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Minion Reflector

{5}

Artifact

ALAShards of Alara#211rare
Foil

To crack a mirror is to provide an opening for the reflection to escape.

Border
black
Frame
2003
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 1793
Illustrator
Mark Tedin
Found in
Shards of Alara MTGO Redemption · Shards of Alara MTGO Redemption Foil · 3 more
Printings1CombosIn 13
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
Whenever a nontoken creature you control enters, you may pay {2}. If you do, create a token that's a copy of that creature, except it has haste and "At the beginning of the end step, sacrifice this permanent."

Plays as: Token Copy

Market · per finishspark updated 1h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$1.89
$0.50 low$0.30 gap
Foil+0.0%
$4.35
$3.76 low-$0.24 gap
Cheapest playable copy$1.89· across 1 printing

Rulings

3 · latest Oct 1, 2008 · one tap opens all
  • WotCOct 1, 2008

    As the token is created, it checks the printed values of the creature it’s copying, as well as any copy effects that have been applied to it. It won’t copy counters on the creature, nor will it copy other effects that have changed the creature’s power, toughness, types, color, and so on.

  • WotCOct 1, 2008

    If the creature that caused Minion Reflector’s ability to trigger has already left the battlefield by the time the ability resolves, you can still pay {2}. If you do, you’ll still put a token onto the battlefield. That token has the copiable values of the characteristics of that nontoken creature as it last existed on the battlefield.

  • WotCOct 1, 2008

    The copiable values of the token’s characteristics are the same as the copiable values of the characteristics of the creature it’s copying, plus haste and “At end of turn, sacrifice this permanent.” That means if something becomes a copy of the token, it will also have haste and it will also have to be sacrificed at the end of the turn.