---
name: "Shapeshifter"
mana_cost: "{6}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "ME4"
set_name: "Masters Edition IV"
collector_number: "226"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Dan Frazier"
oracle_id: "82a6d89d-9215-4540-b7d5-26cdd6afb05b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/shapeshifter-me4"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Shapeshifter
- **Mana Cost:** `{6}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter

## Oracle Text
As this creature enters, choose a number between 0 and 7.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may choose a number between 0 and 7.
Shapeshifter's power is equal to the last chosen number and its toughness is equal to 7 minus that number.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Shyft](/printing/shyft-me2.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
2. [Common Curve Filler](/printing/common-curve-filler-unk.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
3. [Shapesharer](/printing/shapesharer-lrw.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
4. [Sentinel](/printing/sentinel-chr.md) — Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter
5. [Shape Stealer](/printing/shape-stealer-sok.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter Spirit
6. [Anthroplasm](/printing/anthroplasm-ulg.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Masters Edition IV (ME4) #226
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Dan Frazier

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`

## Official Rulings
- *(2008-08-01)* The ability that sets its power and toughness is a characteristic-defining ability. This means it applies before any other effects that modify power and/or toughness.
- *(2008-08-01)* The ability that lets you choose a new number is a triggered ability that triggers only once each upkeep.