---
name: "Dermotaxi"
mana_cost: "{2}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Artifact — Vehicle"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Imprint"]
set: "PMH2"
set_name: "Modern Horizons 2 Promos"
collector_number: "224s"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Mark Zug"
oracle_id: "b065ef1d-5cba-41f2-a4b4-a6ae479323d3"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/dermotaxi-pmh2"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Dermotaxi
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Artifact — Vehicle
- **Keywords:** Imprint

## Oracle Text
Imprint — As this Vehicle enters, exile a creature card from a graveyard.
Tap two untapped creatures you control: Until end of turn, this Vehicle becomes a copy of the exiled card, except it's a Vehicle artifact in addition to its other types.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Imposter Mech](/printing/imposter-mech-nec.md) — Artifact — Vehicle
2. [Duplicant](/printing/duplicant-cmm.md) — Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter
3. [Death-Mask Duplicant](/printing/death-mask-duplicant-dst.md) — Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter
4. [Protean War Engine](/printing/protean-war-engine-ydmu.md) — Artifact — Vehicle
5. [Mysterious Limousine](/printing/mysterious-limousine-snc.md) — Artifact — Vehicle
6. [Detention Chariot](/printing/detention-chariot-dft.md) — Artifact — Vehicle

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Modern Horizons 2 Promos (PMH2) #224s
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Mark Zug
- **Total Printings:** 3 across all historical editions

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2021-06-18)* The imprint ability is linked to the activated ability that makes Dermotaxi a creature. This means that the second ability refers only to the card exiled by the first, even if it becomes a copy of something that later exiles other cards.
- *(2021-06-18)* If you activate the ability, but there's no exiled card to reference (perhaps because there wasn't one in any graveyard to imprint), the ability does nothing. Dermotaxi won't become a copy of anything.
- *(2021-06-18)* Dermotaxi does not have a crew ability. Activating the ability to have it become a copy of the exiled card doesn't count as crewing a Vehicle. If a creature you tap to activate the ability has a triggered ability that triggers whenever it crews a Vehicle (such as that of Gearshift Ace), that ability won't trigger.
- *(2021-06-18)* The choice of what card is exiled is a replacement effect, not a triggered ability. Players can't respond to the card being exiled.