Spitting Image
~$0.23 low · ~$4.88 high
Multicolor. Sorcery

Commander 2021 #229 · Illustrated by Jim Nelson
What is Spitting Image worth?
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TCGplayer market prices in USD, updated October 14, 2026. Each price is for one printing and one finish.
Oracle text
Create a token that's a copy of target creature.
Retrace (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a land card in addition to paying its other costs.)
Spitting is the customary greeting between a creature and its magical impostor.
Format legality
All 5 printings of Spitting Image
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Commander 2021 c21 #229· 2021rare· Cardmarket €0.17 | rare | $0.27 | No foil printing | €0.17 | |
Commander Legends cmr #453· 2020rare· Cardmarket €0.19 | rare | $0.27 | No foil printing | €0.19 | |
Commander Anthology Volume II cm2 #166· 2018rare· Cardmarket €0.17 | rare | $0.23 | No foil printing | €0.17 | |
Commander 2016 c16 #236· 2016rare· Cardmarket €0.20 | rare | $0.25 | No foil printing | €0.20 | |
Eventide eve #162· 2008rare· Cardmarket €0.32 · €3.51 foil | rare | $0.30 | $4.88 | €0.32€3.51 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2008
- Printings
- 5
- Mana value
- 6
- EDHREC rank
- #11,747 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Retrace
- Artist
- Jim Nelson
Rulings (5)
2008-08-01
Casting a card by using its retrace ability works just like casting any other spell, with two exceptions: You're casting it from your graveyard rather than your hand, and you must discard a land card in addition to any other costs.
2008-08-01
When a retrace card you cast from your graveyard resolves, fails to resolve, or is countered, it's put back into your graveyard. You may use the retrace ability to cast it again.
2008-08-01
A retrace card cast from your graveyard follows the normal timing rules for its card type.
2008-08-01
If the active player casts a spell that has retrace, that player may cast that card again after it resolves, before another player can remove the card from the graveyard. The active player has priority after the spell resolves, so they can immediately cast a new spell. Since casting a card with retrace from the graveyard moves that card onto the stack, no one else would have the chance to affect it while it's still in the graveyard.
2008-08-01
As the token is created, it checks the printed values of the creature it's copying — or, if that creature is itself a token, the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that put it onto the battlefield — as well as any copy effects that have been applied to it. It won't copy counters on the creature, nor will it copy other effects that have changed the creature's power, toughness, types, color, or so on.
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