Personify is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
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Official card text
Exile target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control. Create a 1/1 colorless Shapeshifter creature token with changeling. (It's every creature type.)
How it works : Personify
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
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.
Card named in this ruling
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
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.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
If a token is exiled this way, it will cease to exist and won't return to the battlefield.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
Changeling is a characteristic-defining ability. It functions in all zones, not only while a card that has it is on the battlefield.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
Auras attached to the exiled creature will be put into their owners' graveyards. Equipment attached to the exiled creature will become unattached and remain on the battlefield. Any counters on the exiled creature will cease to exist.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #6· Wizards of the Coast
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.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
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#1
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Archaeomancer + Personify
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite blinking of nonland permanentsInfinite creature tokens
- 1Cast Personify by paying its mana cost, blinking Abdel Adrian.
- 2Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield, returning Archaeomancer and all other cards that were exiled with it to the battlefield.
- 3Abdel Adrian and Archaeomancer trigger.
- 4Resolve the Archaeomancer trigger, returning Personify from your graveyard to your hand.
- 5Holding priority, activate any number of nonland permanents you control by tapping them, adding at least enough mana to cast Personify.
- 6Resolve the Abdel Adrian trigger, exiling Archaeomancer and the mana-producing permanents until Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield, and creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token for each permanent exiled this way.
- 7Repeat.
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Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Eternal Witness + Personify
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite blinking of nonland permanentsInfinite creature tokens
- 1Cast Personify by paying its mana cost, blinking Abdel Adrian.
- 2Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield, returning Eternal Witness and all other cards that were exiled with it to the battlefield.
- 3Abdel Adrian and Eternal Witness trigger.
- 4Resolve the Eternal Witness trigger, returning Personify from your graveyard to your hand.
- 5Holding priority, activate any number of nonland permanents you control by tapping them, adding at least enough mana to cast Personify.
- 6Resolve the Abdel Adrian trigger, exiling Eternal Witness and the mana-producing permanents until Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield, and creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token for each permanent exiled this way.
- 7Repeat.
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Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak + Personify
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite blinking of nonland permanentsInfinite creature tokens
- 1Cast Personify by paying its mana cost, blinking Abdel Adrian.
- 2Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield, returning Pinnacle Monk and all other cards that were exiled with it to the battlefield.
- 3Abdel Adrian and Pinnacle Monk trigger.
- 4Resolve the Pinnacle Monk trigger, returning Personify from your graveyard to your hand.
- 5Holding priority, activate any number of nonland permanents you control by tapping them, adding at least enough mana to cast Personify.
- 6Resolve the Abdel Adrian trigger, exiling Pinnacle Monk and the mana-producing permanents until Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield, and creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token for each permanent exiled this way.
- 7Repeat.
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#4
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Mnemonic Wall + Personify
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite blinking of nonland permanentsInfinite creature tokens
- 1Cast Personify by paying its mana cost, blinking Abdel Adrian.
- 2Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield, returning Mnemonic Wall and all other cards that were exiled with it to the battlefield.
- 3Abdel Adrian and Mnemonic Wall trigger.
- 4Resolve the Mnemonic Wall trigger, returning Personify from your graveyard to your hand.
- 5Holding priority, activate any number of nonland permanents you control by tapping them, adding at least enough mana to cast Personify.
- 6Resolve the Abdel Adrian trigger, exiling Mnemonic Wall and the mana-producing permanents until Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield, and creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token for each permanent exiled this way.
- 7Repeat.
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#5
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Ardent Elementalist + Personify
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite blinking of nonland permanentsInfinite creature tokens
- 1Cast Personify by paying its mana cost, blinking Abdel Adrian.
- 2Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield, returning Ardent Elementalist and all other cards that were exiled with it to the battlefield.
- 3Abdel Adrian and Ardent Elementalist trigger.
- 4Resolve the Ardent Elementalist trigger, returning Personify from your graveyard to your hand.
- 5Holding priority, activate any number of nonland permanents you control by tapping them, adding at least enough mana to cast Personify.
- 6Resolve the Abdel Adrian trigger, exiling Ardent Elementalist and the mana-producing permanents until Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield, and creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token for each permanent exiled this way.
- 7Repeat.
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Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Shipwreck Dowser + Personify
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite blinking of nonland permanentsInfinite creature tokens
- 1Cast Personify by paying its mana cost, blinking Abdel Adrian.
- 2Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield, returning Shipwreck Dowser and all other cards that were exiled with it to the battlefield.
- 3Abdel Adrian and Shipwreck Dowser trigger.
- 4Resolve the Shipwreck Dowser trigger, returning Personify from your graveyard to your hand.
- 5Holding priority, activate any number of nonland permanents you control by tapping them, adding at least enough mana to cast Personify.
- 6Resolve the Abdel Adrian trigger, exiling Shipwreck Dowser and the mana-producing permanents until Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield, and creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token for each permanent exiled this way.
- 7Repeat.
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#7
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Timeless Witness + Personify
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite blinking of nonland permanentsInfinite creature tokens
- 1Cast Personify by paying its mana cost, blinking Abdel Adrian.
- 2Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield, returning Timeless Witness and all other cards that were exiled with it to the battlefield.
- 3Abdel Adrian and Timeless Witness trigger.
- 4Resolve the Timeless Witness trigger, returning Personify from your graveyard to your hand.
- 5Holding priority, activate any number of nonland permanents you control by tapping them, adding at least enough mana to cast Personify.
- 6Resolve the Abdel Adrian trigger, exiling Timeless Witness and the mana-producing permanents until Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield, and creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token for each permanent exiled this way.
- 7Repeat.
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#8
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Salvager of Secrets + Personify
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite blinking of nonland permanentsInfinite creature tokens
- 1Cast Personify by paying its mana cost, blinking Abdel Adrian.
- 2Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield, returning Salvager of Secrets and all other cards that were exiled with it to the battlefield.
- 3Abdel Adrian and Salvager of Secrets trigger.
- 4Resolve the Salvager of Secrets trigger, returning Personify from your graveyard to your hand.
- 5Holding priority, activate any number of nonland permanents you control by tapping them, adding at least enough mana to cast Personify.
- 6Resolve the Abdel Adrian trigger, exiling Salvager of Secrets and the mana-producing permanents until Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield, and creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token for each permanent exiled this way.
- 7Repeat.
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Legal formats
standardfuturehistorictimelessgladiatorpioneermodernlegacyvintagecommanderoathbreakerstandardbrawlbrawlcompetitivebrawlalchemydueltlr
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