---
name: "Halfdane"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}{U}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Shapeshifter"
colors: ["B", "U", "W"]
color_identity: ["B", "U", "W"]
keywords: []
set: "LEG"
set_name: "Legends"
collector_number: "229"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Melissa A. Benson"
oracle_id: "2ee13155-a3b8-4cad-8e68-5d2c5aba3bb4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/halfdane-leg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Halfdane
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}{U}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Shapeshifter
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3

## Oracle Text
At the beginning of your upkeep, change Halfdane's base power and toughness to the power and toughness of target creature other than Halfdane until the end of your next upkeep.

> *Hail from Tolaria the ever changing 'Dane.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [The Ever-Changing 'Dane](/printing/the-ever-changing-dane-dmc.md) — Legendary Creature — Shapeshifter
2. [Shape Stealer](/printing/shape-stealer-sok.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter Spirit
3. [Shapesharer](/printing/shapesharer-lrw.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
4. [Shapeshifter](/printing/shapeshifter-4ed.md) — Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter
5. [Renegade Doppelganger](/printing/renegade-doppelganger-roe.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
6. [Vesuvan Doppelganger](/printing/vesuvan-doppelganger-30a.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Legends (LEG) #229
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Melissa A. Benson
- **Total Printings:** 3 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`