---
name: "Haunting Imitation"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "VOC"
set_name: "Crimson Vow Commander"
collector_number: "13"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Liiga Smilshkalne"
oracle_id: "c96ed5b2-6286-4f54-becb-c07f54335e63"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/haunting-imitation-voc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Haunting Imitation
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Each player reveals the top card of their library. For each creature card revealed this way, create a token that's a copy of that card, except it's 1/1, it's a Spirit in addition to its other types, and it has flying. If no creature cards were revealed this way, return Haunting Imitation to its owner's hand.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Irenicus's Vile Duplication](/printing/irenicuss-vile-duplication-hbg.md) — Sorcery
2. [Copy Catchers](/printing/copy-catchers-mkc.md) — Creature — Faerie
3. [Mirror-Mad Phantasm](/printing/mirror-mad-phantasm-isd.md) — Creature — Spirit
4. [Elminster's Simulacrum](/printing/elminsters-simulacrum-clb.md) — Instant
5. [Shimian Specter](/printing/shimian-specter-m13.md) — Creature — Specter
6. [Soul Search](/printing/soul-search-mkm.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Crimson Vow Commander (VOC) #13
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Liiga Smilshkalne
- **Total Printings:** 14 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`