---
name: "Muddle, the Ever-Changing"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}{R}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Elemental Otter Shapeshifter"
colors: ["R", "U"]
color_identity: ["R", "U"]
keywords: []
set: "SOC"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven Commander"
collector_number: "5"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Andrew Mar"
oracle_id: "9a8f6e5e-6cde-49df-861c-a26cb09c9b12"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/muddle-the-ever-changing-soc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Muddle, the Ever-Changing
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}{R}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Elemental Otter Shapeshifter
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3

## Oracle Text
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, Muddle becomes a copy of up to one target nonlegendary creature you control until end of turn, except it has myriad. (Whenever it attacks, for each opponent other than defending player, you may create a token copy that's tapped and attacking that player or a planeswalker they control. Exile the tokens at end of combat.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Unstable Shapeshifter](/printing/unstable-shapeshifter-tmp.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
2. [Shapesharer](/printing/shapesharer-lrw.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
3. [Clever Impersonator](/printing/clever-impersonator-sld.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
4. [Renegade Doppelganger](/printing/renegade-doppelganger-roe.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
5. [Orvar, the All-Form](/printing/orvar-the-all-form-sld.md) — Legendary Creature — Shapeshifter
6. [Progenitor Mimic](/printing/progenitor-mimic-dgm.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC) #5
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Andrew Mar
- **Total Printings:** 4 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`