---
name: "Dire Mimic"
mana_cost: "{2}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Artifact — Treasure"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Flash"]
set: "CLB"
set_name: "Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate"
collector_number: "310"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Igor Kieryluk"
oracle_id: "b657b3df-9287-44cf-a1cd-a80ead71a553"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/dire-mimic-clb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Dire Mimic
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Artifact — Treasure
- **Keywords:** Flash

## Oracle Text
Flash
{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.
{3}: This artifact becomes a Shapeshifter artifact creature with base power and toughness 5/5 until end of turn.

> *A veces el monstruo es el armario.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Mimic](/printing/mimic-plst.md) — Artifact — Treasure
2. [Waxen Shapethief](/printing/waxen-shapethief-dft.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
3. [Spare Changeling](/printing/spare-changeling-unk.md) — Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter Treasure
4. [Metallic Mimic](/printing/metallic-mimic-aer.md) — Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter
5. [Shimmer Myr](/printing/shimmer-myr-mbs.md) — Artifact Creature — Myr
6. [Stunt Double](/printing/stunt-double-pz2.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) #310
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Igor Kieryluk
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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