Dimir Doppelganger

Creature — Shapeshifter

{1}{U}{B}: Exile target creature card from a graveyard. Dimir Doppelganger becomes a copy of that card except it has this ability.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (49)

legendofa on Seeking Advice for Lazav., Dimrir …

3 weeks ago

Thinking about cantrips, I see Necropotence, Rhystic Study, and Phyrexian Arena in here, so there's some drawing power. Broadly speaking, I agree with the second person you talked to. These enchantments provide more advantage over time than spending a card to draw a single extra card. You can use graveyards as a resource, too. As far as cards like Dimir Doppelganger and Reanimate are concerned, everybody's graveyards are just extensions of your hand. So aside from the Preordain/Ponder/similar stuff in here that's good card fixing in general, cantripping isn't especially necessary. Unless you use massive amounts of cantrips (and some commanders are okay with that), they don't offer that much thinning, and simply playing with good knowledge and fundamentals will give you much more of an advantage. It wouldn't really hurt anything to include a few, but don't rely on them to break the game open in this deck.

keizerbuns on Delve Recycling

1 year ago

Thanks for the suggestion Metropolis39! I’ll play around with Scrabbling Claws and see how it feels.

I don’t know if I’d replace Dimir Doppelganger with Scrabbling Claws though as Doppelganger is a pretty decent form of reanimation that fits the exile theme well and also enables me to get Torrent Elemental on the battlefield and attacking by turn 4 rather than turn 6. Replacing Doppleganger would slow my deck down too much, but maybe I can find room for the claw elsewhere.

Thanks again!

Epicurus on Always Loot the Bodies

1 year ago

Misconception Thanks for the comment!

You are absolutely right about Commander's Sphere. I have trouble thinking about that when I'm only in two colors. I'll make that swap ASAP.

Lavaz is good, but I removed it at some point to fit something else in (though I don't remember what it was). Honestly, I like Dimir Doppelganger better. And I have a solid balance of grave robbing already. I may replace Wrexial, the Risen Deep with him at some point, because I don't usually get a lot of value out of Wrexial.

I hadn't heard of Sepulchral Primordial until just now, so I'll give that guy some consideration. The CMC is a bit steep, and I don't have a ton of ramp, which is by design.

Frankly, I've been thinking about removing Teferi's Tutelage altogether. It tends to sit in my hand. So if I do, I don't think I'd replace it with a similar effect.

Removal of any kind is always good, so if I do cut the Tutelage, perhaps Feed the Swarm could be what I could add.

Cheers!

TheMeadiator on "The Thing" 1982 Movie Deck

2 years ago

You're definitely right about not having enough ramp, but I was having trouble finding ramp that remained on-theme. Do you have any suggestions??

As for the large cmcs, yes, I see your point. The idea was to get those into graveyards, probably by discard via overdraw with "investigate" or with Careful Study , and then playing smaller mimics that copy them like Body Double or Dimir Doppelganger . But you're right in that there's not a ton of support for that mechanic here.

More ramp would certainly solve a lot of problems.

Thanks for the advice!

Jackfrost23 on {BUG} Praetor Reanimator

3 years ago

I think your right about re-adding Makeshift Mannequin . As for Dimir Doppelganger it does suck when you cast it and it gets bolted or pathed straight away but it is also nice to be able to fetch it with Fauna Shaman (it was also how the whole deck started). I think I need a little more convincing.

Balaam__ on {BUG} Praetor Reanimator

3 years ago

Just clarifying something. As I understand it (and I could be incorrect), if you use Dimir Doppelganger’s ability to turn it into one of the creatures you plan on exiling from your graveyard, I do not think any of the etb effects of those exiled cards will trigger. Since Dimir Doppelganger is already in play when it changes into a copy of the exiled creature, it’s not entering the battlefield. For this reason (if it’s correct), I’d recommend just going with the biggest brutes green has to offer instead of stuff like Sundering Titan or Woodfall Primus. Just go with Blightsteel Colossus or Titanoth Rex or the like. You could use Sundering Titan for its “when this creature...leaves the battlefield” part, at least I think so. Again, get confirmation on all this before readjusting anything. I’d hate to lead you astray simply because I don’t have as good a grasp on the rules as I should. Otherwise, this deck is clever and well built. +1

ThisIsMyAccount on The Return of Birthing Pod

3 years ago

I really think white just offers more value for less and also provides really good synergy cards. Adding blue and losing Path to Exile, Voice of Resurgence, Siege Rhino, and all the great Flickerwisp targets just doesn't seem worth it for something like Prime Speaker Vannifar, Mulldrifter, Dimir Doppelganger, or Kira, Great Glass-Spinner that would admittedly be good but just slower and not as immediately powerful as what white offers the deck. White is just faster for cheaper.

MurderForBrunch on The Immortal King: The Fable of Oloro [cEDH]

3 years ago

GhostChieftain Right! In that case I agree with you, if the deck is pushing towards cEDH Yennett doesn't do enough then! Is a super good card... in casual tables. In cEDH it draws too little too late.

Now, if cEDH is the way this deck is pushing I would also get other pieces to make it faster. What I mean is, something like Linvala, Keeper of Silence is really good, but if the plan is to cast in turn 4 it might be way too late. I would cut stuff that is either too narrow, too mana intensive or too inconsistent or unreliable, like Sun Titan, Dimir Doppelganger, Mirage Mirror and Unmake. Strangely enough, by my experience Cryptic Command is too expensive and hard to cast most of the time, specially with 3 colours!

In exchange I would add fast mana like Mana Vault, Grim Monolith and Chrome Mox. And other staples like Windfall and Timetwister (availability or budget permitting). Casting a Windfall on turn 1 with 3 or 4 mana on the battlefield is bonkers! Or with a Narset, Parter of Veils!

As a final note, I would consider switching the most expensive ways to draw cards and add some cheaper ones. Like switching Esper Charm and Sphinx's Revelation for Ponder, Preordain and/or Brainstorm.