Kavu Chameleon
Creature — Kavu
This spell can't be countered.
: This creature becomes the color of your choice until end of turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- World Championship Decks 2001
- Price
- $0.50
- EDHREC rank
- #28736
Kavu Chameleon is a five-mana 4/4 with forestwalk and the ability to swap its own color at instant speed — a resilient threat that blue decks literally cannot counter. The cost is real: five mana for a 4/4 is a poor rate everywhere except the niches where the protection and evasion actually matter.
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 |
Commander is the primary home for Kavu Chameleon, and specifically in green stompy or mono-green lists that expect countermagic at the table — the uncounterability is a meaningful threat tag in high-interaction pods. Legacy and Vintage are legal formats, but Kavu Chameleon doesn't come close to seeing play in either; five mana for a 4/4 without immediate board impact doesn't survive contact with those formats' tempo standards. In Commander, forestwalk is narrow evasion that only connects when an opponent controls a Forest, which is common enough in the format to occasionally matter but unreliable as a primary win condition. The color-shifting ability is mostly defensive — dodging targeted removal that specifies a color — rather than a proactive tool.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.50 bulk tier
At $0.50, Kavu Chameleon sits firmly in bulk territory, which accurately reflects its power level. It holds that floor without much pressure in either direction — demand is too low to push it up, and it's not going anywhere.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.