---
name: "Illicit Masquerade"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flash"]
set: "MKM"
set_name: "Murders at Karlov Manor"
collector_number: "88"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Valera Lutfullina"
oracle_id: "fa2a275a-a28b-45cd-b8ca-a93247ff59bc"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/illicit-masquerade-mkm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Illicit Masquerade
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Enchantment
- **Keywords:** Flash

## Oracle Text
Flash
When this enchantment enters, put an impostor counter on each creature you control.
Whenever a creature you control with an impostor counter on it dies, exile it. Return up to one other target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sakashima the Impostor](/printing/sakashima-the-impostor-sld.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Rogue
2. [Fear of Impostors](/printing/fear-of-impostors-dsk.md) — Enchantment Creature — Nightmare
3. [Dark Impostor](/printing/dark-impostor-c17.md) — Creature — Vampire Assassin
4. [Illusionary Mask](/printing/illusionary-mask-leb.md) — Artifact
5. [Death-Mask Duplicant](/printing/death-mask-duplicant-dst.md) — Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter
6. [Masked Vandal](/printing/masked-vandal-khm.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Murders at Karlov Manor (MKM) #88
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Valera Lutfullina
- **Total Printings:** 15 across all historical editions

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