---
name: "Taskmaster, Mercenary Mimic"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Mercenary Villain"
colors: ["B", "U"]
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: ["Photographic Reflexes"]
set: "MSH"
set_name: "Marvel Super Heroes"
collector_number: "425"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Riccardo Federici"
oracle_id: "dcd97730-b793-4c0c-b158-625ac3656b4a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/taskmaster-mercenary-mimic-msh"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Taskmaster, Mercenary Mimic
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Mercenary Villain
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/5
- **Keywords:** Photographic Reflexes

## Oracle Text
Photographic Reflexes — At the beginning of your first main phase, until your next turn, Taskmaster becomes a copy of up to one target creature on the battlefield or creature card in a graveyard, except his name is Taskmaster, Mercenary Mimic and he's a legendary Human Mercenary Villain creature.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Gogo, Master of Mimicry](/printing/gogo-master-of-mimicry-fin.md) — Legendary Creature — Wizard
2. [Sakashima the Impostor](/printing/sakashima-the-impostor-sld.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Rogue
3. [Renegade Doppelganger](/printing/renegade-doppelganger-roe.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
4. [Clever Impersonator](/printing/clever-impersonator-sld.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
5. [Mirror Image](/printing/mirror-image-plst.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
6. [Stunt Double](/printing/stunt-double-pz2.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Marvel Super Heroes (MSH) #425
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Riccardo Federici
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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