Mistform Wall
Creature — Illusion Wall
This creature has defender as long as it's a Wall.
: This creature becomes the creature type of your choice until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Onslaught
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #28430
Mistform Wall is a 0/3 defender for two mana that can change its creature type at instant speed — useful in Changeling or Illusion tribal shells, irrelevant everywhere else. Outside those narrow homes, a 0/3 that does nothing to the board is not worth a deck slot.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Mistform Wall sees essentially no competitive play in Legacy or Vintage, where a 0/3 defender for two mana doesn't clear any bar worth clearing. In Pauper it's legal but outclassed by walls with actual defensive upside. Commander is the only format where Mistform Wall has a plausible home — specifically in Illusion tribal decks or under a commander that rewards creature-type manipulation, like Morophon, the Boundless or Maskwood Nexus strategies. Even there, it's fringe: the type-switching is cute but the stat line demands you get real value from the ability to justify the slot.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Mistform Wall is deep bulk — the price reflects its demand accurately. Don't expect it to move; there's no breakout archetype waiting to make a 0/3 defender expensive.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.