Cytoshape
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SetDIS
Collector #108
Released2006-05-05
Rarityrare
ArtistAlan Pollack
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Cytoshape

RareColour IDMV 3
Instant
Choose a nonlegendary creature on the battlefield. Target creature becomes a copy of that creature until end of turn.
Card capabilities
Instant
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
This is the only English printing.
Rulings (8)
wotc1 May 2006
The creature copies the printed values of the chosen 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, or so on.
wotc1 May 2006
Effects that have already applied to the target creature will continue to apply to it. For example, if Giant Growth had given it +3/+3 earlier in the turn, then Cytoshape makes it a copy of Grizzly Bears, it will be a 5/5 Grizzly Bears.
wotc1 May 2006
If the creature copies a creature that’s copying a creature, it will become whatever the chosen creature is copying.
wotc1 May 2006
If the creature 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.
wotc1 May 2006
At the end of the turn, the creature reverts to what it was before. If two Cytoshapes affect the same creature on the same turn, they’ll both wear off at the same time.
wotc1 May 2006
A creature may become a copy of itself this way. This generally won’t have any visible effect.