Escaped Shapeshifter
Tempest 62 • rare
- Set
- Tempest
- Collector number
- 62
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Douglas Shuler
- Market price
- $1.02
What it does
As long as an opponent controls a creature with flying not named Escaped Shapeshifter, this creature has flying. The same is true for first strike, trample, and protection from any color.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Escaped Shapeshifter was released in 1997 as part of the Tempest expansion for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. This set was designed by Mike Elliott and his team, following the success of the Rath Cycle, and it introduced several mechanics focused on combat interaction, including the phasing and buyback keywords. The card was crafted to represent the shifting, unstable nature of the inhabitants of the plane of Rath.
The illustration for the card was created by artist Daren Bader, whose work appeared frequently throughout the mid-nineties expansion sets. Bader aimed to capture the disorienting, malleable form of a creature caught in transition, utilizing a high-contrast style that became emblematic of the visual aesthetic of the Tempest block. Upon release, the card was generally viewed by players as a specialized tool for reactive gameplay, fitting well within the tactical design goals of blue-aligned decks of that era.
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