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Riptide Shapeshifter

Creature — Shapeshifter

{2}{U}{U}, Sacrifice this creature: Choose a creature type. Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature card of that type. Put that card onto the battlefield and shuffle the rest into your library.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{3}{U}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Onslaught
Price
$0.29
EDHREC rank
#22265
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Riptide Shapeshifter card art
Riptide Shapeshifter is a free tutor stapled to a creature — sacrifice it, name a creature type, and the best creature of that type comes directly into play from your library. The cost is a five-mana 2/2 that does nothing until you cash it in, which makes it slow outside of reanimation loops like Muldrotha, the Gravetide where you can replay it repeatedly.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Riptide Shapeshifter is a Commander card through and through — the ability to tutor any creature of a named type directly into play is most powerful in a 100-card singleton format where redundancy is impossible and the best creature in a tribe is often game-deciding. In Legacy and Vintage, where it's technically legal, a five-mana 2/2 with a sacrifice clause competes against formats that end games on turns one through three, and it simply never sees play. Commander is the only context where Riptide Shapeshifter earns a slot, specifically in tribal or creature-toolbox decks that need the right body more than they need speed.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.29 bulk tier

At $0.29, Riptide Shapeshifter is deep bulk — a creature tutor at that price point is a genuine bargain, and the effect alone would justify two or three dollars in the right tribal shell. The low price reflects narrow playability rather than weak power, so it holds its floor without much risk of dropping further.

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