---
name: "Battlegate Mimic"
mana_cost: "{1}{R/W}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Shapeshifter"
colors: ["R", "W"]
color_identity: ["R", "W"]
keywords: []
set: "HOP"
set_name: "Planechase"
collector_number: "98"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Franz Vohwinkel"
oracle_id: "0af189d3-4de1-483e-aac4-dd5d51a57d9c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/battlegate-mimic-hop"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Battlegate Mimic
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{R/W}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Shapeshifter
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/1

## Oracle Text
Whenever you cast a spell that's both red and white, this creature has base power and toughness 4/2 until end of turn and gains first strike until end of turn.

> *Mimics don't need perfect disguises. They need only the perfect victims: the naive, the young, or the poor of sight.*

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Planechase (HOP) #98
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Franz Vohwinkel
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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