Mistform Mutant
Creature — Illusion Mutant
: Choose a creature type other than Wall. Target creature becomes that type until end of turn.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Onslaught
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #21946
Mistform Mutant lets you reshape a creature's type on demand for a single blue mana — relevant in any deck that cares about tribal synergies or political board states. The six-mana entry cost is real, but in Gor Muldrak, Amphinologist builds the ability to tag your opponents' Salamanders as non-Salamanders (or your own creatures as Salamanders) is worth every penny of the activation.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Gor Muldrak, Amphinologist
Gor Muldrak, Amphinologist forces each player to create Salamander tokens unless they control a Salamander — Mistform Mutant lets you toggle creature types at instant speed to control exactly who gets saddled with a 3/2 at end of turn, making it a near-essential political engine piece in that deck.
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 |
Mistform Mutant is a Commander card through and through — the formats where it's legal beyond that (Legacy, Vintage, Oathbreaker) have no practical interest in a six-mana creature with a slow, incremental type-switching ability. In Commander, it earns a slot specifically in tribal-manipulation shells: Gor Muldrak decks prize it most, but any blue deck that punishes or rewards specific creature types can use it as a repeatable answer. Outside of those narrow homes it's a bulk rare that sits in the binder.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Mistform Mutant is firmly bulk — pick it up without a second thought if the deck calls for it. Demand is too narrow for the price to move meaningfully in either direction.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.