Mirage Mockery
Sorcery
Choose one —
• Create a token that's a copy of target artifact creature you control.
• Create a token that's a copy of target nonartifact creature you control.
Entwine 
(Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander
- Price
- $0.32
- EDHREC rank
- #9277
Mirage Mockery creates token copies of up to two of your creatures with the chosen creature type, and in the right shell that's a two-mana tempo explosion — Dualcaster Mage alone turns it into a self-replicating engine. The cost is narrowness: outside a typal deck built around one or two creature types, it reads as a blank.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Hidetsugu and Kairi
Hidetsugu and Kairi's triggered ability fires every time a copy enters, meaning Mirage Mockery doesn't just double your board — it doubles your triggers, letting you cascade through your deck and drain opponents simultaneously.
Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer
Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer wants a critical mass of tokens to convert into whatever your best creature is, and Mirage Mockery delivers two at instant speed for two mana, feeding the engine the moment before Brudiclad swings.
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 Mirage Mockery actually lives — the format's typal staples are powerful enough that doubling two of them for two mana is genuinely backbreaking, and the four-player game gives you the board state to make it worthwhile. Legacy and Vintage are both legal, but neither format's creature-type synergies reward this kind of tribal doubling at the requisite competitive speed. Oathbreaker is a reasonable home if your signature spell or planeswalker leans into creature-type payoffs, but Commander remains the clear best format for it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Dualcaster MageMirage Mockery
Infinite ETB; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite creature tokens
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Naru Meha, Master WizardMirage Mockery
Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite copies of artifact creatures you control
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Kairi, the Swirling SkyHigh TideTurnaboutMirage Mockery
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite death triggers; Infinite self-mill; Infinite storm count; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite mana permanents you control can produce
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Price Context
Current price
$0.32 bulk tier
At $0.32, Mirage Mockery is firmly bulk, and that price reflects its narrow play pattern rather than any lack of power in the right deck. It's unlikely to climb without a high-profile reprint or a breakout combo discovery, but at this price there's no reason to hesitate if you're building the shell it wants.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Dualcaster Mage
- Hidetsugu and Kairi
- Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer
- Naru Meha, Master Wizard
- Kairi, the Swirling Sky
- High Tide
- Turnabout
- Mirror-Mad Phantasm
- Biovisionary
- Thunderclap Drake
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.