Mutable Explorer

Name
Mutable Explorer

Mana Cost

Type
Creature — Shapeshifter

Set
Lorwyn Eclipsed

Rarity
Rare

Text

Changeling (This card is every creature type.)
When this creature enters, create a tapped Mutavault token. (It's a land with ": Add " and ": This token becomes a 2/2 creature with all creature types until end of turn. It's still a land.")


Flavor Text

"It had been to warrens and kithkin taverns, but found a home in the hidden cavern."
*—The Changeling's Search*


Power/Toughness
1/1

Number
#327

Other Prints
Lorwyn Eclipsed Promos

Legal Formats
Alchemy | Brawl | Commander | Duel | Future | Gladiator | Historic | Legacy | Modern | Oathbreaker | Penny | Pioneer | Standard | Standard Brawl | Timeless | Vintage

Availability
Magic Online | Paper

Rulings

(17/11/2025)
Changeling is a characteristic-defining ability. It functions in all zones, not only while a card that has it is on the battlefield.


(17/11/2025)
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.


(17/11/2025)
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.


(17/11/2025)
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.


(17/11/2025)
Mutable Explorer's last ability creates a token that's a copy of the card Mutavault in the Oracle card reference. Official text for Mutavault can be found using the Gatherer card database at Gatherer.Wizards.com.


Artist
Felicita Sala

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