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Changeling Outcast

Creature — Shapeshifter

Changeling (This card is every creature type.)
This creature can't block and can't be blocked.

CMC
1
Mana cost
{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Modern Horizons 1 Timeshifts
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#625
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Changeling Outcast card art
Changeling Outcast is a one-mana black creature that can never block and can't be blocked — its value isn't on defense, it's on evasion and every creature type simultaneously. That type-line is the whole point: commanders like Haakon, Stromgald Scourge and Gonti, Night Minister treat it as a perfect-fit puzzle piece, not an afterthought.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Gonti, Night Minister

Gonti, Night Minister

80.9% of decks · synergy 0.76

Gonti, Night Minister triggers off creatures entering the battlefield under opponents' control or being sacrificed, and Changeling Outcast's guaranteed unblockability means it connects every combat to keep the engine feeding itself.

02
Nalia de'Arnise

Nalia de'Arnise

78.1% of decks · synergy 0.75

Nalia de'Arnise cares about Rogues, Fighters, Clerics, and other party-relevant types — Changeling Outcast counts as all of them simultaneously, making it the easiest possible way to max out the party count on turn one.

05
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor

Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor

76.5% of decks · synergy 0.71

Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor draws cards when creatures deal combat damage to opponents, so Changeling Outcast's permanent unblockability turns it into a reliable one-mana draw trigger every single turn.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Changeling Outcast does its real work — the combination of one mana, unblockability, and every creature type covers an enormous range of tribal and evasion-dependent strategies. In Pauper it sees play as a cheap evasive threat that happens to satisfy tribal synergies at common. Legacy and Vintage allow it but the bar is too high for a 1/1 with no immediate impact, so it barely registers outside niche Ninja shells. Changeling Outcast is absent from Pioneer and Standard, which cuts off the widest casual audiences, but given how Commander-centric its appeal is, that loss is minimal.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

47 decks
Haakon, Stromgald ScourgeChangeling OutcastBasal Sliver

Haakon, Stromgald ScourgeChangeling OutcastBasal Sliver

Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite storm count; Infinite black mana

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Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Changeling Outcast has no current price on record, which typically means it's widely available in bulk at well under a dollar. Given how many Commander decks want it — Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow alone has nearly 31,000 registered builds running it — picking up copies now before a reprint spike makes sense at essentially no financial risk.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.