---
name: "Riptide Shapeshifter"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Shapeshifter"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "ONS"
set_name: "Onslaught"
collector_number: "109"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Arnie Swekel"
oracle_id: "49f292ab-0533-436b-a309-8bc795b66e5c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/riptide-shapeshifter-ons"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Riptide Shapeshifter
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Shapeshifter
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3

## Oracle Text
{2}{U}{U}, Sacrifice this creature: Choose a creature type. Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature card of that type. Put that card onto the battlefield and shuffle the rest into your library.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Nascent Metamorph](/printing/nascent-metamorph-c20.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
2. [Shapesharer](/printing/shapesharer-lrw.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
3. [_____](/printing/-unh.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
4. [Shifty Doppelganger](/printing/shifty-doppelganger-ody.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
5. [Riptide Chronologist](/printing/riptide-chronologist-ons.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
6. [Riptide Survivor](/printing/riptide-survivor-scg.md) — Creature — Human Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Onslaught (ONS) #109
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Arnie Swekel
- **Total Printings:** 9 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`