Crib Swap (CLB #690)
Crib Swap is a common printing from Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB #690), a Kindred Instant — Shapeshifter. Illustrated by Brandon Dorman.
Card text
Changeling (This card is every creature type.)
Exile target creature. Its controller creates a 1/1 colorless Shapeshifter creature token with changeling.
Details
| Mana cost | {2}{W} |
|---|---|
| Type | Kindred Instant — Shapeshifter |
| Rarity | Common |
| Set | Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) |
| Collector number | 690 |
| Artist | Brandon Dorman |
| Released | 2022-06-10 |
Current price
As of 2026-10-19, Scryfall listed this printing at non-foil $0.30 (USD). Prices change constantly, so check the live price before buying.
Legality
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Future Standard | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Not legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Competitive Brawl | Legal |
| Alchemy | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Old School | Not legal |
| Premodern | Not legal |
| PrEDH | Legal |
| TLR | Legal |
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Rulings
- August 7, 2020 — If the target creature is an illegal target by the time Crib Swap tries to resolve, the spell won't resolve. No player will create a Shapeshifter token.
- August 7, 2020 — Changeling applies in all zones, not just the battlefield.
- August 7, 2020 — Kindred is a card type (like creature or instant), not a supertype (like legendary).
- June 7, 2024 — Kindred is a card type that allows noncreature cards to have creature types. For example, Echoes of Eternity is an Eldrazi (although not a creature) while on the battlefield and an Eldrazi card (although not a creature card) in zones other than the battlefield.
- June 7, 2024 — This card was originally printed with the "tribal" card type. That card type has been replaced with "kindred". This change does not affect the gameplay function of this card.
- November 17, 2025 — Kindred is a card type that allows noncreature cards to have creature types. For example, Morcant's Eyes is an Elf (although not a creature) while on the battlefield and an Elf card (although not a creature card) in zones other than the battlefield.
- November 17, 2025 — While it appears only on cards that already have other card types, kindred is a card type and will be counted by effects that refer to the number of card types among cards in a zone.
- November 17, 2025 — 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.
- November 17, 2025 — Changeling is a characteristic-defining ability. It functions in all zones, not only while a card that has it is on the battlefield.
- November 17, 2025 — 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.
- November 17, 2025 — Some older cards were originally printed with the "tribal" card type. That card type has been replaced with "kindred." This change does not affect the gameplay function of these cards.
- November 17, 2025 — 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.