---
name: "Clever Impersonator"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Shapeshifter"
colors: []
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "KTK"
set_name: "Khans of Tarkir"
collector_number: "34"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Slawomir Maniak"
oracle_id: "d4ec0df9-a4a3-48cf-a0aa-b1aea5c49142"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/clever-impersonator-ktk"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Clever Impersonator
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Shapeshifter

## Oracle Text
You may have this creature enter as a copy of any nonland permanent on the battlefield.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Clone](/printing/clone-m14.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
2. [Unstable Shapeshifter](/printing/unstable-shapeshifter-tmp.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
3. [Mirror Image](/printing/mirror-image-m19.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
4. [Shapesharer](/printing/shapesharer-lrw.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
5. [Renegade Doppelganger](/printing/renegade-doppelganger-roe.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
6. [Body Double](/printing/body-double-cmm.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Khans of Tarkir (KTK) #34
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Slawomir Maniak
- **Total Printings:** 8 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`

## Official Rulings
- *(2014-09-20)* If the chosen permanent is a token, Clever Impersonator copies the original characteristics of that token as defined by the effect that put that token onto the battlefield. Clever Impersonator is not a token.
- *(2014-09-20)* You can choose not to copy anything. In that case, Clever Impersonator enters the battlefield as a 0/0 creature, and it's put into the graveyard immediately (unless something is raising its toughness above 0).
- *(2014-09-20)* If Clever Impersonator enters the battlefield at the same time as another permanent, it can't become a copy of that permanent. You may choose only a nonland permanent that's already on the battlefield.
- *(2014-09-20)* Remember that if you control more than one legendary permanent with the same name, you'll choose one to remain on the battlefield and put the rest into their owner's graveyard.
- *(2014-09-20)* If the chosen permanent is a copy of something else (for example, if the chosen permanent is another Clever Impersonator), then your Clever Impersonator enters the battlefield as whatever the chosen permanent copied.
- *(2014-09-20)* Any enters-the-battlefield abilities of the chosen permanent will trigger when Clever Impersonator enters the battlefield. Any "as [this permanent] enters the battlefield" or "[this permanent] enters the battlefield with" abilities of the chosen permanent will also work.