164<\/td>$0.20 (MM2)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Fire-Belly Changeling<\/strong><\/td>Creature, Shapeshifter, {1}{R}<\/td>{R}: This creature gets +1\/+0 until end of turn. Activate no more than twice each turn.<\/td>7,725<\/td>$0.14 (PLST)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Mischievous Sneakling<\/strong><\/td>Creature, Shapeshifter, {1}{U\/B}<\/td>Flash<\/td>7,220<\/td>$0.20 (ECL)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Changeling Berserker<\/strong><\/td>Creature, Shapeshifter, {3}{R}<\/td>Haste Champion a creature<\/td>6,764<\/td>$0.25 (PLST)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Wings of Velis Vel<\/strong><\/td>Kindred Instant, Shapeshifter, {1}{U}<\/td>Until end of turn, target creature has base power and toughness 4\/4, gains all creature types, and gains flying.<\/td>6,678<\/td>$0.12 (MM2)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Mistwalker<\/strong><\/td>Creature, Shapeshifter, {2}{U}<\/td>Flying {1}{U}: This creature gets +1\/-1 until end of turn.<\/td>6,466<\/td>$0.12 (PLST)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Rooftop Percher<\/strong><\/td>Creature, Shapeshifter, {5}<\/td>Flying When this creature enters, exile up to two target cards from graveyards. You gain 3 life.<\/td>6,198<\/td>$0.20 (ECL)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Gangly Stompling<\/strong><\/td>Creature, Shapeshifter, {2}{R\/G}<\/td>Trample<\/td>5,313<\/td>$0.19 (ECL)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Changeling Titan<\/strong><\/td>Creature, Shapeshifter, {4}{G}<\/td>Champion a creature<\/td>4,884<\/td>$0.31 (PLST)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Feisty Spikeling<\/strong><\/td>Creature, Shapeshifter, {1}{R\/W}<\/td>During your turn, this creature has first strike.<\/td>4,842<\/td>$0.15 (ECL)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Sizzling Changeling<\/strong><\/td>Creature, Shapeshifter, {2}{R}<\/td>When this creature dies, exile the top card of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play that card.<\/td>4,530<\/td>$0.10 (ECL)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Webweaver Changeling<\/strong><\/td>Creature, Shapeshifter, {3}{G}{G}<\/td>Reach When this creature enters, if there are three or more creature cards in your graveyard, you gain 5 life.<\/td>4,513<\/td>$0.22 (MH1)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Moonglove Changeling<\/strong><\/td>Creature, Shapeshifter, {2}{B}<\/td>{B}: This creature gains deathtouch until end of turn.<\/td>4,288<\/td>$0.15 (PLST)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Game-Trail Changeling<\/strong><\/td>Creature, Shapeshifter, {3}{G}{G}<\/td>Trample<\/td>3,889<\/td>$0.25 (MOR)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Prideful Feastling<\/strong><\/td>Creature, Shapeshifter, {2}{W\/B}<\/td>Lifelink<\/td>3,859<\/td>$0.17 (ECL)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Littjara Kinseekers<\/strong><\/td>Creature, Shapeshifter, {3}{U}<\/td>When this creature enters, if you control three or more creatures that share a creature type, put a +1\/+1 counter on this creature, then scry 1.<\/td>3,828<\/td>$0.17 (J22)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Changeling Hero<\/strong><\/td>Creature, Shapeshifter, {4}{W}<\/td>Champion a creature Lifelink<\/td>3,639<\/td>$0.24 (PLST)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Ghostly Changeling<\/strong><\/td>Creature, Shapeshifter, {2}{B}<\/td>{1}{B}: This creature gets +1\/+1 until end of turn.<\/td>3,286<\/td>$0.17 (PLST)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Littjara Glade-Warden<\/strong><\/td>Creature, Shapeshifter, {3}{G}<\/td>{2}{G}, {T}, Exile a creature card from your graveyard: Put two +1\/+1 counters on target creature. Activate only as a sorcery.<\/td>2,599<\/td>$0.16 (KHM)<\/td><\/tr>\n
War-Spike Changeling<\/strong><\/td>Creature, Shapeshifter, {3}{R}<\/td>{R}: This creature gains first strike until end of turn.<\/td>2,340<\/td>$0.20 (MOR)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Changeling Sentinel<\/strong><\/td>Creature, Shapeshifter, {3}{W}<\/td>Vigilance<\/td>2,272<\/td>$0.21 (MOR)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Chitinous Graspling<\/strong><\/td>Creature, Shapeshifter, {3}{G\/U}<\/td>Reach<\/td>2,156<\/td>$0.13 (ECL)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Gladewalker Ritualist<\/strong><\/td>Creature, Shapeshifter, {2}{G}<\/td>Whenever another creature you control named Gladewalker Ritualist enters, draw a card.<\/td>1,923<\/td>$0.25 (KHM)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Turtleshell Changeling<\/strong><\/td>Creature, Shapeshifter, {3}{U}<\/td>{1}{U}: Switch this creature's power and toughness until end of turn.<\/td>1,695<\/td>$0.15 (PLST)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Ego Erasure<\/strong><\/td>Kindred Instant, Shapeshifter, {2}{U}<\/td>Creatures target player controls get -2\/-0 and lose all creature types until end of turn.<\/td>1,268<\/td>$0.16 (LRW)<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table>\n\n

The top of the list is all utility: Realmwalker (casting creatures off the top), Changeling Outcast (unblockable for one), Taurean Mauler (grows every time an opponent casts a spell) and Mirror Entity (an X-mana pump that also gives everything every type). Lorwyn Eclipsed added two cards that already rank in the top fifteen: Chomping Changeling, a three-mana Reclamation Sage for any tribe, and Mutable Explorer, which makes a tapped Mutavault token.<\/p>\n\n

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Maskwood Nexus makes every creature you control every creature type; it is in 266,710 decks on EDHREC. Art by Jason A. Engle. Image via Scryfall; \u00a9 Wizards of the Coast.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Cards that make creatures every creature type<\/h2>\n\n

These cards don’t have the changeling keyword, but they give a creature (or all your creatures) every creature type. Maskwood Nexus is the big one: it is the most-played card in this whole guide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Card<\/th>Set<\/th>What gets every creature type<\/th>EDHREC decks<\/th>Cheapest printing<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Maskwood Nexus<\/strong><\/td>Kaldheim<\/td>All your creatures, creature spells and creature cards everywhere; makes 2\/2 changeling tokens<\/td>266,710<\/td>$1.72 (DRC)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Mutavault<\/strong><\/td>Morningtide<\/td>Becomes a 2\/2 creature land with all creature types<\/td>86,502<\/td>$4.04 (M14)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Soulstone Sanctuary<\/strong><\/td>Foundations<\/td>Becomes a 3\/3 vigilance creature land with all creature types<\/td>28,166<\/td>$0.50 (FDN)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Faceless Haven<\/strong><\/td>Kaldheim<\/td>Becomes a 4\/3 vigilance creature land with all creature types (snow mana)<\/td>17,906<\/td>$0.31 (KHM)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Omo, Queen of Vesuva<\/strong><\/td>Modern Horizons 3 Commander<\/td>Everything counters: a creature with one is every creature type<\/td>17,718<\/td>$0.36 (M3C)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Stalactite Dagger<\/strong><\/td>Lorwyn Eclipsed<\/td>Equipped creature is all creature types; comes with a 1\/1 changeling token<\/td>14,316<\/td>$0.25 (ECL)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Glamer Gifter<\/strong><\/td>Lorwyn Eclipsed<\/td>Another creature becomes 4\/4 with all creature types until end of turn<\/td>8,225<\/td>$0.24 (ECL)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Oko, Lorwyn Liege<\/strong><\/td>Lorwyn Eclipsed<\/td>+2: up to one target creature gains all creature types<\/td>7,811<\/td>$0.80 (ECL)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Amorphous Axe<\/strong><\/td>Modern Horizons<\/td>Equipped creature gets +3\/+0 and is every creature type<\/td>5,858<\/td>$0.05 (MH1)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Runed Stalactite<\/strong><\/td>Lorwyn<\/td>Equipped creature gets +1\/+1 and is every creature type<\/td>5,622<\/td>$0.15 (LRW)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Undercover Skrull<\/strong><\/td>Marvel Super Heroes<\/td>Gets +2\/+2 and is all creature types with two creature cards in your graveyard<\/td>4,995<\/td>$0.11 (MSH)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Arachnoform<\/strong><\/td>Kaldheim<\/td>Aura: +2\/+2, reach and every creature type<\/td>4,330<\/td>$0.16 (KHM)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Volatile Claws<\/strong><\/td>Modern Horizons<\/td>Your creatures get +2\/+0 and gain all creature types until end of turn<\/td>3,880<\/td>$0.08 (PLST)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Mistform Ultimus<\/strong><\/td>Legions<\/td>Is every creature type itself (a legendary 3\/3)<\/td>654<\/td>$0.34 (LGN)<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table>\n\n

Two cards from silver-border and sticker sets also make things every type (Dr. Julius Jumblemorph and the Snazzy Aether Homunculus sticker); neither belongs in a normal Commander deck. Curse of Conformity does the opposite: it makes an opponent’s nonlegendary creatures lose all creature types, which shuts off changelings too.<\/p>\n\n

The best changeling commanders<\/h2>\n\n

Only a few legendary creatures have changeling or are every creature type. Here is each one and how many decks lead with it on EDHREC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Commander<\/th>Colours<\/th>What it does<\/th>EDHREC decks as commander<\/th>Cheapest printing<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Morophon, the Boundless<\/strong><\/td>Colorless (5-colour identity)<\/td>Changeling; name a type: those spells cost {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} less and your others of that type get +1\/+1<\/td>16,485<\/td>$7.71 (M3C)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Omo, Queen of Vesuva<\/strong><\/td>Green-blue<\/td>Everything counters make lands every land type and creatures every creature type<\/td>13,231<\/td>$0.36 (M3C)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Orvar, the All-Form<\/strong><\/td>Blue<\/td>Changeling; copies your permanents when your spells target them<\/td>11,577<\/td>$2.99 (KHM)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Moritte of the Frost<\/strong><\/td>Green-blue<\/td>Changeling Clone that enters as a copy of one of your permanents<\/td>1,231<\/td>$0.24 (PLST)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Mistform Ultimus<\/strong><\/td>Blue<\/td>Is every creature type<\/td>291<\/td>$0.34 (LGN)<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table>\n\n

Morophon, the Boundless<\/strong> is the real changeling commander. Name a creature type as it enters and spells of that type cost {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} less (only the colored part), and your other creatures of that type get +1\/+1. Most Morophon decks name a big tribe like Slivers, Dragons or Elves. Naming Shapeshifter turns it into a changeling deck, because every changeling is a Shapeshifter. Omo, Queen of Vesuva and Orvar, the All-Form are popular, but neither is a tribal commander: Omo is a lands and everything-counter deck, and Orvar is a blue copy-your-permanents deck.<\/p>\n\n

Changeling in Lorwyn Eclipsed<\/h2>\n\n

Lorwyn Eclipsed (released 23 January 2026) returned to the plane where changelings started. It printed 13 new changeling cards and three more cards that grant every type (Glamer Gifter, Stalactite Dagger and Oko, Lorwyn Liege’s +2). Most are commons built for Limited, but four already see real Commander play:<\/p>\n\n