Doppelgang
Sorcery
For each of X target permanents, create X tokens that are copies of that permanent.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GU
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor Promos
- Price
- $3.94
- EDHREC rank
- #2895
Doppelgang copies a nonland permanent X times — at X=3 you're tripling an Eternal Witness or a mana rock and the board state shifts immediately. The cost is real: you need a lot of mana to make it backbreaking, which is why Zimone, Infinite Analyst, who generates that mana as a byproduct of her engine, is the natural home.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Zimone, Infinite Analyst
Zimone, Infinite Analyst is the definitive home — her engine accumulates the obscene mana Doppelgang needs to hit X=5 or higher, and copying her value pieces mid-loop turns a good turn into a winning one.
Magus Lucea Kane
Magus Lucea Kane copies spells with X in their cost, which means Doppelgang effectively doubles its X for free — already copying something four times becomes eight copies, a board state no table survives.
Omo, Queen of Vesuva
Omo, Queen of Vesuva floods the board with permanents worth copying, and Doppelgang at a modest X can replicate her best pieces enough times to close the game on the spot.
Kruphix, God of Horizons
Kruphix, God of Horizons banks unused mana across turns, making it trivial to stockpile the double-digit mana Doppelgang wants to reach game-ending X values.
Riku of Two Reflections
Riku of Two Reflections copies instants and sorceries, so a single Doppelgang becomes two — doubling an already-exponential effect and turning one spell into an immediate board takeover.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Doppelgang is legal in every major Constructed format but belongs in Commander. In 60-card formats the mana investment is prohibitive — an X-spell that demands five-plus mana for a meaningful effect rarely competes when opponents are deploying threats on curve two turns earlier. Commander is where the math works: ramp is abundant, games go long enough to accumulate the mana needed, and the multiplayer table means copying a single high-value permanent three or four times ends the game against multiple opponents simultaneously. Oathbreaker is a reasonable secondary home for the same reasons, especially with a planeswalker that generates value targets.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
DoppelgangEternal Witness
Infinite copies of all permanents; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite ETB; Infinite landfall triggers; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite mana permanents you control can produce; Infinite storm count; Return all cards from your graveyard to your hand; Infinite casts of instants and sorceries in your hand and graveyard
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DoppelgangTimeless Witness
Infinite ETB; Infinite storm count; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite landfall triggers; Infinite copies of all permanents; Infinite mana permanents you control can produce; Return all cards from your graveyard to your hand
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Tatyova, Benthic DruidDoppelgangMystic Sanctuary
Infinite card draw; Near-infinite lifegain; Near-infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite draw triggers; Near-infinite storm count; Near-infinite landfall triggers; Near-infinite magecraft triggers; Near-infinite copies of all permanents; Near-infinite Island tokens; Near-infinite mana permanents you control can produce
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Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre StraitDoppelgangMystic Sanctuary
Infinite blue mana; Infinite Island tokens; Infinite storm count; Infinite card draw; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite landfall triggers; Infinite copies of all permanents; Infinite mana permanents you control can produce
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Current price
$3.94 cheap tier
At $3.94, Doppelgang sits at the low end of build-around rares — cheap enough to slot in without budget deliberation. It sees consistent demand in Zimone and Lucea Kane builds, so the price is stable rather than a bargain waiting to be discovered.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.