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Slick Imitator

Creature — Ooze

Start your engines! (If you have no speed, it starts at 1. It increases once on each of your turns when an opponent loses life. Max speed is 4.)
Max speed — {1}, Sacrifice this creature: Copy target spell you control. You may choose new targets for the copy. (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.)

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Aetherdrift
Price
$0.19
EDHREC rank
#17375
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Slick Imitator card art
Slick Imitator copies any nonland permanent on the battlefield when it enters, giving you an immediate board presence without spending your actual spell slots on the original. The cost is that you need a target worth copying — in shells built around Myojin of Cryptic Dreams or Vnwxt, Verbose Host, that condition is almost never a problem.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Vnwxt, Verbose Host

Vnwxt, Verbose Host

17.3% of decks · synergy 0.17

Vnwxt, Verbose Host rewards you for playing multiple copies of the same card name, and Slick Imitator enters as a functional copy of whatever your best permanent is — effectively doubling your most impactful piece while simultaneously feeding Vnwxt's name-stacking engine.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Slick Imitator is a Commander card through and through — the format's singleton rule makes any flexible clone effect more valuable, and the multiplayer board is reliably stocked with expensive permanents worth copying. In competitive 1v1 formats like Legacy or Modern, clone effects have historically struggled because they depend on the opponent having something worth targeting, and three mana for a conditional copy rarely clears the efficiency bar. Pioneer and Standard could find niche homes in mirror-breaker sideboards or value shells, but Slick Imitator doesn't offer the unconditional power those formats demand. Stick to Commander.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.19 bulk tier

At $0.19, Slick Imitator sits firmly in bulk territory — easy to pick up as a throw-in and low-risk to test. Bulk clone effects rarely spike unless they land in a breakout combo deck, so don't expect movement, but at this price there's no reason to hesitate on copies for any clone-friendly Commander build.

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