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Rooftop PercherHow it works & interactions with other cards

By the ManaCount desk· 3 min read· Lorwyn Eclipsed· January 23, 2026
Carte Magic Rooftop Percher

Rooftop Percher 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

Changeling (This card is every creature type.) Flying When this creature enters, exile up to two target cards from graveyards. You gain 3 life.

How it works : Rooftop Percher

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

  1. #1· 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.

  2. #2· 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.

  3. #3· 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.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  4. #4· 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.

  5. #5· Wizards of the Coast

    You don't have to choose any targets for Rooftop Percher's triggered ability. However, if you do and all of the targets are illegal as the ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won't gain life.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

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Legal formats

standardfuturehistorictimelessgladiatorpioneermodernlegacypaupervintagecommanderoathbreakerstandardbrawlbrawlcompetitivebrawlalchemypaupercommanderduel
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