Clever Impersonator

Creature — Shapeshifter

You may have Clever Impersonator enter the battlefield as a copy of any nonland permanent on the battlefield.

Discussion (51)

rjphilla on Copy and Obliterate

4 days ago

Instead of Cackling Counterpart play Clever Impersonator

wallisface on UG Ramp (not your average Primeval Titen deck)

2 weeks ago

Some thoughts

• What’s the intended target for Clever Impersonator? Krasis is a no-go because it’d die on entry, and if you choose a planeswalker, one dies to the legendary rule. That just leaves Prime Titan and your opponents stuff, which feels too narrow a window to be honest.

• Similarly, i’m not sure Spark Double is worth it either. While it can target the planeswalkers, you don’t really need extra copies of them in play - it’s just a “win more” strategy.

• Your mana curve is faaar too geared towards the 4cmc slot, and I think it would be better served replacing most of those spells with stuff costing 1cmc… you currently have nothing to do turn 1, and that’s usually a terrible place to be in modern (unless you run Chalice of the Void)

• 24 lands is super low for a ramp deck relying on playing multiple lands per turn. As a comparison, Amulet Titan decks are currently running 32 lands. I think you should look to go up to 28ish at a minimum.

king-saproling on One Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

1 month ago

You might like these: Mirrormade, Copy Enchantment, Clever Impersonator, Replication Technique, Doomwake Giant, Thoughtrender Lamia, Thornbite Staff, Viridian Longbow, Fire Whip, Power of Fire, Hermetic Study, Psionic Gift, Crystal Chimes, Callaphe, Beloved of the Sea

EVENcast on A Monster’s Guide to Volo [Primer]

1 month ago

Thanks for the suggestion Lumovanis, I hadn’t considered Body Double and it’s a solid option. It can target our opponent’s graveyard and/or our own… which gives it a recursion-like quality in Volo. I am committed to not doubling up on creature types though, and I think the Clever Impersonator deserves the shapeshifter slot because of its lower cmc and its ability to clone non-creature permanents. Doubling Season and Parallel Lives don’t actually work with Volo due to the wording of the rules text “a copy of a creature spell becomes a token”… this technically doesn’t count as creating a creature token.

FoieGras on Chromium, the Dragon's armory!

1 month ago

Removed: Dark Petition Grim Tutor Torrential Gearhulk Monologue Tax Keeper of the Accord Dance of the Manse Fierce Guardianship Dovin's Veto Arcane Denial Generous Gift Conqueror's Flail Archaeomancer's Map

Added: Demonic Tutor Vampiric Tutor Vindicate Sigarda's Aid Haunted Cloak Azor, the Lawbringer Clever Impersonator Inquisitor's Flail Open the Vaults Bolas's Citadel Vorpal Sword Disallow

xSean on Braids, Conjurer Adept

1 month ago

She was my first commander. Consider Caged Sun, Kederekt Leviathan, Sphinx of the Second Sun and a Paradox Haze on a stick, Ixidron, Clever Impersonator and Whelming Wave. Have fun!

Sevelantis on Blinking Contest

2 months ago

Hello. I have been studying Blink Brago Control for few weeks and I have to tell that I probably have found my place in MTG - I need to build this deck. The job that you had done is so good.. I'm gonna create my deck based on yours. Why ? Because your deck is IMO lacking some essential cards and OFC an UPDATE. Yep... you really need an update. Im casual player, any feedback is very appreciated. So I encourage everybody who is reading this to a discussion.

card draw / card selection

Rhystic Study - Every blue commander should play this, why don't we try - gives consistent draw to get more cards..

Mystic Remora - more draw..

Esper Sentinel - kinda new card in magic - gets consistent draw

Teferi, Master of Time - perfect for multiplayer commander and also 1v1 - +1 in opponents' turns. Discard helps to cast Delve ability or to play Snapcaster Mage - its fine I think.

Dig Through Time - Powerful because of delve.

Search for Azcanta  ^Flip - enables delve cards and lets to search graveyard for more options. There are some payoffs like Snapcaster Mage , Sun Titan and more.

Blink

Luminous Broodmoth - Mass removal - even more profit! more blinking!

Soulherder - Every blink deck, please. This enables to get more blinking triggers and payoffs at the same time.

Ghostway && Eerie Interlude - Why not ?

removal

Time Wipe - powerful mass removal spell, despite Supreme Verdict or Wrath of God :)

Disallow - extended counterspell...

Trickbind - counter triggers sometimes are gold worth.

Dovin's Veto - One of the most powerful counterspells in magic. Guesss what. It's Azorius colors ;)

Path to Exile - classic

protection

Lightning Greaves - protect commander

Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate - lets sacrifice it anytime we need...

mana

Thran Dynamo - IMO really underappreciated mana base card.

updates

Phantasmal Image - worse version (but only ... ) of Clever Impersonator

Snapcaster Mage - also seems like you are missign something... Play mass removal or counterspell, or anything discarded even by Teferi, Master of Time

Teferi, Master of Time - Isn't this a must-play in an BW deck now?

Teferi, Hero of Dominaria - Isn't it too much mana?

Pikobyte on Muldrotha, the „Fun“ in „Funeral“ *Primer*

4 months ago

Heya PikaPrince, the answer may be a bit longer than you expected:

• Hedron Crab gives me more cardadvantage. With a fetchland it mills me 6 cards each turn if I want to, with any extra land drops even more. I also don’t have to sac and replay it to gain value out of the crab. In addition i can keep a fetchland on the field and crack it right after an opponent used a top of library tutor like worldly, enlightened, mystical, vampiric or other similar effects to mill their freshly tutored card. Stitchers supplier doesn’t give me that flexibility.

• Clever Impersonator has ups and downs. On the upside I can copy enchantments and planeswalkers with it while metamorph can’t do that. The downside is that I can’t play it as my artifact for turn like I could with metamorph. However, that rarely is a point anyways since my artifact cast per turn usually is LED anyways. That’s why I prefer impersonator here just for a bit more options with my copy targets.

Hope that helps