Mimic
Artifact — Treasure
, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.
: This artifact becomes a Shapeshifter artifact creature with base power and toughness 3/3 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #18314
Mimic enters as a copy of any other creature you control with a higher mana value, giving you immediate board duplication for a single generic mana. At one mana with no color requirement, the cost is about as low as it gets for an effect this flexible.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Mimic slots cleanly into any creature-heavy deck that runs a range of mana values — token doublers, clone synergies, and aristocrats shells all want access to cheap, flexible copies. In Modern and Pioneer, it competes for slots in creature mirrors where a one-mana clone can match an opponent's threat on the spot. Legacy and Vintage have enough raw power that Mimic rarely makes the cut outside niche applications, but pauper is where it quietly overperforms, where one mana for a creature match is genuinely threatening at common rarity. Across formats, the ceiling on Mimic scales directly with the best creature already on your board.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Mimic is deep bulk — grab a playset for under fifty cents without thinking twice. The price is unlikely to move meaningfully unless a breakout deck mainboards it, but at this floor there's no wrong time to pick up copies.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.