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Changing Loyalty

Enchantment — Aura

Flash
Replicate {2} (When you cast this spell, copy it for each time you paid its replicate cost. You may choose new targets for the copies. Copies become tokens.)
Enchant creature
When enchanted creature dies, return it to the battlefield under your control.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
rare
Set
Secrets of Strixhaven Commander
Price
$2.11
EDHREC rank
#10616
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Changing Loyalty card art
Changing Loyalty steals a creature at instant speed for three mana — that's the whole pitch, and it's a good one. The cost is real: the effect is temporary unless you have a way to make it permanent, which is why Sun Titan recursion loops and Killian, Decisive Mentor's cost reduction exist in the same sentence as this card.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Killian, Decisive Mentor

Killian, Decisive Mentor

90.1% of decks · synergy 0.77

Killian, Decisive Mentor cuts the cost of Changing Loyalty in half, making it a one-mana instant-speed theft effect that fuels his go-wide strategy with enemies' own creatures — that's why it appears in over 90% of Killian lists.

03
Eriette, the Beguiler

Eriette, the Beguiler

28.7% of decks · synergy 0.28

Eriette, the Beguiler's ability to steal creatures at end of turn synergizes directly with Changing Loyalty's temporary control effect, letting you convert a stolen turn into a permanent acquisition when the triggers line up.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Commander is where Changing Loyalty actually lives — three-mana instant theft is strong enough in a multiplayer environment where snagging a combo piece or blocker can shift the whole table dynamic. Legacy and Vintage have it legal but won't touch it; the formats move too fast for a three-mana sorcery-tier effect with no lasting board impact unless you've built around it. Oathbreaker is the sleeper format for this card, where cheap interaction on a dense board matters and enchantment-matters commanders make Changing Loyalty worth a slot.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$2.11 cheap tier

At $2.11, Changing Loyalty sits in the budget-include tier — low enough that it doesn't need to justify its slot on price alone. Its niche is narrow enough that demand stays modest, so don't expect the price to move much in either direction.

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