---
name: "Unstable Shapeshifter"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Shapeshifter"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "TMP"
set_name: "Tempest"
collector_number: "100"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Terese Nielsen"
oracle_id: "6a71deb3-6659-47ea-8687-136cf75fa381"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/unstable-shapeshifter-tmp"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Unstable Shapeshifter
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Shapeshifter
- **Power/Toughness:** 0/1

## Oracle Text
Whenever another creature enters, this creature becomes a copy of that creature, except it has this ability.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Shapesharer](/printing/shapesharer-lrw.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
2. [Renegade Doppelganger](/printing/renegade-doppelganger-roe.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
3. [Clever Impersonator](/printing/clever-impersonator-sld.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
4. [Cryptoplasm](/printing/cryptoplasm-mbs.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
5. [Vesuvan Shapeshifter](/printing/vesuvan-shapeshifter-tsr.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
6. [Clone](/printing/clone-10e.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tempest (TMP) #100
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Terese Nielsen
- **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: `not_legal`