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Clever Impersonator

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{2}{U}{U}
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Card details
Artist
Slawomir Maniak
Frame
2015
Language
EN
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
Oracle text

Creature — Shapeshifter

You may have this creature enter as a copy of any nonland permanent on the battlefield.

P/T0/0
Abilities
StaticYou may have this creature enter as a copy of any nonland permanent on the battlefield.
Plays as
Permanent Copy
Flavor & art
"Our own selves are the greatest obstacles to enlightenment." —Narset, khan of the Jeskai
Illustrated by
Slawomir Maniak
Rulings
  • WotCSep 20, 2014

    Any enters-the-battlefield abilities of the chosen permanent will trigger when Clever Impersonator enters the battlefield. Any "as [this permanent] enters the battlefield" or "[this permanent] enters the battlefield with" abilities of the chosen permanent will also work.

  • WotCSep 20, 2014

    Clever Impersonator copies exactly what is printed on the chosen permanent (unless that permanent is copying something else or is a token; see below). It doesn't copy whether that permanent is tapped or untapped, whether that permanent has any counters on it or any Auras and/or Equipment attached to it, and it doesn't copy any non-copy effects that have changed that permanent's power, toughness, types, color, abilities, or so on.

  • WotCSep 20, 2014

    If Clever Impersonator enters the battlefield as a copy of a planeswalker, it will enter the battlefield with a number of loyalty counters on it equal to the loyalty printed in the lower right corner of the planeswalker card. It won't copy the number of loyalty counters on the original planeswalker.

  • WotCSep 20, 2014

    If Clever Impersonator enters the battlefield at the same time as another permanent, it can't become a copy of that permanent. You may choose only a nonland permanent that's already on the battlefield.

  • WotCSep 20, 2014

    If the chosen permanent has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.

  • WotCSep 20, 2014

    If the chosen permanent is a copy of something else (for example, if the chosen permanent is another Clever Impersonator), then your Clever Impersonator enters the battlefield as whatever the chosen permanent copied.

  • WotCSep 20, 2014

    If the chosen permanent is a token, Clever Impersonator copies the original characteristics of that token as defined by the effect that put that token onto the battlefield. Clever Impersonator is not a token.

  • WotCSep 20, 2014

    Remember that if you control more than one legendary permanent with the same name, you'll choose one to remain on the battlefield and put the rest into their owner's graveyard.

  • WotCSep 20, 2014

    You can choose not to copy anything. In that case, Clever Impersonator enters the battlefield as a 0/0 creature, and it's put into the graveyard immediately (unless something is raising its toughness above 0).

  • WotCSep 20, 2014

    You choose which nonland permanent Clever Impersonator will copy, if any, as it enters the battlefield. This doesn't target that nonland permanent.