Chitinous Graspling

Name
Chitinous Graspling

Mana Cost

Type
Creature — Shapeshifter

Set
Lorwyn Eclipsed

Rarity
Common

Text

Changeling (This card is every creature type.)
Reach


Flavor Text

It had observed the twinkling object from afar, then found a form to sate its curiosity.


Power/Toughness
3/4

Number
#211

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

Availability
Arena | 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)
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)
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)
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.


Artist
Richard Kane Ferguson

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