Volrath's Shapeshifter
Stronghold 48 • rare
- Set
- Stronghold
- Collector number
- 48
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Ron Spencer
- Market price
- $14.31
What it does
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 generic mana: Discard a card." (This creature has that card's name, mana cost, color, types, abilities, power, and toughness.)
2 generic mana: Discard a card.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Volrath's Shapeshifter was released in 1998 as part of the Stronghold expansion for Magic: The Gathering. As a centerpiece card in the Rath Cycle storyline, the creature represents the titular antagonist's ability to mirror his foes. Its mechanics were designed to simulate fluid, unpredictable transformations, requiring players to constantly track the top card of their graveyard to determine the creature's current power, toughness, and abilities.
The card features artwork by the prolific fantasy illustrator Jeff Miracola, who captured the grotesque, shifting essence of Volrath's biological experiments. The design was praised by competitive players for its high skill ceiling and complex interaction with graveyard-based strategies, cementing its status as a quintessential 'build-around' card that rewarded deep knowledge of game state interactions.
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