The subtype Shapeshifter that appears on the type line is mostly there to reinforce the flavor. A creature card with changeling is just as much a Kithkin, a Goblin, a Merfolk, and a Brushwagg as it is a Shapeshifter.

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If an effect causes a creature with changeling to lose all abilities, it will remain all creature types, even though it will no longer have changeling. This is because changeling applies before the effect that removes it.

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If an effect causes a creature with changeling to become a new creature type, it will be only that new creature type (unless the effect says "in addition" or similar). It will still have changeling; the effect making it all creature types will simply be overwritten.

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Changeling is a characteristic-defining ability. It functions in all zones, not only while a card that has it is on the battlefield.

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Tlr Legal

Standard Legal

Future Legal

Historic Legal

Timeless Legal

Gladiator Legal

Pioneer Legal

Modern Legal

Legacy Legal

Pauper Legal

Vintage Legal

Penny Not Legal

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Oathbreaker Legal

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Brawl Legal

Alchemy Legal

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Premodern Not Legal

Predh Not Legal

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