---
name: "Changeling Hero"
mana_cost: "{4}{W}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Shapeshifter"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Lifelink", "Champion", "Changeling"]
set: "LRW"
set_name: "Lorwyn"
collector_number: "9"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Jeff Miracola"
oracle_id: "fc893d4a-debd-4df0-ae83-d3ebd2f0fefe"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/changeling-hero-lrw"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Changeling Hero
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{W}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Shapeshifter
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/4
- **Keywords:** Lifelink, Champion, Changeling

## Oracle Text
Changeling (This card is every creature type.)
Champion a creature (When this enters, sacrifice it unless you exile another creature you control. When this leaves the battlefield, that card returns to the battlefield.)
Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Changeling Titan](/printing/changeling-titan-lrw.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
2. [Changeling Berserker](/printing/changeling-berserker-plst.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
3. [Prideful Feastling](/printing/prideful-feastling-ecl.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
4. [Chomping Changeling](/printing/chomping-changeling-plst.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
5. [Webweaver Changeling](/printing/webweaver-changeling-j21.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
6. [Sizzling Changeling](/printing/sizzling-changeling-ecl.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Lorwyn (LRW) #9
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Jeff Miracola
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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