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Shameless Charlatan
Legendary Enchantment — Background
Commander creatures you own have "{2}{U}: This creature becomes a copy of another target creature."
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“Blue background turning your commander into a copy-paste machine.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Combat damage, Commander damage
Blink, Tokens
Strategy
Shameless Charlatan turns your commander into a flexible shapeshifter, letting you copy any creature on the battlefield for just two mana and blue. This is perfect for commanders that benefit from entering the battlefield multiple times, or for simply adapting your creature to whatever threat the table needs answered. You're not trying to be the fastest deck—you're the adaptable one that survives through versatility.
Your gameplan revolves around commanders with strong enter-the-battlefield effects (like Mulldrifter or Solemnity synergies) or creatures that get better the more times they change. The copy ability lets you pivot defensively when needed, become a massive threat mid-combat, or simply steal utility creatures' abilities. You'll want a suite of creatures with useful abilities, some evasion, and ways to protect your commander while it's copying things.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip expensive creatures; lean on solid commons and uncommons like Mulldrifter, Pestermite, and Soulherder. Counterspells like Counterspell and Spell Pierce are pricey—Spell Queller and Spell Snare do similar work cheaply.
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