Volrath's Shapeshifter does not function as intended.

[carmandor]

What is the expected behaviour of the card? As long as the top card of your graveyard is a creature card, Volrath's Shapeshifter has the full text of that card and has the text "2: Discard a card." (Volrath's Shapeshifter has that card's name, mana cost, color, types, abilities, power, and toughness.) 2: Discard a card.

What is the actual behaviour of the card? Case 1 : if the top of your graveyard isn't a creature card when you cast shapeshifter. When a creature card is put into top of your gy after shapeshifter has been on the field, there are 2 possible bugs that can occurs

• shapeshifter dies and goes to the graveyard transformed into the discarded creature. The discarded creature goes missing, or
• The game restarted

Case 2 : if the top of your GY is a creature card when shapeshifter enter the field, that newly casted shapeshifter will disappear from the game. It's not in the GY, not in exile, nor your hand and library.

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Video Case 1 https://youtu.be/INp1zLqgN40 Case 2 https://youtu.be/j5T48aZ6UE4

Please provide a list of affected cards Affects: [Volrath's Shapeshifter]

Card Images

Forum Post: https://forums.mtgo.com/index.php?threads/volraths-shapeshifter-bugged-in-at-least-two-ways.330/

[jester-prawn]

Just confirming the existence of this bug. Volrath's Shapeshifter remains a copy of the creature it is copying when it moves to the graveyard.

[jester-prawn]

The blue Crypt Champion is a Volrath's Shapeshifter

[stash86]

OK, so this card has 3 bugs on it. Read the first post for detailed explanation

[datrobino]

still bugged, and also apparently taps you islands while they are in your hand

[datrobino]

update: now has an entirely new set of bugs. Still does not work at all

[datrobino]

now merges with the top card of your graveyard, the game lets you attack with the card in your graveyard, but doesnt do damage.

[jmeka]

New development: Shapeshifter works for at least one attack, then the future attacks do not register. Maybe it thinks it's still an 0/1. Also the attack only registers the one turn it changes and no other turn.

Activated abilities still seem to be fine though. Probably needs further testing, undecided if it will restart games still.

[Galon345M]

Did some testing and currently volrath's shapeshifter seems to be dealing damage but it's not taking damage. I attacked with copied primeval spawn with dimir doppelganger and gained 10 life, it was blocked by a coppied lochmere serpent by volrath's shapeshifter. the primeval took 7 and dealt 10, while the lochemere did 7 but didnt take any damage back. After that copying another primeval spawn with volrath's shapeshifter and sacrificing it the primeval's ability triggers, so abilities work.

also, during second round of testing: when you remove the top creature card that volrath's shapeshifter is copying from the graveyard while it was supposed to be damaged, then it dies, seems to me like damage is not marked on it while its copying something, but when you uncopy it then the damage marks are checked. the bugs marked in the github post seem to be fixed, the game doesn't restart anymore, and the the shapeshifter doesn't die and a copy of the copying creature doesn't go into the graveyard.

[vorpal-buildbot]

Daybreak has labelled this bug as Confirmed

[vorpal-buildbot]

Daybreak has labelled this bug as Backlog

[vorpal-buildbot]

Daybreak has labelled this bug as Confirmed

[vorpal-buildbot]

Daybreak has labelled this bug as Fixed

[vorpal-buildbot]

Daybreak has labelled this bug as Confirmed