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Chameleon, Master of Disguise

Legendary Creature — Human Shapeshifter Villain

You may have Chameleon enter as a copy of a creature you control, except his name is Chameleon, Master of Disguise.
Mayhem {2}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for {2}{U} if you discarded it this turn. Timing rules still apply.)

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Through the Omenpaths
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#2777
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Chameleon, Master of Disguise card art
Chameleon, Master of Disguise enters the battlefield as a copy of any creature you control, which means it immediately doubles your best threat or clones whichever engine piece you need a second copy of. The real ceiling is blink and flicker synergy — every time you reset it with something like Felidar Guardian, you pick a new target, and in Gyruda, Doom of Depths lists it can loop as another even-mana-cost body to keep the mill chain running.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Gyruda, Doom of Depths

Gyruda, Doom of Depths

62.8% of decks · synergy 0.59

Gyruda, Doom of Depths needs even-CMC creatures to fuel its mill-and-copy loop, and Chameleon, Master of Disguise is exactly that — a two-power clone that enters as whatever creature Gyruda just milled, extending the chain and showing up in over 60% of Gyruda lists.

02

Aang, at the Crossroads

53.1% of decks · synergy 0.50

Aang, at the Crossroads rewards you for playing a wide range of creature types and triggering enter-the-battlefield effects, and Chameleon, Master of Disguise delivers both every time it copies a new target — over half of Aang decks run it for that reason.

03

Norman Osborn

42.9% of decks · synergy 0.37

Norman Osborn cares about artifacts and tokens entering the battlefield, and Chameleon, Master of Disguise can copy relevant artifact creatures or token producers to multiply his trigger count — nearly 43% of Norman Osborn decks include it.

04
The Celestial Toymaker

The Celestial Toymaker

27.3% of decks · synergy 0.25

The Celestial Toymaker generates value from unique, varied permanents, and Chameleon, Master of Disguise fills a flexible clone role that adapts to whatever the board state demands — present in over 27% of Toymaker lists.

05
Gor Muldrak, Amphinologist

Gor Muldrak, Amphinologist

22.6% of decks · synergy 0.20

Gor Muldrak, Amphinologist forces Salamander tokens onto opponents and wants to exploit creatures that ignore those tokens or abuse enters-the-battlefield triggers, and Chameleon, Master of Disguise slots in as a flexible ETB threat that shows up in about 22% of Gor Muldrak builds.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Chameleon, Master of Disguise is legal across every major Constructed format — Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Standard, Vintage, and Oathbreaker — though where it actually sees play is a short list. Commander is the natural home: the singleton rule makes clone effects more valuable, flicker and blink synergies are everywhere, and the format's slower pace lets you extract multiple triggers from a single copy. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, clone creatures face a high bar — four mana is a lot when the game is often decided by turn four, and Chameleon, Master of Disguise doesn't provide enough raw power to displace dedicated payoffs. Standard could be a home if the right synergy shell exists in the current card pool, but the card's ceiling is firmly in multiplayer Commander where its flexibility compounds over a longer game.

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Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Pricing data for Chameleon, Master of Disguise isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the most up-to-date market price before buying. Given its high inclusion rate in Gyruda lists and solid representation across several other popular commanders, demand is real enough that the price may not stay casual-budget territory indefinitely.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.