Changeling

Basic Info

• Type: Night
• Cost: 3
• Effect: Trash this. Gain a copy of a card you have in play.
• In games using Changeling, when you gain a card costing $3+, you may exchange it for a Changeling.

Rating

Specialty card. Cost-3 Night that "becomes a copy of any card in play" plus an exchange-on-gain ability.

Example: At $5 with no Province buy, gain Changeling instead → next turn play Changeling, gain a copy of a strong Action you have in play.

The exchange-on-gain trades a strong gain for a Changeling — must be used selectively.

How to Play

Standard $3 Night buy.

Mid-game, with a strong Action in play, fire Changeling for a free copy.

On-gain swap: gain a $5 Smithy → swap to Changeling → reacquire Smithy with future buys, profiting on the swap.

Key Combos

Changeling + strong Action in play: free copy.

Changeling + many gainers: convert $3 gains to Changelings.

Synergies

• Workshop: Many Changeling gains.
• Cobbler: $4-and-below Changeling acquisition.
• Strong $5s: Smithy, Witch, Idol.

Counters & Bad Matchups

• No copies in play: Changeling trash whiffs.
• Short games: swap economy fails.

Advanced Tips

Use Changeling for high-value copies (cost 5+ targets), not Silver.

Gain-exchange tactic helps swap junk gains into a Changeling pool you can later cash in.

Multiple Changelings work as a flexible pseudo-Workshop chain.