---
name: "Mercurial Pretender"
mana_cost: "{4}{U}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Shapeshifter"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "PRM"
set_name: "Magic Online Promos"
collector_number: "53826"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Karla Ortiz"
oracle_id: "07d0bd24-7731-4abb-9dc6-912aa17943f2"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/mercurial-pretender-prm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Mercurial Pretender
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{U}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Shapeshifter
- **Power/Toughness:** 0/0

## Oracle Text
You may have this creature enter as a copy of a creature you control, except it has "{2}{U}{U}: Return this creature to its owner's hand."

> *The king went off to find himself. Imagine his terror when he succeeded.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Clever Impersonator](/printing/clever-impersonator-sld.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
2. [Absorb Identity](/printing/absorb-identity-khm.md) — Instant
3. [Body Double](/printing/body-double-plst.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
4. [Vesuvan Doppelganger](/printing/vesuvan-doppelganger-30a.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
5. [Mirror Image](/printing/mirror-image-plst.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
6. [Renegade Doppelganger](/printing/renegade-doppelganger-roe.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Magic Online Promos (PRM) #53826
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Karla Ortiz
- **Total Printings:** 13 across all historical editions

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