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Mirror-Style Master

{4}{R}{R}

Creature — Human Warrior

MOCMarch of the Machine Commander#32rare
Finishes
Nonfoil
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 642
Illustrator
Chris Rallis
Found in
March of the Machine Commander Deck Call For Backup · March of the Machine Sleeved Set Booster Pack · March of the Machine Set Booster Pack
Printings2EDHREC rank#12,426
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernNot legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
BrawlNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
GladiatorNot legal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal
Backup 1 (When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. If that's another creature, it gains the following ability until end of turn.) Whenever this creature attacks, for each attacking modified creature you control, create a tapped and attacking token that's a copy of that creature. Exile those tokens at end of combat. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.)
3/3
Backup
Plays as:
Attack TriggerToken CopyCounter Placer
Market · per finishspark updated 27m ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
Nonfoil+8.0%
$0.27
$0.11 low$0.08 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$0.27· across 2 printings· you're viewing it

Rulings

12 · latest Apr 14, 2023
  • WotCApr 14, 2023

    All of the tokens enter the battlefield at the same time.

  • WotCApr 14, 2023

    Although the tokens enter the battlefield attacking, they were never declared as attacking creatures (for the purposes of abilities that trigger whenever a creature attacks, for example).

  • WotCApr 14, 2023

    Any enters-the-battlefield abilities of the copied creature will trigger when the token enters the battlefield. Any “as [this creature] enters the battlefield” or “[this creature] enters the battlefield with” abilities of the copied creature will also work.

  • WotCApr 14, 2023

    Backup confers only abilities that are actually printed below it. Any abilities that are gained by the permanent are ignored, including abilities gained due to a resolving spell or ability or copy effects.

  • WotCApr 14, 2023

    Each of the tokens copy exactly what was printed on the original creature and nothing else (unless that creature is copying something else or is a token; see below). It doesn’t copy whether that creature is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras and Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, and so on. (Basically, it won’t copy anything that made it modified in the first place. C’est la vie.)

  • WotCApr 14, 2023

    If a backup ability causes another creature to gain abilities, the creature with backup will still have those abilities.

  • WotCApr 14, 2023

    If a backup ability targets the creature with backup, that creature will get +1/+1 counters, but it won’t gain additional abilities.

  • WotCApr 14, 2023

    If a permanent enters the battlefield as a copy of a card with a backup ability or a token is created that is a copy of that card, the order of the printed abilities is maintained.

  • WotCApr 14, 2023

    If the copied creature has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0.

  • WotCApr 14, 2023

    If the copied creature is a token, the token that’s created copies the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that created that token.

  • WotCApr 14, 2023

    If the copied creature is copying something else, then the token enters the battlefield as whatever that creature copied.

  • WotCApr 14, 2023

    The abilities that backup grants to the target creature are determined only once, at the time the ability triggers. They won’t change if the permanent with backup loses any abilities before the backup ability resolves.