---
name: "Shifting Ceratops"
mana_cost: "{2}{G}{G}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Dinosaur"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Protection"]
set: "LCC"
set_name: "The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander"
collector_number: "258"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Izzy"
oracle_id: "6cac6f76-f3c6-4b00-a468-166b07853401"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/shifting-ceratops-lcc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Shifting Ceratops
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{G}{G}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Dinosaur
- **Power/Toughness:** 5/4
- **Keywords:** Protection

## Oracle Text
This spell can't be countered.
Protection from blue (This creature can't be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, enchanted, or equipped by anything blue.)
{G}: This creature gains your choice of reach, trample, or haste until end of turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Spike-Tailed Ceratops](/printing/spike-tailed-ceratops-xln.md) — Creature — Dinosaur
2. [Great Sable Stag](/printing/great-sable-stag-m10.md) — Creature — Elk
3. [Rampaging Ceratops](/printing/rampaging-ceratops-lci.md) — Creature — Dinosaur
4. [Scragnoth](/printing/scragnoth-tsb.md) — Creature — Beast
5. [Mistcutter Hydra](/printing/mistcutter-hydra-pio.md) — Creature — Hydra
6. [Spellbane Centaur](/printing/spellbane-centaur-ody.md) — Creature — Centaur

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC) #258
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Izzy
- **Total Printings:** 20 across all historical editions

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