Copycrook
~$0.27 low · ~$0.34 high
Blue. Creature — Shapeshifter Rogue

Modern Horizons 3 #55 · Illustrated by Peter Polach
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Oracle text
You may have this creature enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it has "Whenever this creature attacks, it connives." (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
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Format legality
The only printing of Copycrook
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Modern Horizons 3 mh3 #55· 2024uncommon· Cardmarket €0.12 · €0.23 foil | uncommon | $0.27 | $0.34 | €0.12€0.23 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2024
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 4
- EDHREC rank
- #5,991 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Connive
- Artist
- Peter Polach
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Modern Horizons 3 card (#55).
0055 · MH3 · U · EN
- 0055Collector number: this card's place in the set list.
- MH3Set code for Modern Horizons 3
- UUncommon
- ENPrinted in English
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Rulings (10)
2024-06-07
If Copycrook somehow enters the battlefield at the same time as another creature, Copycrook can't become a copy of that creature. You may choose only a creature that's already on the battlefield.
2024-06-07
Except for the listed exception, Copycrook copies exactly what was printed on the original creature and nothing more (unless that creature is itself copying something or is a token; see below). It doesn't copy whether that creature is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, and so on.
2024-06-07
Once an ability that causes a creature to connive begins to resolve, no player may take any other actions until it's done. Notably, opponents can't try to remove the conniving creature after you discard a nonland card but before it receives a counter.
2024-06-07
If the chosen creature is copying something else (for example, if the chosen creature is a Clone), then your Copycrook enters the battlefield as whatever the chosen creature copied, with the listed exception.
2024-06-07
If no card is discarded, most likely because that player's hand is empty and an effect says they can't draw cards, the conniving creature does not receive a +1/+1 counter.
2024-06-07
You can choose not to copy anything. In that case, Copycrook simply enters the battlefield as a 0/0 creature and is probably put into your graveyard immediately, unless something else is increasing its toughness to keep it alive. It won't have "Whenever this creature attacks, it connives."
2024-06-07
If the chosen permanent is a token, Copycrook copies the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that put the token onto the battlefield, with the listed exception. Copycrook does not become a token.
2024-06-07
If a resolving spell or ability instructs a specific creature to connive but that creature has left the battlefield, the creature still connives. If you discard a nonland card this way, you won't put a +1/+1 counter on anything. Abilities that trigger "when [that creature] connives" will trigger.
2024-06-07
Any enters-the-battlefield abilities of the copied creature will trigger when Copycrook enters the battlefield. Any "as [this creature] enters the battlefield" or "[this creature] enters the battlefield with" abilities of the chosen permanent will also work.
2024-06-07
If the chosen creature has
in its mana cost, X is 0.
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