---
name: "Aurora Shifter"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Shapeshifter"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "M3C"
set_name: "Modern Horizons 3 Commander"
collector_number: "45"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Justyna Dura"
oracle_id: "d499e473-aed8-4c8b-8cf0-a43bcc5f40cf"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/aurora-shifter-m3c"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Aurora Shifter
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Shapeshifter
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/3

## Oracle Text
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you get that many {E}.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may pay {E}{E}. When you do, this creature becomes a copy of another target creature you control, except it has this ability and "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you get that many {E}."

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Unstable Shapeshifter](/printing/unstable-shapeshifter-tmp.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
2. [Shapesharer](/printing/shapesharer-lrw.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
3. [Renegade Doppelganger](/printing/renegade-doppelganger-roe.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
4. [Cryptoplasm](/printing/cryptoplasm-mbs.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
5. [Vesuvan Shapeshifter](/printing/vesuvan-shapeshifter-tsr.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
6. [Shape Stealer](/printing/shape-stealer-sok.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter Spirit

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Modern Horizons 3 Commander (M3C) #45
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Justyna Dura
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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