War-Spike Changeling
Creature — Shapeshifter
Changeling (This card is every creature type.)
: This creature gains first strike until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Modern Masters
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #18463
War-Spike Changeling is a 3/1 first striker for four mana — playable only because it carries every creature type simultaneously, making it a live piece in any tribal deck that cares about the battlefield. The stats are underpowered for the cost, so you're paying the changeling tax and getting tribal coverage in return.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
War-Spike Changeling sees essentially no play outside tribal Commander shells, where the changeling clause does real work enabling lords, synergies, and combo pieces across any tribe. In Legacy, Modern, and Vintage it's a four-mana 3/1 that can't compete with the efficiency of dedicated tribal payoffs. Pauper is the one constructed format where budget tribal decks occasionally consider it, but even there a 3/1 first striker for four rarely makes the cut. Commander is the correct home — specifically tribal decks where a slot needs to count toward multiple synergies at once.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, War-Spike Changeling is deep bulk — buy a stack without thinking about it. Demand is narrow enough that price movement is unlikely, but at this floor there's no reason not to own copies for any tribal Commander project.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.