Game-Trail Changeling
Creature — Shapeshifter
Changeling (This card is every creature type.)
Trample
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #15926
Game-Trail Changeling is a 3/3 trample for four mana that counts as every creature type simultaneously — the trample is almost incidental next to the tribal utility it provides in any creature-type-matters deck. The cost is real: four mana for a vanilla-statted body is below the curve, so it only earns a slot when the changeling clause is actively doing work.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Game-Trail Changeling earns its slot exclusively in tribal decks where the changeling clause substitutes for a hard-to-find creature type — it's not competing on rate, it's competing on type coverage. In Legacy and Vintage, it sees essentially no play; four mana for a 3/3 trample is unacceptably slow in formats where the game is often decided by turn two or three. Modern tribal strategies occasionally touch changelings for redundancy, but Game-Trail Changeling sits at the expensive end of that package — Mothdust Changeling and Avian Changeling offer similar utility at lower costs. Pauper is the one non-Commander format where it has a theoretical niche, since the changeling pool is shallower at common and tribal synergies are easier to exploit at that rarity.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't available for Game-Trail Changeling at the moment, but as a common-rarity changeling from a lower-demand set it typically sits well under a dollar. It's worth picking up a copy or two if you're building a tribal Commander deck that needs type coverage — the floor on cards like this is low enough that you're not taking a financial risk.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.