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Irenicus's Vile Duplication

Sorcery

Create a token that's a copy of target creature you control, except the token has flying and it isn't legendary.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#952
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Irenicus's Vile Duplication card art
Irenicus's Vile Duplication puts a token copy of any legendary creature you control onto the battlefield — flying included — for three mana, and that token isn't legendary, so it dodges the legend rule entirely. The floor is a one-shot clone of your commander; the ceiling, with something like Dualcaster Mage or Gor Muldrak, Amphinologist, is a recursive engine that generates tokens or triggers on top of triggers.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Gor Muldrak, Amphinologist

Gor Muldrak, Amphinologist

55.9% of decks · synergy 0.50

Gor Muldrak, Amphinologist's whole game is forcing opponents to make Salamander Warriors while you dodge the effect — Irenicus's Vile Duplication copies him to flood your side with non-legendary Gor Muldraks, each pumping out Salamanders on your opponents' upkeeps without the legend rule shutting you down.

02
Cynette, Jelly Drover

Cynette, Jelly Drover

56.4% of decks · synergy 0.48

Cynette, Jelly Drover cares about creating Food tokens and snowballing from there; Irenicus's Vile Duplication makes a non-legendary Cynette copy that doubles the Food output immediately, compounding the engine without competing for the command zone.

03
Koma, Cosmos Serpent

Koma, Cosmos Serpent

50.9% of decks · synergy 0.45

Koma, Cosmos Serpent generates a Coil on every player's upkeep, so a non-legendary Koma copy via Irenicus's Vile Duplication means you're collecting Coils from two sources each rotation around the table.

04
Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief

Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief

47.6% of decks · synergy 0.42

Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief copies spells targeting single creatures, which means Irenicus's Vile Duplication targeting Ivy triggers Ivy herself — you cast one spell and potentially walk away with multiple token copies.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Commander is where Irenicus's Vile Duplication lives — legendary creatures are everywhere, games go long enough to exploit a non-legend token copy, and the political angle of gifting a copy to an opponent (per the card's design space) creates exactly the chaos Commander rewards. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but competes against a much faster clock and more efficient threats, so it sees essentially no play there. The non-rotating formats it's locked out of — Modern, Pioneer, Standard, Pauper — are the formats where the card would need to do something more immediately impactful to justify three mana on a sorcery, and it doesn't.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Pricing data for Irenicus's Vile Duplication isn't pinned in our current feed, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number. Given its narrow-but-deep demand in Commander — it's a staple in specific legendary-matters and token-copy strategies — it tends to hold modest value without spiking dramatically.

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