Avian ChangelingĪ flying vanilla changeling that’s a bit below rate, I know. The answer, by the way, is that you have three apples. That’s not a bad rate in changeling tribal. Valiant Changeling is the Magic equivalent of “if there are four apples and you take three, how many apples do you have?” If you have any other changeling on the battlefield when you cast this it’s a 3/3 double striker for. Crib SwapĬrib Swap is another tribal instant, this time as removal. This is a useful piece if you have a flicker deck built to take advantage of that kind of thing. Bouncing it back to your hand isn’t as elegant as some of the other protection abilities on the Xlings, but it plays nicely with board wipes. Brightlingīrightling is part of a multi-decade “Xling” cycle of shapeshifters with four activated abilities, and it’s a welcome entry. This means spells like this can be tutored as instants or tribal creatures which really increases the number of tutors you can run in a creature-heavy deck. Lorwyn created “tribal instants,” which act like elves or goblins or whatnot in decks and hands and graveyards. Mirror Entity can be tutored up with creatures like Skyshroud Poacher that looks for an elf. Here you have the same effect on an instant, which increases the ease of tutoring. It can also net you some insane combo wins but I’ll cover that a bit further down. This can come down, activate, and make for a powerful attack by buffing the weenies wearing the counters. This is also a wincon in +1/+1 counters decks that often stack tokens on 1/1 creatures. If you can reliably get Entity out it helps you to put more of the fun stuff in the deck and fewer understated changelings. The tough part is balancing the tribal bonus cards with the changeling foot soldiers. Tribal tribal decks are filled with changelings and cards that give tribal bonuses, like Magda, Brazen Outlaw for dwarves or Risen Reef for elementals. This is the bomb you need to tutor up in “tribal tribal” Commander decks. What the heck is “tribal tribal?” Good question. White isn’t super deep here, but this color is a must-include for “tribal tribal” decks because some of these cards are very important. So let’s take a look at the best shapeshifters across all of Magic. But since shapeshifters in Magic shift across these three types and mix and match attributes as is thematically appropriate, such an evaluation is needed. Ranking these shapeshifters across these categories is a bit like comparing apples to oranges to, I dunno, asparagus. The third form of shapeshifters arrived in Lorwyn with changelings, which have every creature type. Although the early versions of this effect couldn’t be changed, shifts in form after the initial casting as triggered and activated abilities showed up pretty quickly as Magic evolved. It showed up in Revised on Primal Clay and allowed the caster to choose one of three different vanilla forms. The next type of shapeshifter had a malleable form. They were originally just creatures, but this ability expanded to other permanents over the years. Their names are a hint shapeshifters copy something else. The first shapeshifters showed up in Alpha: Clone and Vesuvan Doppelganger. Brightling | Illustration by Steve Argyle
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