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Mirror Image

Creature — Shapeshifter

You may have this creature enter as a copy of a creature you control.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Jumpstart 2022
Price
$8.76
EDHREC rank
#5621
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Mirror Image card art
Mirror Image enters and becomes an exact copy of your best creature — same name, types, abilities, and power/toughness — for three mana at sorcery speed. In shells built around enters-the-battlefield value like Felidar Guardian blink loops or the top-of-library manipulation that Hidetsugu and Kairi demands, that rate is genuinely strong. It's a clone effect that rewards you for already winning, which is exactly what clone effects should do.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Hidetsugu and Kairi

Hidetsugu and Kairi

50.3% of decks · synergy 0.49

Hidetsugu and Kairi triggers on dealing combat damage and casts the top card of your library for free, so a second copy of Hidetsugu and Kairi via Mirror Image means two triggers every combat. The redundancy is the engine — the legend rule only applies if you let both survive.

02
Cynette, Jelly Drover

Cynette, Jelly Drover

47.8% of decks · synergy 0.46

Cynette, Jelly Drover generates Food tokens on a clock, and copying her with Mirror Image doubles that production immediately. Two Cynette triggers per turn compounds Food output fast enough to make the three-mana investment trivial.

03
Sakashima of a Thousand FacesVial Smasher the Fierce

Sakashima of a Thousand Faces // Vial Smasher the Fierce

32.9% of decks · synergy 0.32

Sakashima of a Thousand Faces removes the legend rule for your permanents, which means Mirror Image can clone Sakashima herself or any other legend without forcing a sacrifice. That single interaction opens the entire format's legend pool as live copy targets.

04

Aang, at the Crossroads

29.5% of decks · synergy 0.29

Aang, at the Crossroads accumulates counters through non-combat actions, and a Mirror Image copy of Aang enters as a fresh copy of whatever Aang currently looks like — abilities and all. Two Aang triggers accelerating in parallel closes games faster than the opponent can answer them.

05
Lord Xander, the Collector

Lord Xander, the Collector

10.0% of decks · synergy 0.09

Lord Xander, the Collector forces opponents to sacrifice and discard on attack, so Mirror Image copying Xander means a second attack trigger stripping another opponent's hand and board simultaneously. It's a raw value doubling on one of the most punishing ETB and attack triggers in the format.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Mirror Image is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker — it's widely available everywhere it matters competitively. In Commander it earns its slot in any deck running a creature worth doubling, which is most of them. In Constructed formats like Modern and Pioneer, it competes with a deeper clone suite and sees only fringe play — three mana at sorcery speed is slow when Clone variants with flash or upside exist at similar price points. Legacy and Vintage ignore it entirely in favor of faster disruption. The card's home is Commander, full stop, and it performs best the more broken your best creature is.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

Phantasmal Image does the same job for two mana and is the direct budget upgrade in reverse — it's actually cheaper in mana if not always in price, and the 'illusion' drawback rarely matters when your clone dies the moment it's targeted anyway. If you need Mirror Image's clean three-mana sorcery slot specifically, Mizzium Transreliquat and Jwari Shapeshifter cover narrower cases at lower price points, but neither matches Mirror Image's no-strings copy effect across all creature types.

Price Context

Current price

$8.76 mid tier

At $8.76, Mirror Image sits in the mid tier — noticeable but not painful for a clone effect you'll run in multiple decks. The price is stable given its consistent Commander demand; this is a card players buy once and proxy never, so the market holds.

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