Aurora Shifter M3C

Other printings of "Aurora Shifter": M3C #45 M3C #97

Card

id	50811
artist	Justyna Dura
artistIds	d2340aef-8ca9-4e0d-864c-6a4e8d5e350a
asciiName
attractionLights
availability	mtgo, paper
boosterTypes
borderColor	black
colorIdentity	U
colorIndicator
colors	U
defense
duelDeck
edhrecRank	6980
edhrecSaltiness	0.09
faceConvertedManaCost
faceFlavorName
faceManaValue
faceName
finishes	nonfoil
flavorName
flavorText
frameEffects
frameVersion	2015
hand
hasAlternativeDeckLimit
hasContentWarning
hasFoil	0
hasNonFoil	1
isAlternative
isFullArt
isFunny
isGameChanger
isOnlineOnly
isOversized
isPromo
isRebalanced
isReprint
isReserved
isStarter	1
isStorySpotlight
isTextless
isTimeshifted
keywords
language	English
layout	normal
leadershipSkills
life
loyalty
manaCost	{1}{U}
manaValue	2
name	Aurora Shifter
number	97
originalPrintings
originalReleaseDate
originalText	Whenever Aurora Shifter deals combat damage to a player, you get that many {E}. At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may pay {E}{E}. When you do, Aurora Shifter becomes a copy of another target creature you control, except it has this ability and "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you get that many {E}."
otherFaceIds
power	1
printings	M3C
promoTypes
rarity	rare
rebalancedPrintings
relatedCards
securityStamp	oval
setCode	M3C
side
signature
sourceProducts	{'nonfoil': ['79e6854a-4a2e-5236-b546-54597f979c71']}
subsets
subtypes	Shapeshifter
supertypes
text	Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you get that many {E}. At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may pay {E}{E}. When you do, this creature becomes a copy of another target creature you control, except it has this ability and "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you get that many {E}."
toughness	3
type	Creature — Shapeshifter
types	Creature
uuid	d5d8bdff-c7e2-59f5-8107-fa9456c7dd90
variations	25db19ab-a341-5161-8af0-3ff1d9417e84
watermark
setName	Modern Horizons 3 Commander

Identifiers

id	50811
cardKingdomEtchedId
cardKingdomFoilId
cardKingdomId	296628
cardsphereFoilId
cardsphereId
deckboxId
mcmId	772246
mcmMetaId
mtgArenaId
mtgjsonFoilVersionId
mtgjsonNonFoilVersionId
mtgjsonV4Id	702e77da-efb9-5832-bca2-fadcf1f21304
mtgoFoilId
mtgoId	127393
multiverseId	665371
scryfallCardBackId	0aeebaf5-8c7d-4636-9e82-8c27447861f7
scryfallId	90577060-8def-4b50-ae09-6f7a3244e80a
scryfallIllustrationId	fb8307fa-cdc0-4394-9a9d-eae08da236f4
scryfallOracleId	d499e473-aed8-4c8b-8cf0-a43bcc5f40cf
tcgplayerEtchedProductId
tcgplayerProductId	552953
uuid	d5d8bdff-c7e2-59f5-8107-fa9456c7dd90

Legalities

id	50811
alchemy
brawl
commander	Legal
duel	Legal
future
gladiator
historic
legacy	Legal
modern
oathbreaker	Legal
oldschool
pauper
paupercommander
penny
pioneer
predh
premodern
standard
standardbrawl
timeless
uuid	d5d8bdff-c7e2-59f5-8107-fa9456c7dd90
vintage	Legal

Purchase URLs

id	50811
cardKingdom	https://mtgjson.com/links/e3c267ab3ae44502
cardKingdomEtched
cardKingdomFoil
cardmarket
tcgplayer	https://mtgjson.com/links/9d3546f318c373c2
tcgplayerEtched
uuid	d5d8bdff-c7e2-59f5-8107-fa9456c7dd90

Foreign Data (per language)

language	name	type	text	multiverseId
French	Modeleuse d'aurore	Créature — changeforme	À chaque fois que la Modeleuse d'aurore inflige des blessures de combat à un joueur, vous gagnez autant de {E}. Au début du combat pendant votre tour, vous pouvez payer {E}{E}. Quand vous faites ainsi, la Modeleuse d'aurore devient une copie d'une autre créature ciblée que vous contrôlez, excepté qu'elle a cette capacité et « À chaque fois que cette créature inflige des blessures de combat à un joueur, vous gagnez autant de {E}. »	665475
German	Aurorawandler	Kreatur — Gestaltwandler	Immer wenn der Aurorawandler einem Spieler Kampfschaden zufügt, erhältst du entsprechend viele {E}. Zu Beginn des Kampfes in deinem Zug kannst du {E}{E} bezahlen. Wenn du dies tust, wird der Aurorawandler zu einer Kopie einer anderen Kreatur deiner Wahl, die du kontrollierst, außer dass er diese Fähigkeit und „Immer wenn diese Kreatur einem Spieler Kampfschaden zufügt, erhältst du entsprechend viele {E}" hat.	665423
Japanese	オーロラの変幻者	クリーチャー — 多相の戦士	オーロラの変幻者がプレイヤー１人に戦闘ダメージを与えるたび、あなたはその点数に等しい個数の{E}を得る。あなたのターンの戦闘の開始時に、{E}{E}を支払ってもよい。そうしたとき、あなたがコントロールしていてこれでないクリーチャー１体を対象とする。オーロラの変幻者は、この能力と「このクリーチャーがプレイヤー１人に戦闘ダメージを与えるたび、あなたはその点数に等しい個数の{E}を得る。」を持つことを除きそれのコピーになる。	665527

Rulings

date	text
2024-06-07	Aurora Shifter copies exactly what was printed on the original creature and nothing else, with the listed exception (unless that permanent is copying something else; see below). It doesn't copy whether that creature is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras and Equipment attached to it, and so on.
2024-06-07	Because Aurora Shifter isn't entering the battlefield when it becomes a copy of another creature, any "When [this creature] enters the battlefield" or "[This creature] enters the battlefield with" abilities of the copied creature won't apply.
2024-06-07	Energy counters are a kind of counter that a player may have. They're not associated with any specific permanents.
2024-06-07	Energy counters aren't mana. They don't go away as steps, phases, and turns end, and effects that add mana "of any type" can't give you energy counters.
2024-06-07	If a spell or ability with one or more targets states that you "may pay" some amount of {E}, and each permanent that it targets has become an illegal target, the spell or ability won't resolve. You can't pay any {E} even if you want to.
2024-06-07	If an effect says you get one or more {E}, you get that many energy counters. To pay one or more {E}, you lose that many energy counters. You can't pay more energy counters than you have. Any effects that interact with counters a player gets, has, or loses can interact with energy counters.
2024-06-07	If the copied creature has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0.
2024-06-07	If the copied creature is copying something else, then Aurora Shifter becomes a copy of whatever that creature copied (with the listed exception).
2024-06-07	Keep track of how many energy counters each player has. Potential ways to track this include writing theme down on paper or using dice, but any method that is clear and mutually agreeable is fine. (At higher levels of tournament play, dice may not be allowed for tracking counters that players have.)
2024-06-07	Some spells and abilities that give you {E} may require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve. You won't get any {E}.
2024-06-07	Some triggered abilities state that you "may pay" a certain amount of {E}. You can't pay that amount multiple times to multiply the effect. You simply choose whether or not to pay that amount of {E} as the ability resolves.
2024-06-07	Some triggered abilities that state that you "may pay" a certain amount of {E} describe an effect that happens "If you do." In that case, no player may take actions to try to stop the ability's effect after you make your choice. If the payment is followed by the phrase "When you do," then you'll choose any targets for that reflexive triggered ability and put it on the stack before players can take actions.
2024-06-07	You don't choose a target for Aurora Shifter's last ability at the time it triggers. Rather, a second "reflexive" ability triggers when you pay {E}{E} this way. You choose a target for that ability as it goes on the stack. Each player may respond to this triggered ability as normal.
2024-06-07	{E} is the energy symbol. It represents one energy counter.