Formless Genesis EOC

Other printings of "Formless Genesis": DSC #34 DSC #61 EOC #96

Card

id	30981
artist	Mark Poole
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attractionLights
availability	mtgo, paper
boosterTypes
borderColor	black
colorIdentity	G
colorIndicator
colors	G
defense
duelDeck
edhrecRank	5821
edhrecSaltiness
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finishes	nonfoil
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frameEffects
frameVersion	2015
hand
hasAlternativeDeckLimit
hasContentWarning
hasFoil	0
hasNonFoil	1
isAlternative
isFullArt
isFunny
isGameChanger
isOnlineOnly
isOversized
isPromo
isRebalanced
isReprint	1
isReserved
isStarter	1
isStorySpotlight
isTextless
isTimeshifted
keywords	Changeling, Retrace
language	English
layout	normal
leadershipSkills
life
loyalty
manaCost	{2}{G}
manaValue	3
name	Formless Genesis
number	96
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originalReleaseDate
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power
printings	DSC, EOC
promoTypes
rarity	rare
rebalancedPrintings
relatedCards
securityStamp	oval
setCode	EOC
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signature
sourceProducts	{'nonfoil': ['6ddddac3-0d10-5fc7-8e34-2b5fca86aeb8']}
subsets
subtypes	Shapeshifter
supertypes
text	Changeling (This card is every creature type.) Create an X/X colorless Shapeshifter creature token with changeling and deathtouch, where X is the number of land cards in your graveyard. Retrace (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a land card in addition to paying its other costs.)
toughness
type	Kindred Sorcery — Shapeshifter
types	Kindred, Sorcery
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variations
watermark
setName	Edge of Eternities Commander

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2024-09-20	A retrace card cast from your graveyard follows the normal timing rules for its card type.
2024-09-20	Casting a card by using its retrace ability works just like casting any other spell, with two exceptions: You're casting it from your graveyard rather than your hand, and you must discard a land card in addition to any other costs.
2024-09-20	Changeling is a characteristic-defining ability. It functions in all zones.
2024-09-20	If the active player casts a spell that has retrace, that player may cast that card again after it resolves, before another player can remove the card from the graveyard. The active player has priority after the spell resolves, so they can immediately cast a new spell. Since casting a card with retrace from the graveyard moves that card onto the stack, no one else would have the chance to affect it while it's still in the graveyard.
2024-09-20	The subtype Shapeshifter that appears on the type line is mostly there to reinforce the flavor. A spell or token with changeling is just as much an Elf, a Dwarf, a Sliver, a Goat, a Coward, and a Zombie as it is a Shapeshifter.
2024-09-20	The value of X is determined only once, as Formless Genesis resolves. The token's power and toughness won't change if the number of land cards in your graveyard later changes.
2024-09-20	When a retrace spell you cast from your graveyard resolves, fails to resolve, or is countered, it's put back into your graveyard. You may use the retrace ability to cast it again.