Impostor Syndrome
{4}{U}{U}Enchantment
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Whenever a nontoken creature you control deals combat damage to a player, create a token that's a copy of it, except it isn't legendary.
What it does
Tagged as Tokens — the jobs the deck report counts it toward.
Official rulings
- Except for not being legendary, the token copies exactly what was printed on the original creature and nothing else (unless that permanent is itself copying something else; see below). It doesn't copy whether that permanent is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, and so on. (2025-09-19)
- If something becomes a copy of the token, the copy also isn't legendary. (2025-09-19)
- If the copied creature has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0. (2025-09-19)
- If the copied creature is copying something else, then the token enters as whatever that creature copied, with the listed exceptions. (2025-09-19)
- Any enters-the-battlefield abilities of the copied creature will trigger when the token enters the battlefield. Any "as [this creature] enters" or "[this creature] enters with" abilities of the creature will also work. (2025-09-19)
Printings & prices
Every set Impostor Syndrome has been printed in, with the art, the finishes and the market price of each — the headline price above is the cheapest of these.
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