---
name: "Slick Imitator"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Ooze"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Max speed", "Start your engines!"]
set: "DFT"
set_name: "Aetherdrift"
collector_number: "62"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Xabi Gaztelua"
oracle_id: "5482ddb1-7f7d-492a-aa3d-67c037062cc3"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/slick-imitator-dft"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Slick Imitator
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Ooze
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/3
- **Keywords:** Max speed, Start your engines!

## Oracle Text
Start your engines! (If you have no speed, it starts at 1. It increases once on each of your turns when an opponent loses life. Max speed is 4.)
Max speed — {1}, Sacrifice this creature: Copy target spell you control. You may choose new targets for the copy. (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
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3. [Clever Impersonator](/printing/clever-impersonator-sld.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
4. [Mizzix, Replica Rider](/printing/mizzix-replica-rider-j22.md) — Legendary Creature — Goblin Wizard
5. [Swarm Intelligence](/printing/swarm-intelligence-c21.md) — Enchantment
6. [Choreographed Sparks](/printing/choreographed-sparks-sos.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Aetherdrift (DFT) #62
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Xabi Gaztelua
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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