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Dark Impostor

{2}{B}

Creature — Vampire Assassin

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Foil

"Ah, this is a nice life. I can see why you were so desperate to keep it."

Border
black
Frame
2003
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 1793
Illustrator
Johannes Voss
Found in
Avacyn Restored MTGO Redemption · Avacyn Restored MTGO Redemption Foil · 2 more
Printings3
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
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
{4}{B}{B}: Exile target creature and put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. This creature has all activated abilities of all creature cards exiled with it.
2/2

Plays as: Counter Placer · Exile Removal · Spot Removal

Market · per finishspark updated 31m ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil-2.6%
$0.37
$0.15 low$0.11 gap
Foil+0.0%
$3.58
$1.18 low$0.58 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.35· across 3 printings

Rulings

6 · latest Sep 24, 2021 · one tap opens all
  • WotCSep 24, 2021

    If Dark Imposter exiles a double-faced card, it will only have activated abilities of the front face of that exiled card, no matter which face was up on the battlefield.

  • WotCMay 1, 2012

    Dark Impostor can target and exile a permanent that's only a creature temporarily, like an animated land. However, because that card isn't a creature card, Dark Impostor won't have any of that card's activated abilities.

  • WotCMay 1, 2012

    Dark Impostor gains only activated abilities. It doesn't gain triggered abilities or static abilities. Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keywords are activated abilities; they have colons in their reminder text.

  • WotCMay 1, 2012

    If an activated ability of a card in exile references the card it's printed on by name, treat Dark Impostor's version of that ability as though it referenced Dark Impostor by name instead. For example, if Marrow Bats (which says "Pay 4 life: Regenerate Marrow Bats") is exiled with Dark Impostor, Dark Impostor has the ability "Pay 4 life: Regenerate Dark Impostor."

  • WotCMay 1, 2012

    If you control more than one Dark Impostor, each will have only the activated abilities of creature cards exiled with that specific Dark Impostor.

  • WotCMay 1, 2012

    Once Dark Impostor leaves the battlefield, it will no longer have the activated abilities of the creature cards exiled with it. If it returns to the battlefield, it will be a new Dark Impostor with no connection to those exiled cards.