---
name: "Mimic Vat"
mana_cost: "{3}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Imprint"]
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "C19-219"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Donato Giancola"
oracle_id: "6ebdc9f3-6b23-4716-8011-48f00d7e30c8"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/mimic-vat-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Mimic Vat
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Artifact
- **Keywords:** Imprint

## Oracle Text
Imprint — Whenever a nontoken creature dies, you may exile that card. If you do, return each other card exiled with this artifact to its owner's graveyard.
{3}, {T}: Create a token that's a copy of a card exiled with this artifact. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Soul Foundry](/printing/soul-foundry-mrd.md) — Artifact
2. [Prototype Portal](/printing/prototype-portal-som.md) — Artifact
3. [Myr Welder](/printing/myr-welder-mbs.md) — Artifact Creature — Myr
4. [Panoptic Mirror](/printing/panoptic-mirror-dst.md) — Artifact
5. [Death-Mask Duplicant](/printing/death-mask-duplicant-dst.md) — Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter
6. [Progenitor Mimic](/printing/progenitor-mimic-dgm.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #C19-219
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Donato Giancola
- **Total Printings:** 52 across all historical editions

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