Clever Impersonator

Public decks that run Clever Impersonator

• Mystic Intellect - Commander 2019, led by Sevinne, the Chronoclasm

Commanders that run Clever Impersonator most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

• Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy: 9,990 decks
• Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor: 3,662 decks
• Aang, at the Crossroads // Aang, Destined Savior: 3,268 decks
• Glarb, Calamity's Augur: 3,167 decks
• Volo, Guide to Monsters: 3,072 decks
• Gyruda, Doom of Depths: 2,966 decks
• Mirko, Obsessive Theorist: 2,608 decks
• Braids, Conjurer Adept: 2,254 decks

Often played with Clever Impersonator

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

• Gigantoplasm
• Wormfang Newt
• Wormfang Turtle
• Icewind Stalwart
• Stunt Double
• Undercover Operative
• Curse of Shaken Faith
• Dack's Duplicate
• Evil Twin
• Curse of Bloodletting

Rulings

• 2014-09-20: If the chosen permanent is a token, Clever Impersonator copies the original characteristics of that token as defined by the effect that put that token onto the battlefield. Clever Impersonator is not a token.
• 2014-09-20: You can choose not to copy anything. In that case, Clever Impersonator enters the battlefield as a 0/0 creature, and it's put into the graveyard immediately (unless something is raising its toughness above 0).
• 2014-09-20: If Clever Impersonator enters the battlefield at the same time as another permanent, it can't become a copy of that permanent. You may choose only a nonland permanent that's already on the battlefield.
• 2014-09-20: Remember that if you control more than one legendary permanent with the same name, you'll choose one to remain on the battlefield and put the rest into their owner's graveyard.
• 2014-09-20: If the chosen permanent is a copy of something else (for example, if the chosen permanent is another Clever Impersonator), then your Clever Impersonator enters the battlefield as whatever the chosen permanent copied.
• 2014-09-20: Any enters-the-battlefield abilities of the chosen permanent will trigger when Clever Impersonator enters the battlefield. Any "as [this permanent] enters the battlefield" or "[this permanent] enters the battlefield with" abilities of the chosen permanent will also work.
• 2014-09-20: You choose which nonland permanent Clever Impersonator will copy, if any, as it enters the battlefield. This doesn't target that nonland permanent.
• 2014-09-20: If the chosen permanent has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
• 2014-09-20: If Clever Impersonator enters the battlefield as a copy of a planeswalker, it will enter the battlefield with a number of loyalty counters on it equal to the loyalty printed in the lower right corner of the planeswalker card. It won't copy the number of loyalty counters on the original planeswalker.
• 2014-09-20: Clever Impersonator copies exactly what is printed on the chosen permanent (unless that permanent is copying something else or is a token; see below). It doesn't copy whether that permanent is tapped or untapped, whether that permanent has any counters on it or any Auras and/or Equipment attached to it, and it doesn't copy any non-copy effects that have changed that permanent's power, toughness, types, color, abilities, or so on.