Skinshifter
- Mana cost
- {1}{G}
- Type
- Creature — Human Shaman
- Power / toughness
- 1 / 1
- Set
- Magic 2012 #195 (rare)
- Price
- $0.34 USD
{G}: Choose one. Activate only once each turn.
• Until end of turn, this creature becomes a Rhino with base power and toughness 4/4 and gains trample.
• Until end of turn, this creature becomes a Bird with base power and toughness 2/2 and gains flying.
• Until end of turn, this creature becomes a Plant with base power and toughness 0/8.
Skinshifter has 1 printing, first in Magic 2012 (2011). EDHREC ranks it #20,745 among Commander cards. It appears most in Doran, the Siege Tower decks (788 on EDHREC). It has 6 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Skinshifter most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Doran, the Siege Tower: 788 decks
- Sachi, Daughter of Seshiro: 69 decks
Often played with Skinshifter
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : You choose the ability's mode when you activate it.
- : Skinshifter's ability doesn't affect its copiable values. Creatures that enter as a copy of Skinshifter will enter as 1/1 Human Shaman creatures.
- : Skinshifter's ability doesn't cause it to lose any other abilities it may have.
- : No matter which mode you choose, Skinshifter will cease to have any creature types it previously had. If you activate its ability choosing the first mode, it will become only a Rhino; it's no longer a Human or a Shaman.
- : You can activate Skinshifter's ability during any player's turn, but only once on each turn.
- : No matter which mode you choose, Skinshifter will retain any other card types it may have. For example, if an effect causes Skinshifter to be an artifact in addition to its other types and you activate its ability choosing the first mode, it will be both an artifact and a Rhino creature.