Unstable Shapeshifter
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SetTMP
Collector #100
Released1997-10-14
Rarityrare
ArtistTerese Nielsen
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Unstable Shapeshifter

RareColour IDMV 4
Creature — Shapeshifter
Whenever another creature enters, this creature becomes a copy of that creature, except it has this ability.
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Creature
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
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This is the only English printing.
Rulings (6)
wotc1 Aug 2008
The ability is granted as part of the copy effect, which means it will be removed by any effects that would remove abilities regardless of when the effect was created.
wotc1 Aug 2008
If an Unstable Shapeshifter is on the battlefield when another Unstable Shapeshifter enters, the first one gets the second one's triggered ability, so it will copy the next creature that enters twice. It will only do so the next time a creature enters, because the second "becomes a copy" effect to resolve will erase the extra triggered ability.
wotc4 Oct 2004
The copy effect is not targeted.
wotc4 Oct 2004
If the creature has power/toughness that is continuously recalculated, so does this copy of it.
wotc4 Oct 2004
When it changes "shape" to a new creature, any "enters" abilities of the creature do not trigger.
wotc4 Oct 2004
If a creature enters that has some characteristic or ability set when it enters, the copy does not get to make that choice (because it is not entering. All values are zero and all checks for choices consider the choice not to have been made.