---
name: "Surgical Metamorph"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "YONE"
set_name: "Alchemy: Phyrexia"
collector_number: "6"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Néstor Ossandón Leal"
oracle_id: "4f328996-f9dd-4c7a-9548-bc4b9d0d943f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/surgical-metamorph-yone"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
This spell costs {1} less to cast if you weren't the starting player.
You may have Surgical Metamorph enter as a copy of any permanent on the battlefield, except it's an artifact in addition to its other types.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Phyrexian Metamorph](/printing/phyrexian-metamorph-plst.md) — Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter
2. [Clever Impersonator](/printing/clever-impersonator-sld.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
3. [Hulking Metamorph](/printing/hulking-metamorph-bro.md) — Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter
4. [Nascent Metamorph](/printing/nascent-metamorph-c20.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
5. [Vesuvan Shapeshifter](/printing/vesuvan-shapeshifter-tsr.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
6. [Unstable Shapeshifter](/printing/unstable-shapeshifter-tmp.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alchemy: Phyrexia (YONE) #6
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Néstor Ossandón Leal

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