Metallic Mimic: Mirror for Your Menagerie
Metallic Mimic from Innistrad Remastered is a compact engine piece that reshapes your board state. As the card enters the battlefield you choose a creature type and Metallic Mimic becomes that type in addition to being a Shapeshifter, which lets it slot cleanly into tribal synergies while also enabling incremental value for each subsequent creature of that type you deploy. Its printed 2 converted mana cost and 2 slash 1 body make it a low investment that rewards deck construction and timing.
Play it early to stack your creatures with extra +1 slash +1 counters as they enter, or drop it later to turn a mix of small beaters into a serious threat. The card rewards sequencing and an eye for creature interactions. For players comfortable with Innistrad themes the Mechanical Mimic offers flexible role play as a taxon anchor, a counter distributor, and a target for buffs and removal bait all at once. Add Metallic Mimic to a tribal shell or a value curve and watch familiar creature types grow into meaningful threats.
Card Details:
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Mana Cost {2}
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Card Type Artifact Creature
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Subtypes Shapeshifter
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Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) As this creature enters, choose a creature type. This creature is the chosen type in addition to its other types. Each other creature you control of the chosen type enters the battlefield with an additional +1/+1 counter on it.
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Power / Toughness 2/1
