UEDHREC #1997

Sakashima the Impostor

Legendary Creature — Human Rogue

You may have Sakashima the Impostor enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except its name is Sakashima the Impostor, it's legendary in addition to its other types, and it has "{2}{U}{U}: Return Sakashima the Impostor to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step."

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“Clone any creature, keep it legendary, bounce it as needed for flexibility.”

PlaystyleControl

DifficultyIntermediate

Wins viaCombat damage, Commander damage

ThemesBlink, Control, Spellslinger

Strategy

How this commander wants to play

Sakashima the Impostor is a flexible clone engine that lets you copy any creature on the battlefield, turning it into a legendary version with a built-in bounce ability. The real power comes from cloning your opponents' best threats—their Craterhoof Behemoth, their Consecrated Sphinx, their combo piece—and using them against them while keeping Sakashima safe behind the bounce mode. You can also clone your own creatures for value, especially ones with enters-the-battlefield triggers or powerful effects that benefit from duplication.

The deck plays as a control-tempo hybrid: you're holding up mana to answer threats, generating value from clones, and creating winning positions by stealing momentum from your opponents. Win conditions vary based on what you're cloning—sometimes it's commander damage with a copied threat, sometimes it's the card advantage engine of copying a draw engine, sometimes it's simply copying the table's strongest creature and swinging for lethal. The flexibility is the appeal: you're never locked into one game plan, and you can pivot based on the table's composition.

Build around card draw, tutors to find the right clones, and creatures with high-impact ETB effects or static abilities. Bounce and flicker synergies extend Sakashima's lifespan and let you reset the clone for another creature.

Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.

Key Synergies

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Budget Build

Same gameplan, less money

Skip pricey tutors like Mystical Tutor; use role-players like Brainstorm and Ponder for smoothing, and grab budget clones like Molten Primordial or Frantic Search instead of reserved-list bounces.