Echo of the Taken
Duplicant is a practical tool for commanders who trade board presence for precision. The card trades a modest 2 4 baseline for a potent imprint ability that lets you exile a nontoken creature as it enters the battlefield. In play it can copy the last exiled creature card so your Duplicant becomes a living reflection of enemy threats or prized creatures you have nicked from the table. That makes it useful as removal that doubles as a flexible threat and as a creature-based answer in lists that value artifact synergies.
From an Aetherdrift perspective the card reads like a field operative shaped by other beings. Use the imprint trigger to neutralize an opponent creature and then let Duplicant wear the exiled card s creature type and stats to push through damage or block efficiently. It still counts as a Shapeshifter so tribal pieces that care about that subtype can interact cleanly. Add this Near Mint English copy to a control or toolbox commander deck when you want a reusable, on board answer that transitions into a functional creature presence. Pick it up and slot it into your list to expand your removal suite and on board versatility.
Card Details:
- Mana Cost – {6}
- Card Type – Artifact Creature
- Subtypes – Shapeshifter
- Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – Imprint — When this creature enters, you may exile target nontoken creature. As long as a card exiled with this creature is a creature card, this creature has the power, toughness, and creature types of the last creature card exiled with it. It s still a Shapeshifter.
- Power / Toughness – 2/4
- Rarity – Rare
- Set – Commander: Aetherdrift
- Language – English
- Condition – Near Mint