Magery
Theme
Altered Ego
X2GU
Creature — Shapeshifter
Artist:
Kev Walker
All artists:
Kev Walker
, Sansyu
This spell can't be countered.
You may have this creature enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it enters with X additional +1/+1 counters on it.
0/0
GU
$0.22
cheapest print
Prices
| Set | # | Treatment | Finish | Price (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Innistrad Remastered
|
228 | Regular | Nonfoil | $0.22 |
|
Innistrad Remastered
|
228 | Regular | Foil | $0.35 |
Shadows over Innistrad
|
241 | Regular | Nonfoil | $0.32 |
|
Shadows over Innistrad
|
241 | Regular | Foil | $1.00 |
Shadows over Innistrad Promos
|
241s | Promo | Foil | $4.53 |
Final Fantasy Commander
|
317 | Regular | Nonfoil | $0.23 |
Price History
Printings (6)
Innistrad Remastered
#228
Rare
$0.22
Kev Walker
Shadows over Innistrad Remastered
#228
Rare
—
Kev Walker
Shadows over Innistrad
#241
Rare
$0.32
Kev Walker
Shadows over Innistrad Promos
#241s
Rare
—
Kev Walker
Secrets of Strixhaven Commander
#292
Rare
—
Kev Walker
Final Fantasy Commander
#317
Rare
$0.23
Sansyu
Rulings
You can choose not to copy anything. In that case, Altered Ego enters as a 0/0 creature and is probably put into the graveyard immediately. It won't have +1/+1 counters placed on it by its ability.
X can be 0. Altered Ego won't enter with any additional +1/+1 counters, and it will just be a copy of the chosen creature.
If you copy a double-faced creature, Altered Ego will be a copy of the face that's up when Altered Ego enters. Because Altered Ego is not a double-faced card, it won't be able to transform. If an effect instructs you to return it to the battlefield transformed when it leaves the battlefield, it won't return and will remain in its new zone.
If the chosen creature is copying something else (for example, if the chosen creature is another Altered Ego), then your Altered Ego enters as whatever the chosen creature copied.
If the chosen creature is a token, Altered Ego copies the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that created that token. Altered Ego isn't a token.
If the chosen creature has {X} in its mana cost, that X is considered to be 0. The value of X in Altered Ego's last ability will be whatever value was chosen for X while casting Altered Ego.
If Altered Ego somehow enters at the same time as another creature, Altered Ego can't become a copy of that creature. You may choose only a creature that's already on the battlefield.
Any "enters" abilities of the copied creature will trigger when Altered Ego enters the battlefield. Any "as [this creature] enters" or "[this creature] enters with" abilities of the chosen creature will also work.
Altered Ego copies exactly what was printed on the original creature (unless that creature is copying something else or is a token; see below). It doesn't copy whether that creature is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or any Auras and Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, or so on.
Format Legality
Standard
Not Legal
Future
Not Legal
Historic
Legal
Timeless
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Pauper
Not Legal
Vintage
Legal
Penny
Legal
Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Standardbrawl
Not Legal
Brawl
Legal
Alchemy
Not Legal
Paupercommander
Not Legal
Duel
Legal
Oldschool
Not Legal
Premodern
Not Legal
Predh
Not Legal