Skinshifter
Card Information
Type: Creature — Human Shaman
Mana Cost: 1
CMC: 2
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Magic 2012 (M12)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 195
Oracle Text
{G}: Choose one. Activate only once each turn. • Until end of turn, this creature becomes a Rhino with base power and toughness 4/4 and gains trample. • Until end of turn, this creature becomes a Bird with base power and toughness 2/2 and gains flying. • Until end of turn, this creature becomes a Plant with base power and toughness 0/8.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- September 22, 2011
You choose the ability's mode when you activate it.
Source: wotc - September 22, 2011
Skinshifter's ability doesn't affect its copiable values. Creatures that enter as a copy of Skinshifter will enter as 1/1 Human Shaman creatures.
Source: wotc - September 22, 2011
Skinshifter's ability doesn't cause it to lose any other abilities it may have.
Source: wotc - September 22, 2011
No matter which mode you choose, Skinshifter will cease to have any creature types it previously had. If you activate its ability choosing the first mode, it will become only a Rhino; it's no longer a Human or a Shaman.
Source: wotc - September 22, 2011
You can activate Skinshifter's ability during any player's turn, but only once on each turn.
Source: wotc - September 22, 2011
No matter which mode you choose, Skinshifter will retain any other card types it may have. For example, if an effect causes Skinshifter to be an artifact in addition to its other types and you activate its ability choosing the first mode, it will be both an artifact and a Rhino creature.
Source: wotc
Price History
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