---
name: "Sakashima the Impostor"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Rogue"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "SOK"
set_name: "Saviors of Kamigawa"
collector_number: "53"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "rk post"
oracle_id: "a7243d25-22a2-4df5-adaf-1f40f5330ec1"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/sakashima-the-impostor-sok"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Sakashima the Impostor
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Rogue
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/1

## Oracle Text
You may have Sakashima the Impostor enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except its name is Sakashima the Impostor, it's legendary in addition to its other types, and it has "{2}{U}{U}: Return Sakashima the Impostor to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step."

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Clever Impersonator](/printing/clever-impersonator-sld.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
2. [Sakashima of a Thousand Faces](/printing/sakashima-of-a-thousand-faces-plst.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Rogue
3. [Mercurial Pretender](/printing/mercurial-pretender-prm.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
4. [Undercover Operative](/printing/undercover-operative-prm.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter Rogue
5. [Renegade Doppelganger](/printing/renegade-doppelganger-roe.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
6. [Dominion Saboteur](/printing/dominion-saboteur-trk.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Saviors of Kamigawa (SOK) #53
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** rk post
- **Total Printings:** 11 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`