The Ever-Changing 'Dane
Legendary Creature — Shapeshifter
, Sacrifice another creature: The Ever-Changing 'Dane becomes a copy of the sacrificed creature, except it has this ability.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BUW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Dominaria United Commander
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #18469
The Ever-Changing 'Dane steals a creature and keeps it — until you untap, retap, or the 'Dane leaves, at which point the stolen creature dies rather than returns, making it a permanent removal spell stapled to a theft effect. The cost is real: it demands a three-color identity (Esper), taps to activate, and collapses if removed before you get value, putting it firmly in the Merieke Ri Berit tier of "high ceiling, punishing to pilot."
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Merieke Ri Berit
Merieke Ri Berit and The Ever-Changing 'Dane share an almost identical ability — both steal on tap and kill on untap — so running 'Dane in a Merieke deck means doubling up on the core engine, giving you redundancy that lets the deck function through removal pressure and turning every forced-untap effect into a board wipe.
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 |
The Ever-Changing 'Dane is a Commander card through and through — the multiplayer table gives you enough high-value targets to justify a conditional theft effect, and the political angle of pointing a tapped 'Dane at the scariest creature in play is real leverage. In Legacy and Vintage, where it's technically legal, it's too slow and too fragile: three mana to set up and a tap activation gets blown out by any instant-speed removal, and those formats demand payoffs with more immediate impact. Oathbreaker follows Commander's logic closely enough that the card is playable there too, particularly if your planeswalker cares about untap effects or the graveyard.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't available for The Ever-Changing 'Dane at the moment — check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for current market rates. Given its narrow home in Esper theft builds and meaningful but niche synergy with Merieke Ri Berit, it typically doesn't command a premium unless supply is constrained by a limited print run.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Merieke Ri Berit
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.