Unstable Shapeshifter TMP

Card

id	95173
artist	Terese Nielsen
artistIds	eb55171c-2342-45f4-a503-2d5a75baf752
asciiName
attractionLights
availability	mtgo, paper
boosterTypes	default
borderColor	black
colorIdentity	U
colorIndicator
colors	U
defense
duelDeck
edhrecRank	23626
edhrecSaltiness	0.3
faceConvertedManaCost
faceFlavorName
faceManaValue
faceName
finishes	nonfoil
flavorName
flavorText	"In a world of untruths, the living lie rules." —Oracle en-Vec
frameEffects
frameVersion	1997
hand
hasAlternativeDeckLimit
hasContentWarning
hasFoil	0
hasNonFoil	1
isAlternative
isFullArt
isFunny
isGameChanger
isOnlineOnly
isOversized
isPromo
isRebalanced
isReprint
isReserved
isStarter
isStorySpotlight
isTextless
isTimeshifted
keywords
language	English
layout	normal
leadershipSkills
life
loyalty
manaCost	{3}{U}
manaValue	4
name	Unstable Shapeshifter
number	100
originalPrintings
originalReleaseDate
originalText	Whenever any creature comes into play, Unstable Shapeshifter permanently becomes a copy of that creature and retains this ability.
otherFaceIds
power	0
printings	TMP
promoTypes
rarity	rare
rebalancedPrintings
relatedCards
securityStamp
setCode	TMP
side
signature
sourceProducts	{'nonfoil': ['21b87b9c-d0f2-5a4b-aee7-163c9813a3aa', '96d0588c-79f4-53ac-bb27-23020e7d60a7']}
subsets
subtypes	Shapeshifter
supertypes
text	Whenever another creature enters, this creature becomes a copy of that creature, except it has this ability.
toughness	1
type	Creature — Shapeshifter
types	Creature
uuid	261b3644-8080-5325-a2f9-be5d9c2a19d8
variations
watermark
setName	Tempest

id	95173
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cardKingdomEtched
cardKingdomFoil
cardmarket	https://mtgjson.com/links/9f5bbf4ae0781128
tcgplayer	https://mtgjson.com/links/ec4f23a24d24ce5d
tcgplayerEtched
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language	name	type	text
French	Changeforme instable
German	Instabiler Gestaltwandler	Beschwörung eines Gestaltwandlers	Immer wenn eine Kreatur ins Spiel kommt, wird der Instabile Gestaltwandler zu einer Kopie dieser Kreatur und behält diese Fähigkeit.
Italian	Polimorfo Instabile
Japanese	不定の多相の戦士
Portuguese (Brazil)	Metamorfo Instável
Spanish	Metamorfo inestable

date	text
2004-10-04	If a creature enters that has some characteristic or ability set when it enters, the copy does not get to make that choice (because it is not entering. All values are zero and all checks for choices consider the choice not to have been made.
2004-10-04	If the creature has power/toughness that is continuously recalculated, so does this copy of it.
2004-10-04	The copy effect is not targeted.
2004-10-04	When it changes "shape" to a new creature, any "enters" abilities of the creature do not trigger.
2008-08-01	If an Unstable Shapeshifter is on the battlefield when another Unstable Shapeshifter enters, the first one gets the second one's triggered ability, so it will copy the next creature that enters twice. It will only do so the next time a creature enters, because the second "becomes a copy" effect to resolve will erase the extra triggered ability.
2008-08-01	The ability is granted as part of the copy effect, which means it will be removed by any effects that would remove abilities regardless of when the effect was created.