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Mirror of the Forebears

{2}

Artifact

C17Commander 2017#54uncommon
Border
black
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster
Illustrator
Kieran Yanner
Found in
Commander 2017 Commander Deck Draconic Domination · Commander 2017 Commander Deck Arcane Wizardry
Printings2CombosIn 7
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
As this artifact enters, choose a creature type. {1}: Until end of turn, this artifact becomes a copy of target creature you control of the chosen type, except it's an artifact in addition to its other types.

Plays as: Artifact Animator · Creature Copy · Tribal Payoff

Market · per finishspark updated 18h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil-2.6%
$1.48
$0.74 low$0.38 gap
Cheapest playable copy$1.48· across 2 printings

Rulings

12 · latest Aug 25, 2017 · one tap opens all
  • WotCAug 25, 2017

    If Mirror of the Forebears becomes a copy of a creature that itself has an ability that asks you to choose a creature type as it enters the battlefield and another ability that references “the chosen creature type,” that ability won’t have a choice made for it. You won’t use the type chosen for Mirror of the Forebears.

  • WotCAug 25, 2017

    If Mirror of the Forebears becomes a copy of a legendary creature you control, you’ll put one of them into your graveyard.

  • WotCAug 25, 2017

    If Mirror of the Forebears becomes a creature the same turn it enters the battlefield, you can’t attack with it or use any of its {T} abilities (if it gains any) unless it has haste.

  • WotCAug 25, 2017

    If Mirror of the Forebears copies a creature that’s copying something else, it will become whatever the target is copying.

  • WotCAug 25, 2017

    If an effect begins to apply to Mirror of the Forebears before it becomes a copy of another permanent, that effect will continue to apply. For example, if Mirror of the Forebears is activated twice in response to itself targeting first Spirit of the Hearth then Temur Sabertooth, the ability it has while it’s a copy of Temur Sabertooth can be activated and its effect will continue to apply while Mirror of the Forebears is a copy of Spirit of the Hearth.

  • WotCAug 25, 2017

    If you activate the second ability of Mirror of the Forebears multiple times in a turn in response to itself, then each time one of those abilities resolves, it will overwrite whatever Mirror of the Forebears is copying. Mirror of the Forebears will wind up as a copy of the permanent targeted by the last ability to resolve. When the turn ends, all instances of the ability will wear off at the same time.

  • WotCAug 25, 2017

    If you somehow control a Mirror of the Forebears with no chosen creature type, its activated ability can’t be activated.

  • WotCAug 25, 2017

    Mirror of the Forebears becomes an artifact in addition to its other types. This is a copiable value that other effects may copy.

  • WotCAug 25, 2017

    Mirror of the Forebears copies the printed values of the target creature, plus any copy effects that have been applied to it. It won’t copy counters on that creature or effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, or so on. Notably, it won’t copy effects that made the target creature become a creature.

  • WotCAug 25, 2017

    Once the second ability of Mirror of the Forebears resolves, it no longer has that ability.

  • WotCAug 25, 2017

    You can’t choose multiple creature types, such as “Cat Warrior.” A Cat Warrior is both a Cat and a Warrior. It’s affected by anything that affects either type and unaffected by things that affect non-Cat or non-Warrior creatures.

  • WotCAug 25, 2017

    You must choose an existing creature type, such as Vampire or Cat. Card types such as “artifact” can’t be chosen.