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Clone

Creature — Shapeshifter

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

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Unlimited Edition
Price
$12.95
EDHREC rank
#3824
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Clone card art
Clone enters and immediately becomes the best creature on the board — your opponent spent five or more mana building that threat; you matched it for four. It's the engine piece that makes Gyruda, Doom of Depths loops self-sustaining and the card that turns a Felidar Guardian trigger into a second copy of whatever you actually wanted.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Gyruda, Doom of Depths

Gyruda, Doom of Depths

70.7% of decks · synergy 0.68

Gyruda, Doom of Depths mills four cards and puts a creature into play — Clone copying Gyruda restarts the whole chain, making it one of the core pieces that turns a single Gyruda trigger into a full loop rather than a one-shot.

02

Aang, at the Crossroads

28.4% of decks · synergy 0.27

Aang, at the Crossroads accumulates value by moving through distinct game states; Clone lets you double up on whatever high-value creature Aang has put into play or that an opponent has developed, stretching the deck's flexibility without adding a second commander slot.

04
Braids, Conjurer Adept

Braids, Conjurer Adept

28.3% of decks · synergy 0.26

Braids, Conjurer Adept puts massive creatures into play for free on both sides of the table; Clone is the answer to giving opponents that benefit, letting you immediately match whatever bomb an opponent cheated in and turn Braids's symmetry into a net positive.

05
Sakashima of a Thousand FacesVial Smasher the Fierce

Sakashima of a Thousand Faces // Vial Smasher the Fierce

21.4% of decks · synergy 0.21

Sakashima of a Thousand Faces removes the legendary restriction on copies, and Clone is the direct beneficiary — you can have two of your own best creature with no drawback, which is exactly the redundancy this partner pairing is built to exploit.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Commander is where Clone earns its keep, because the singleton rule and power-crept legendary creatures mean there is always a high-value target on board worth copying. In Legacy and Vintage the card is legal but rarely played — four mana at sorcery speed is too slow when threats and answers operate at one and two mana. Modern and Pioneer give it a legal status but almost no competitive home; Clone's floor is too low and its ceiling too inconsistent against streamlined creature strategies. Oathbreaker offers a similar appeal to Commander in miniature, particularly in decks that want to copy their own planeswalker-adjacent creatures.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

Stunt Double does nearly everything Clone does and can be cast at instant speed, making it a strict upgrade for most purposes — it costs slightly more but the flash alone justifies the swap. If you want to go cheaper, Phantasmal Image copies any creature for two mana but dies to any targeting effect, which is a real cost in removal-heavy pods.

Price Context

Current price

$12.95 mid tier

At $12.95, Clone sits in the mid tier — expensive enough to feel like a deliberate include, not so expensive it warps a budget. The price is supported by decades of reprint demand outpacing supply; it has never settled into bulk territory and likely won't without a Standard-legal reprint in a high-distribution set.

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