Chomping Changeling
- Mana cost
- {2}{G}
- Type
- Creature — Shapeshifter
- Power / toughness
- 1 / 2
- Set
- Lorwyn Eclipsed #172 (uncommon)
- Price
- $0.59 USD
Changeling (This card is every creature type.)
When this creature enters, destroy up to one target artifact or enchantment.
Chomping Changeling has 2 printings, first in The List (2026). EDHREC ranks it #2,306 among Commander cards. It appears most in Maralen, Fae Ascendant decks (7,601 on EDHREC). It has 4 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Chomping Changeling most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Maralen, Fae Ascendant: 7,601 decks
- Beorn the Fierce: 3,268 decks
- Voja, Jaws of the Conclave: 2,815 decks
- The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: 2,458 decks
- Homer, the Hermit: 2,311 decks
- Kibo, Uktabi Prince: 2,090 decks
- Rin and Seri, Inseparable: 2,079 decks
- Uugguu, the Omniplasm: 2,006 decks
Often played with Chomping Changeling
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : 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.
- : 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.
- : 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.