---
name: "Volrath's Shapeshifter"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "VMA"
set_name: "Vintage Masters"
collector_number: "101"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Ron Spencer"
oracle_id: "16e9a4ee-0398-4e76-bc7e-dd2d52056aaf"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/volraths-shapeshifter-vma"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Volrath's Shapeshifter
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter
- **Power/Toughness:** 0/1

## Oracle Text
As long as the top card of your graveyard is a creature card, this creature has the full text of that card and has the text "{2}: Discard a card." (This creature has that card's name, mana cost, color, types, abilities, power, and toughness.)
{2}: Discard a card.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Volrath the Fallen](/printing/volrath-the-fallen-nem.md) — Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter
2. [Vesuvan Shapeshifter](/printing/vesuvan-shapeshifter-tsr.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
3. [Body Double](/printing/body-double-plst.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
4. [_____](/printing/-unh.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
5. [Nascent Metamorph](/printing/nascent-metamorph-c20.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
6. [Volrath, the Shapestealer](/printing/volrath-the-shapestealer-c19.md) — Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Vintage Masters (VMA) #101
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Ron Spencer
- **Total Printings:** 10 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`