Spitting Image

set	min	mtgo
-	1.06	0.02 tix

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Name	Spitting Image
Type	Sorcery
Description	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.)
Flavor	Spitting is the customary greeting between a creature and its magical impostor.
Artist	Jim Nelson
Set	Commander 2021 #229
Wallpaper	download
Image	download

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About Spitting Image

Spitting Image, Sorcery, designed by Jim Nelson first released in Jul, 2008 in the set Eventide and was printed exactly in 5 different ways. It see play in 1 formats: Commander. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of 1.06.

A deck that focuses on creature-based strategies, such as a Simic (Green/Blue) midrange or control deck, would benefit from including Spitting Image. The retrace ability allows for repeated use of the card, providing value and versatility in creating copies of powerful creatures. While there may be more efficient options like Clone or Clever Impersonator, Spitting Image's retrace ability makes it a viable choice for decks looking to generate card advantage and maintain board presence in longer games, making it worth considering for inclusion in the right deck.

Rules

08/01/08

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.

08/01/08

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.

08/01/08

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.

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