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Dark Impostor

~$0.33 low · ~$3.70 high

Black. Creature — Vampire Assassin

two generic manaone black mana

Dark Impostor

Crimson Vow Commander #127 · Illustrated by Johannes Voss

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Cheapest copy

~$0.33

Non-foil · Commander 2017 #109

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~$3.70

Foil · Avacyn Restored #92

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4 prices from $0.33 to $3.70. Every price is in the printings table below.

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Oracle text

four generic manaone black manaone black mana: Exile target creature and put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

This creature has all activated abilities of all creature cards exiled with it.

2/2

"Ah, this is a nice life. I can see why you were so desperate to keep it."

All 3 printings of Dark Impostor

PrintingRarityNon-foilFoilCardmarket (EUR)
Commander 2017 #109
Commander 2017
c17 #109· 2017rare· Cardmarket €0.28
rare$0.33No foil printing€0.28
Avacyn Restored #92
Avacyn Restored
avr #92· 2012rare· Cardmarket €0.28 · €1.52 foil
rare$0.38$3.70€0.28€1.52 foil

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Card details

First printed
2012
Printings
3
Mana value
3
EDHREC rank
#11,134 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
Artist
Johannes Voss

Rulings (6)

  1. 2012-05-01

    If an activated ability of a card in exile references the card it's printed on by name, treat Dark Impostor's version of that ability as though it referenced Dark Impostor by name instead. For example, if Marrow Bats (which says "Pay 4 life: Regenerate Marrow Bats") is exiled with Dark Impostor, Dark Impostor has the ability "Pay 4 life: Regenerate Dark Impostor."

  2. 2012-05-01

    Once Dark Impostor leaves the battlefield, it will no longer have the activated abilities of the creature cards exiled with it. If it returns to the battlefield, it will be a new Dark Impostor with no connection to those exiled cards.

  3. 2012-05-01

    Dark Impostor gains only activated abilities. It doesn't gain triggered abilities or static abilities. Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keywords are activated abilities; they have colons in their reminder text.

  4. 2012-05-01

    Dark Impostor can target and exile a permanent that's only a creature temporarily, like an animated land. However, because that card isn't a creature card, Dark Impostor won't have any of that card's activated abilities.

  5. 2012-05-01

    If you control more than one Dark Impostor, each will have only the activated abilities of creature cards exiled with that specific Dark Impostor.

  6. 2021-09-24

    If Dark Imposter exiles a double-faced card, it will only have activated abilities of the front face of that exiled card, no matter which face was up on the battlefield.

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