Dermoplasm
Creature — Shapeshifter
Flying
Morph 
(You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for 
. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
When this creature is turned face up, you may put a creature card with a morph ability from your hand onto the battlefield face up. If you do, return this creature to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Legions
- Price
- $0.31
- EDHREC rank
- #26738
Dermoplasm lets you cheat a Morph creature directly into play face-up when it enters, bypassing its mana cost entirely — that's the whole reason it exists. The setup cost is real: you need a Morph creature already in hand and a way to get Dermoplasm into play first, which makes it a build-around, not a generic include.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Dermoplasm is a Commander card through and through — the format's longer games and access to a dedicated commander give you the consistency needed to assemble the Morph-cheat package reliably. In Legacy and Vintage, where it's technically legal, the card is far too slow and narrow to see play; powered formats don't want a three-mana setup piece for a value engine that takes multiple turns to develop. Commander is where Dermoplasm actually functions, specifically in Morph-tribal builds where the density of high-cost Morph creatures makes the free deployment meaningful.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.31 bulk tier
At $0.31, Dermoplasm is firmly bulk — a spec target for Morph brewers who can pick up copies without thinking about cost. The price reflects its narrow application; it won't creep up unless a pushed Morph commander drives demand.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.