---
name: "Formless Genesis"
mana_cost: "{2}{G}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Kindred Sorcery — Shapeshifter"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Retrace", "Changeling"]
set: "EOC"
set_name: "Edge of Eternities Commander"
collector_number: "96"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Mark Poole"
oracle_id: "b978bdfe-a73e-4e99-90d7-4f99182c45ee"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/formless-genesis-eoc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Formless Genesis
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{G}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Kindred Sorcery — Shapeshifter
- **Keywords:** Retrace, Changeling

## Oracle Text
Changeling (This card is every creature type.)
Create an X/X colorless Shapeshifter creature token with changeling and deathtouch, where X is the number of land cards in your graveyard.
Retrace (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a land card in addition to paying its other costs.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Graveshifter](/printing/graveshifter-plst.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
2. [Irregular Cohort](/printing/irregular-cohort-j21.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
3. [Changeling Wayfinder](/printing/changeling-wayfinder-ecl.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
4. [Littjara Glade-Warden](/printing/littjara-glade-warden-khm.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
5. [Sizzling Changeling](/printing/sizzling-changeling-ecl.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
6. [Chomping Changeling](/printing/chomping-changeling-plst.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Edge of Eternities Commander (EOC) #96
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Mark Poole
- **Total Printings:** 16 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`