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Mistform Ultimus

Mistform Ultimus

Legendary Creature — Illusion

Mistform Ultimus fits a blue deck built around Illusion or Shapeshifters / Changelings. Its deck may only use blue cards, plus colorless ones.

  • Mana cost3 genericblue
  • Blue ()
  • Power / toughness3 / 3
  • RarityRare

Mistform Ultimus is every creature type (even if this card isn't on the battlefield).

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Cards That Fit Mistform Ultimus

Picked for what they do in Mistform Ultimus's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Mistform Ultimus's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Sol RingOpen the full glossary

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Rulings for Mistform Ultimus

explain how Mistform Ultimus works in tricky situations. They come from Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic.RulingThe official answer to how a card works in a tricky situation. Most rulings are written by Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic, and a few are notes from Scryfall, the card database Magic players use. A ruling explains a card. It does not change what the card says.Open the full glossary

Wizards of the Coast 25 Sep 2006

Like any creature, if Mistform Ultimus becomes another type as the result of a spell or ability, it will lose all its other creature types.

Wizards of the Coast 25 Sep 2006

Mistform Ultimus has all creature types even if an effect removes its ability. Type-changing static abilities will apply in layer 4 before effects such as Sudden Spoiling’s remove them in layer 6.

Wizards of the Coast 25 Sep 2006

The type “Illusion” is printed on the card’s type line purely for flavor. The Ultimus has every other creature type as well.

3 rulings, all written by Wizards of the Coast. Read the originals on Gatherer ↗

Similar Commanders

Commanders that share the most with Mistform Ultimus, and what they share.

Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryUPlayers write colors as letters: U for blue. Blue is U because B was already taken by black.Shapeshifters / ChangelingsChangelings count as every creature type at once, so they fit any deck built around one type. Many Shapeshifters also copy another creature on the battlefield.Open the Shapeshifters / Changelings page