---
name: "Phyrexian Metamorph"
mana_cost: "{3}{U/P}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "NPH"
set_name: "New Phyrexia"
collector_number: "42"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jana Schirmer & Johannes Voss"
oracle_id: "340bbe8b-e987-4c3e-ab4e-9dee63e57d4f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/phyrexian-metamorph-nph"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Phyrexian Metamorph
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U/P}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter
- **Power/Toughness:** 0/0

## Oracle Text
({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.)
You may have this creature enter as a copy of any artifact or creature on the battlefield, except it's an artifact in addition to its other types.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Surgical Metamorph](/printing/surgical-metamorph-yone.md) — Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter
2. [Hulking Metamorph](/printing/hulking-metamorph-bro.md) — Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter
3. [Vesuvan Shapeshifter](/printing/vesuvan-shapeshifter-tsr.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
4. [Clever Impersonator](/printing/clever-impersonator-sld.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
5. [Cryptoplasm](/printing/cryptoplasm-mbs.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
6. [Spellskite](/printing/spellskite-nph.md) — Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror

## Printing Details
- **Set:** New Phyrexia (NPH) #42
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jana Schirmer & Johannes Voss
- **Total Printings:** 34 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`