Skinshifter
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SetM12
Collector #195
Released2011-07-15
Rarityrare
ArtistMatt Stewart
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Skinshifter

RareColour IDMV 2
Creature — Human Shaman
: 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.
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Card capabilities
Creature
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
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Other printings
This is the only English printing.
Rulings (6)
wotc22 Sept 2011
Skinshifter's ability doesn't cause it to lose any other abilities it may have.
wotc22 Sept 2011
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.
wotc22 Sept 2011
You can activate Skinshifter's ability during any player's turn, but only once on each turn.
wotc22 Sept 2011
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.
wotc22 Sept 2011
You choose the ability's mode when you activate it.
wotc22 Sept 2011
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.