---
name: "Absorb Identity"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "KHM"
set_name: "Kaldheim"
collector_number: "383"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Matt Stewart"
oracle_id: "4489f362-9b7e-4dc0-a459-a990a487454e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/absorb-identity-khm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Absorb Identity
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Return target creature to its owner's hand. You may have Shapeshifters you control become copies of that creature until end of turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Mercurial Pretender](/printing/mercurial-pretender-prm.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
2. [Identity Thief](/printing/identity-thief-pemn.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
3. [Supplant Form](/printing/supplant-form-pfrf.md) — Instant
4. [Drown in Shapelessness](/printing/drown-in-shapelessness-pz2.md) — Instant
5. [Clever Impersonator](/printing/clever-impersonator-sld.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
6. [String of Disappearances](/printing/string-of-disappearances-mh1.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Kaldheim (KHM) #383
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Matt Stewart
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`