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Shameless Charlatan

Legendary Enchantment — Background

Commander creatures you own have "{2}{U}: This creature becomes a copy of another target creature."

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
rare
Set
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
Price
$0.20
EDHREC rank
#19669
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Shameless Charlatan card art
Shameless Charlatan lets you copy any creature on the battlefield each turn cycle for three mana — that's a repeatable clone effect stapled to a body, which is the kind of value engine that warps games. The activation cost and sorcery timing are real friction, but the floor is still a 2/2 that threatens to become your opponent's best threat every turn.

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 Shameless Charlatan lives — the singleton format rewards flexible, repeatable effects, and being able to become Mirror-Mad Phantasm, a combat threat, or any utility creature at will is exactly the kind of political and strategic leverage multiplayer rewards. Legacy and Vintage allow it, but neither format has time for a three-mana 2/2 that activates at sorcery speed when faster, harder-hitting options dominate. Shameless Charlatan is built for long games with many targets, and Commander is the only format that reliably provides both.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.20 bulk tier

At $0.20, Shameless Charlatan is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick up as a throw-in without thinking. Bulk rare prices tend to stay flat unless a combo or commander breakout creates a sudden demand spike, so expect it to sit at this floor unless the meta shifts.

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