Chitinous Graspling
Mana value4TypeCreature — Shapeshifter
Color identity
Simic
RarityCommon
SetLorwyn Eclipsed (ECL)
ArtistRichard Kane Ferguson
Price€0.04 · foil €0.03 · $0.13Chitinous Graspling
Reach
It had observed the twinkling object from afar, then found a form to sate its curiosity.
Legality
Rulings
2025-11-17
If an effect causes a creature with changeling to become a new creature type, it will be only that new creature type (unless the effect says "in addition" or similar). It will still have changeling; the effect making it all creature types will simply be overwritten.
2025-11-17
Changeling is a characteristic-defining ability. It functions in all zones, not only while a card that has it is on the battlefield.
2025-11-17
The subtype Shapeshifter that appears on the type line is mostly there to reinforce the flavor. A creature card with changeling is just as much a Kithkin, a Goblin, a Merfolk, and a Brushwagg as it is a Shapeshifter.
2025-11-17
If an effect causes a creature with changeling to lose all abilities, it will remain all creature types, even though it will no longer have changeling. This is because changeling applies before the effect that removes it.