---
name: "Identity Thief"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Shapeshifter"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "EMN"
set_name: "Eldritch Moon"
collector_number: "64"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Magali Villeneuve"
oracle_id: "a200daec-983c-4ea6-ae98-1c963b50fbb1"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/identity-thief-emn"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Identity Thief
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Shapeshifter
- **Power/Toughness:** 0/3

## Oracle Text
Whenever this creature attacks, you may exile another target nontoken creature. If you do, this creature becomes a copy of that creature until end of turn. Return the exiled card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Clever Impersonator](/printing/clever-impersonator-sld.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
2. [Wall of Stolen Identity](/printing/wall-of-stolen-identity-c19.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter Wall
3. [Absorb Identity](/printing/absorb-identity-khm.md) — Instant
4. [Renegade Doppelganger](/printing/renegade-doppelganger-roe.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
5. [Shape Stealer](/printing/shape-stealer-sok.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter Spirit
6. [Mercurial Pretender](/printing/mercurial-pretender-prm.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Eldritch Moon (EMN) #64
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Magali Villeneuve
- **Total Printings:** 24 across all historical editions

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