Hate Mirage
Sorcery
Choose up to two target creatures you don't control. For each of those creatures, create a token that's a copy of that creature. Those tokens gain haste. Exile them at the beginning of the next end step.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Starter Commander Decks
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #7110
Hate Mirage copies each attacking creature you control for the turn, generating a board's worth of temporary tokens that hit hard before vanishing at end of combat. At three mana at instant speed, the payoff-to-cost ratio is real — The Master, Multiplied and token-doubling shells treat this as a reliable combat multiplier.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The Master, Multiplied
The Master, Multiplied runs Hate Mirage in more than half its decks because every token copy it creates can trigger The Master, Multiplied's ability again, stacking enter-the-battlefield or attack triggers across a suddenly enormous board in a single swing.
Obeka, Brute Chronologist
Obeka, Brute Chronologist can end the turn before Hate Mirage's tokens are sacrificed, leaving the copies on the battlefield permanently — turning a one-combat trick into a free token army.
Ghired, Conclave Exile
Ghired, Conclave Exile builds around populate, and Hate Mirage floods the board with token copies of Ghired, Conclave Exile's existing tokens, giving populate triggers more high-value targets to duplicate.
Neyali, Suns' Vanguard
Neyali, Suns' Vanguard gives all attacking tokens double strike, so Hate Mirage effectively doubles the number of creatures swinging with double strike in the same turn — the damage output scales faster than almost any other combat trick.
Ghired, Mirror of the Wilds
Ghired, Mirror of the Wilds cares about casting spells to generate attacking tokens, and Hate Mirage converts the entire attacking board into additional copies, compounding the go-wide pressure Ghired, Mirror of the Wilds builds each turn.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Hate Mirage does its real work — multiplayer combat means more attackers, more tokens generated, and more enters-the-battlefield or attack triggers to stack before end of combat. Legacy and Vintage allow it but offer faster, more resilient ways to win than a combat-step token effect, so it rarely competes there. Oathbreaker is a legitimate home for the same reason Commander is: smaller deck, easier to find, and the two-player dynamic still rewards combat doubling when your spellshaper commander has the right attack trigger.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Hate Mirage is firmly bulk — pick it up without a second thought. Given its 58% inclusion rate in The Master, Multiplied decks and a narrow but devoted audience, the floor is about as low as it gets and the card delivers well above its price.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.