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Moritte of the Frost

Legendary Snow Creature — Shapeshifter

Changeling (This card is every creature type.)
You may have Moritte enter as a copy of a permanent you control, except it's legendary and snow in addition to its other types and, if it's a creature, it enters with two additional +1/+1 counters on it and has changeling.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{2}{G}{U}{U}
Color identity
GU
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Kaldheim
Price
$0.35
EDHREC rank
#6240
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Moritte of the Frost card art
Moritte of the Frost enters as a copy of any permanent you control, brings two +1/+1 counters if it copies a creature, and can change what it's copying every upkeep — that's a six-mana shapeshifter with persistent board presence rather than a one-shot trick. The cost is real, but commanders like Isu the Abominable and Bladewing the Risen illustrate the payoff: Moritte doesn't just copy a threat, it becomes a recursive engine piece that refreshes its target each turn.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

02

Jorn, God of Winter

73.0% of decks · synergy 0.71

Jorn, God of Winter runs snow permanents as fuel, and Moritte of the Frost is a snow permanent that copies other snow permanents — it slots into the engine as both a snow source and a flexible threat that shifts with the board state each upkeep.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Moritte of the Frost actually earns its slot — six mana is a steep ask in faster formats, but in a 40-life singleton game the ability to copy your best permanent every upkeep generates enough value to justify it. In competitive Commander pods it's too slow and fragile at six mana with no built-in protection, but at mid-power tables it's a consistent threat multiplier. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer are legal but irrelevant in practice; no 60-card format wants a six-mana clone that doesn't immediately close the game. Oathbreaker gives it a narrower niche as a signature spell workaround in snow or counter-focused shells, but Commander remains its best arena by a wide margin.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.35 bulk tier

At $0.35, Moritte of the Frost is bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in or cheap single with no financial risk. It's a niche card with a dedicated audience in Isu and Jorn builds, so the price is stable rather than likely to spike.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.