Shifty Doppelganger

Shifty Doppelganger

Creature — Shapeshifter

Mana cost: {2}{U}

How we read this card

You may put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield. If you do, that creature gains haste until end of turn.

activated {3}{U}, Exile this creature —

activated {3}{U}, Exile this creature —

activated {3}{U}, Exile this creature — grants haste

At the beginning of the next end step, sacrifice that creature. If you do, return this card to the battlefield.

triggered —

triggered — blinks a permanent

Causes: exile a creature, a creature leaves the battlefield, put a creature onto the battlefield, sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, put anything onto the battlefield.

Cares about: an end step, a creature to sacrifice.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (Shifty Doppelganger is one).

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Shaun, Father of Synths leaves the battlefield thanks to Shifty Doppelganger, it exiles a Synth you control
  2. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to Shifty Doppelganger, it exiles a Nightmare

a nontoken creature is exiled — 995 cards in the game can cause this (Shifty Doppelganger is one).

  1. The War Games — When Shifty Doppelganger is exiled, The War Games exiles a Warrior

a creature is exiled — 1,003 cards in the game can cause this (Shifty Doppelganger is one).

When Shifty Doppelganger is exiled:

  1. Ashnod's Intervention — brings a card back
  2. Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Kaya, Spirits' Justice — copies a permanent
  4. Soulherder — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Kaya's Ghostform — blinks a permanent

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 1,714 cards in the game can cause this (Shifty Doppelganger is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Shifty Doppelganger:

  1. Fumulus, the Infestation — makes a token
  2. Bag of Devouring — exiles it

a creature is sacrificed — 1,741 cards in the game can cause this (Shifty Doppelganger is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Shifty Doppelganger:

  1. Ziatora, the Incinerator — deals that creature's power damage
  2. Dina, Essence Brewer — draws you 1 card
  3. Fleshtaker — gains you 1 life
  4. Body Dropper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Smothering Abomination — draws you 1 card
  6. Kels, Fight Fixer — draws you 1 card
  7. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — triggers
  8. Grist, the Hunger Tide — kills a creature or planeswalker an opponent controls
  9. Cabal Therapist — triggers
  10. Rakdos, the Muscle — exiles a card from an opponent's library

19 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Shifty Doppelganger is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When Shifty Doppelganger is exiled, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Shifty Doppelganger is one).

Shifty Doppelganger puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Havengul Lich — can bring back
  2. Liliana the Repentant — can bring back
  3. Paleoloth — can bring back
  4. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring back
  5. Banon, the Returners' Leader — can bring back
  6. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring back
  7. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring back
  8. Necromantic Thirst — can bring back
  9. Krile Baldesion — can bring back
  10. Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar — can bring back

799 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature dies — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Shifty Doppelganger is one).

When Shifty Doppelganger dies:

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — makes a token
  2. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — brings a card back
  3. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  4. Yedora, Grave Gardener — brings a card back
  5. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  6. Valkyrie's Call — brings a card back
  7. Decaying Soil — brings a card back
  8. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  9. Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer — flickers itself
  10. Body Launderer — draws and discards

60 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature leaves the battlefield — 4,238 cards in the game can cause this (Shifty Doppelganger is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When Shifty Doppelganger leaves the battlefield, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

34 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 5,057 cards in the game can cause this (Shifty Doppelganger is one).

  1. God-Eternal Oketra — When God-Eternal Oketra dies thanks to Shifty Doppelganger, it triggers
  2. Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero — When Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero dies thanks to Shifty Doppelganger, it exiles itself

17 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Shifty Doppelganger is one).

  1. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — Shifty Doppelganger puts cards into the graveyard that Athreos, Shroud-Veiled can bring back
  2. Havi, the All-Father — Shifty Doppelganger fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs

442 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Shifty Doppelganger is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Shifty Doppelganger attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

219 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Shifty Doppelganger is one).

  1. Odunos River Trawler — When Odunos River Trawler enters thanks to Shifty Doppelganger, it brings a card back
  2. Technomancer — When Technomancer enters thanks to Shifty Doppelganger, it mills a card
  3. Sludge Titan — When Sludge Titan enters thanks to Shifty Doppelganger, it mills a card
  4. Moriok Scavenger — When Moriok Scavenger enters thanks to Shifty Doppelganger, it brings a card back
  5. Corpse Cur — When Corpse Cur enters thanks to Shifty Doppelganger, it brings a card back
  6. Rayblade Trooper — When Rayblade Trooper enters thanks to Shifty Doppelganger, it puts a counter on a creature
  7. Overseer of the Damned — When Overseer of the Damned enters thanks to Shifty Doppelganger, it kills a creature an opponent controls

440 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (Shifty Doppelganger is one).

  1. Malik, Grim Manipulator — When Malik, Grim Manipulator enters thanks to Shifty Doppelganger, it triggers
  2. The Master, Transcendent — When The Master, Transcendent enters thanks to Shifty Doppelganger, it puts 2 counters on a permanent
  3. Borg Queen, Perfection Manifest — When Borg Queen, Perfection Manifest enters thanks to Shifty Doppelganger, it brings a card back
  4. Alharu, Solemn Ritualist — When Alharu, Solemn Ritualist enters thanks to Shifty Doppelganger, it puts a counter on a creature
  5. Legate Lanius, Caesar's Ace — When Legate Lanius, Caesar's Ace enters thanks to Shifty Doppelganger, it makes an opponent sacrifice a creature
  6. Vastlands Scavenger // Bind to Life — When Vastlands Scavenger // Bind to Life enters thanks to Shifty Doppelganger, it becomes prepared

106 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.