Mimic
Adventures in the Forgotten Realms 249 • common
- Set
- Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
- Collector number
- 249
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Scott Murphy
- Market price
- $0.12
What it does
tap, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.
2 generic mana: This artifact becomes a Shapeshifter artifact creature with base power and toughness 3/3 until end of turn.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Mimic card was released in 2021 as part of the Adventures in the Forgotten Realms set, a landmark collaboration between Wizards of the Coast and the Dungeons & Dragons brand. This set was designed to integrate the flavor, monsters, and mechanics of the tabletop role-playing game into the structure of Magic: The Gathering. The card features the iconic D&D creature that disguises itself as an inanimate object—typically a treasure chest—to ambush unsuspecting adventurers, capturing the creature's core identity through its ability to transform into an artifact creature.
The card was illustrated by Wisnu Tan, who utilized a vivid, illustrative style to bring the monster to life. By depicting the creature mid-transition from a chest to a predatory entity, the design leans into the thematic humor and danger associated with the Mimic in D&D lore. Upon its release, the card was well-received by players for both its thematic resonance with the source material and its functional utility in artifact-synergy decks, serving as a successful bridge between two distinct but complementary gaming communities.
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