---
name: "Altered Ego"
mana_cost: "{X}{2}{G}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Shapeshifter"
colors: ["G", "U"]
color_identity: ["G", "U"]
keywords: []
set: "INR"
set_name: "Innistrad Remastered"
collector_number: "228"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Kev Walker"
oracle_id: "7c35f3fd-c64e-4944-a4d5-37ce916d23c3"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/altered-ego-inr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Altered Ego
- **Mana Cost:** `{X}{2}{G}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Shapeshifter
- **Power/Toughness:** 0/0

## Oracle Text
This spell can't be countered.
You may have this creature enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it enters with X additional +1/+1 counters on it.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Clever Impersonator](/printing/clever-impersonator-sld.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
2. [Higher Level Zone Monster](/printing/higher-level-zone-monster-unk.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
3. [Vesuvan Doppelganger](/printing/vesuvan-doppelganger-30a.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
4. [Unstable Shapeshifter](/printing/unstable-shapeshifter-tmp.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
5. [Renegade Doppelganger](/printing/renegade-doppelganger-roe.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
6. [Mirror Image](/printing/mirror-image-plst.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Innistrad Remastered (INR) #228
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Kev Walker
- **Total Printings:** 21 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`