---
name: "Cephalid Facetaker"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Octopus Rogue"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "PNCC"
set_name: "New Capenna Commander Promos"
collector_number: "23p"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Uriah Voth"
oracle_id: "cfb41a2b-4d8b-47e3-a074-95a1bd502227"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/cephalid-facetaker-pncc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Cephalid Facetaker
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Octopus Rogue
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/4

## Oracle Text
This creature can't be blocked.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may have this creature become a copy of another target creature until end of turn, except it's 1/4 and has "This creature can't be blocked."

> *Few think to look past a familiar face and a friendly smile.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Cephalid Pathmage](/printing/cephalid-pathmage-lgn.md) — Creature — Octopus Wizard
2. [Cephalid Inkshrouder](/printing/cephalid-inkshrouder-jud.md) — Creature — Octopus
3. [Silent Hallcreeper](/printing/silent-hallcreeper-dsk.md) — Enchantment Creature — Horror
4. [Undercover Operative](/printing/undercover-operative-prm.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter Rogue
5. [Covert Operative](/printing/covert-operative-lgn.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
6. [Clever Impersonator](/printing/clever-impersonator-sld.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter

## Printing Details
- **Set:** New Capenna Commander Promos (PNCC) #23p
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Uriah Voth
- **Total Printings:** 16 across all historical editions

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