Phyrexian Metamorph card art

Phyrexian Metamorph

Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter MV 4

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What it does

({U/P} can be paid with either {U} or 2 life.)

You may have this creature enter as a copy of any artifact or creature on the battlefield, except it's an artifact in addition to its other types.

Combos with Phyrexian Metamorph

Lines this card is part of — what it needs alongside it, and what the two of them do. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.

Showing the 8 shortest and most explosive. This card appears in more than these — follow any of them through to Commander Spellbook to browse the rest.

Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.

Rulings

8 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.

  • 2011-06-01

    If Phyrexian Metamorph somehow enters at the same time as another permanent (due to Mass Polymorph or Liliana Vess's third ability, for example), Phyrexian Metamorph can't become a copy of that permanent. You may choose only a permanent that's already on the battlefield.

  • 2011-06-01

    If the chosen creature is copying something else (for example, if the chosen creature is a Clone), then your Phyrexian Metamorph enters as whatever the chosen creature copied, except it's also an artifact.

  • 2011-06-01

    You can choose not to copy anything. In that case, Phyrexian Metamorph simply enters as a 0/0 artifact creature and is put into its owner's graveyard as a state-based action (unless something else is raising its toughness).

  • 2011-06-01

    If the chosen permanent is a token, Phyrexian Metamorph copies the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that put the token onto the battlefield, except it's also an artifact. Phyrexian Metamorph is not a token.

  • 2011-06-01

    If Phyrexian Metamorph copies a noncreature artifact, it is no longer a creature.

  • 2011-06-01

    If the chosen permanent has X in its mana cost (such as Protean Hydra), X is considered to be zero.

  • 2011-06-01

    Except for also being an artifact, Phyrexian Metamorph copies exactly what was printed on the original permanent and nothing more (unless that creature is itself copying something or is a token; see below). It doesn't copy whether that permanent is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras attached to it, or any noncopy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, and so on.

  • 2011-06-01

    Any "enters" abilities of the copied permanent will trigger when Phyrexian Metamorph enters. Any "as [this] enters" or "[this] enters with" abilities of the chosen permanent will also work.

Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.

In the 99

Every deck whose current list includes Phyrexian Metamorph, whatever its commander.

Decks running it 11
Games played 13
Win rate 30.8%
Confirmed on board 0 Games where a board photo caught it actually in play.

Most played under

Commander Decks Games Win rate
Namor the Sub-Mariner 1 7 42.9%
Urza, Lord High Artificer 1 5 0%
Jin Sakai, Ghost of Tsushima 1 1 —
Aloy, Savior of Meridian 1 0 —
Breya, Etherium Shaper 1 0 —
Kilo, Apogee Mind 1 0 —
Tivit, Seller of Secrets 1 0 —

Colors it shows up in

  • Mono-Blue 2 decks
  • Esper 2 decks
  • Simic 1 deck
  • Four-Color (no Green) 1 deck
  • Jeskai 1 deck

Every version of Phyrexian Metamorph

9 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly — a printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall genuinely publishes none for some of them.

Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Phyrexian Metamorph — a name search across every version, for the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.

Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only — no individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.