Battlegate Mimic
Creature — Shapeshifter
Whenever you cast a spell that's both red and white, this creature has base power and toughness 4/2 until end of turn and gains first strike until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RW
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Planechase
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #25194
Battlegate Mimic becomes a 4/2 first striker whenever you cast a spell with both white and white-blue or red-green hybrid mana in its cost — a narrow trigger that only fires in dedicated Shadowmoor-block hybrid builds. Outside that specific shell, it's a 2/1 for two that does nothing.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Battlegate Mimic is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but its playability in every one of those formats is contingent on the same thing: a critical mass of hybrid spells that share its exact color pairing. In Commander, where singleton construction dilutes that critical mass further, it almost never gets there. In Pauper it's theoretically accessible as a common, but hybrid-tribal isn't a supported archetype. Across competitive formats like Legacy and Modern, a 2/1 that conditionally pumps once per spell cast isn't close to the rate those formats demand.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Battlegate Mimic sits firmly in bulk territory, and that price reflects its playability ceiling accurately. Don't expect it to appreciate — demand is too narrow to move the number.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.