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Vesuvan Doppelganger

cedCollectors' Edition#88rare
{3}{U}{U}
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Card details
Artist
Quinton Hoover
Frame
1993
Language
EN
Border
black
Security stamp
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
Oracle text

Creature — Shapeshifter

You may have this creature enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it doesn't copy that creature's color and it has "At the beginning of your upkeep, you may have this creature become a copy of target creature, except it doesn't copy that creature's color and it has this ability."

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Abilities
StaticYou may have this creature enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it doesn't copy that creature's color and it has "At the beginning of your upkeep, you may have this creature become a copy of target creature, except it doesn't copy that creature's color and it has this ability."
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Creature Copy
Flavor & art
Illustrated by
Quinton Hoover
Rulings
  • WotCSep 16, 2007

    Although Vesuvan Doppelganger's triggered ability is targeted, its "as this creature enters" ability is not.

  • WotCSep 16, 2007

    If another creature copies Vesuvan Doppelganger, the new creature will become a copy of whatever Vesuvan Doppelganger is copying except for its color, will copy Vesuvan Doppelganger's color, and will gain Vesuvan Doppelganger's triggered ability.

  • WotCSep 16, 2007

    Vesuvan Doppelganger copies a face-down creature, it becomes a face-up 2/2 blue creature with no name and no abilities other than the one it gives itself.

  • WotCSep 16, 2007

    Vesuvan Doppelganger copies the mana cost of the creature it's copying but doesn't copy its color.

  • WotCSep 16, 2007

    Vesuvan Doppelganger's triggered ability may cause it to become a copy of itself. A Vesuvan Doppelganger that becomes a copy of a Vesuvan Doppelganger (either itself or a different one) will gain another instance of its triggered ability. Each instance of that ability will trigger during its controller's upkeep. They'll all be put on the stack and resolve one at a time. The last one to resolve determines the Doppelganger's characteristics for the rest of the turn.

  • WotCSep 16, 2007

    When Vesuvan Doppelganger's triggered ability triggers, you must choose a target for it. You determine whether to have the Doppelganger become a copy of that target when the ability resolves.

  • WotCDec 1, 2004

    If a Doppelganger is flipped, and it copies a flip card in any state, it will copy both "sides" of that card but use the flipped side. If a Doppelganger is unflipped, and it copies a flip card in any state, it will copy both "sides" of that card but use the unflipped side. In the second case, if it ever meets the flip conditions of its new ability, it will flip and used the flipped side of what it is copying.

  • WotCOct 4, 2004

    Can switch to the same creature it is currently a copy of.

  • WotCOct 4, 2004

    Damage is not removed when it changes forms.

  • WotCOct 4, 2004

    When changing forms, any text changes that exist on the Doppelganger are applied to the new text, if appropriate.

  • WotCOct 4, 2004

    When it takes on the characteristics of the other card, it is no longer of creature type Shapeshifter.

  • WotCOct 4, 2004

    When the Doppelganger switches creatures, the creature it used to be is not considered to have left the battlefield. Such effects will consider the creature to have left the battlefield when the Doppelganger leaves the battlefield.