---
name: "Chromeshell Crab"
mana_cost: "{4}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Crab Beast"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Morph"]
set: "CMD"
set_name: "Commander 2011"
collector_number: "41"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Ron Spencer"
oracle_id: "8cbac2e8-5755-433b-9f42-7fd5c214aab3"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/chromeshell-crab-cmd"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Chromeshell Crab
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Crab Beast
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3
- **Keywords:** Morph

## Oracle Text
Morph {4}{U} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
When this creature is turned face up, you may exchange control of target creature you control and target creature an opponent controls.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Shaper Parasite](/printing/shaper-parasite-plst.md) — Creature — Illusion
2. [Coral Trickster](/printing/coral-trickster-ddn.md) — Creature — Merfolk Rogue
3. [Mischievous Quanar](/printing/mischievous-quanar-scg.md) — Creature — Beast
4. [Vesuvan Shapeshifter](/printing/vesuvan-shapeshifter-tsr.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
5. [Turtleshell Changeling](/printing/turtleshell-changeling-lrw.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
6. [Weaver of Lies](/printing/weaver-of-lies-lgn.md) — Creature — Beast

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander 2011 (CMD) #41
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Ron Spencer
- **Total Printings:** 23 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: `legal`