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Phyrexian Metamorph
Card Information
Type: Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter
Mana Cost: 3
CMC: 4
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity: 
Set: Double Masters (2XM)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 61
Oracle Text
({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.) You may have this creature enter as a copy of any artifact or creature on the battlefield, except it's an artifact in addition to its other types.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- June 1, 2011
If Phyrexian Metamorph somehow enters at the same time as another permanent (due to Mass Polymorph or Liliana Vess's third ability, for example), Phyrexian Metamorph can't become a copy of that permanent. You may choose only a permanent that's already on the battlefield.
Source: wotc - June 1, 2011
If the chosen creature is copying something else (for example, if the chosen creature is a Clone), then your Phyrexian Metamorph enters as whatever the chosen creature copied, except it's also an artifact.
Source: wotc - June 1, 2011
You can choose not to copy anything. In that case, Phyrexian Metamorph simply enters as a 0/0 artifact creature and is put into its owner's graveyard as a state-based action (unless something else is raising its toughness).
Source: wotc - June 1, 2011
If the chosen permanent is a token, Phyrexian Metamorph copies the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that put the token onto the battlefield, except it's also an artifact. Phyrexian Metamorph is not a token.
Source: wotc - June 1, 2011
If Phyrexian Metamorph copies a noncreature artifact, it is no longer a creature.
Source: wotc - June 1, 2011
If the chosen permanent has {X} in its mana cost (such as Protean Hydra), X is considered to be zero.
Source: wotc - June 1, 2011
Except for also being an artifact, Phyrexian Metamorph copies exactly what was printed on the original permanent and nothing more (unless that creature is itself copying something or is a token; see below). It doesn't copy whether that permanent is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras attached to it, or any noncopy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, and so on.
Source: wotc - June 1, 2011
Any "enters" abilities of the copied permanent will trigger when Phyrexian Metamorph enters. Any "as [this] enters" or "[this] enters with" abilities of the chosen permanent will also work.
Source: wotc
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