---
name: "Undercover Operative"
mana_cost: "{2}{U}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Shapeshifter Rogue"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "SNC"
set_name: "Streets of New Capenna"
collector_number: "63"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Tyler Walpole"
oracle_id: "0bd57503-b544-45f8-bcd2-f5b2170010f6"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/undercover-operative-snc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Undercover Operative
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{U}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Shapeshifter Rogue
- **Power/Toughness:** 0/0

## Oracle Text
You may have this creature enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it enters with a shield counter on it if you control that creature. (If it would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Clever Impersonator](/printing/clever-impersonator-sld.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
2. [Renegade Doppelganger](/printing/renegade-doppelganger-roe.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
3. [Clone](/printing/clone-10e.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
4. [Visage Bandit](/printing/visage-bandit-otj.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter Rogue
5. [Vesuvan Doppelganger](/printing/vesuvan-doppelganger-30a.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
6. [Body Double](/printing/body-double-plst.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Streets of New Capenna (SNC) #63
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Tyler Walpole
- **Total Printings:** 19 across all historical editions

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