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Taskmaster, Mercenary Mimic
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Taskmaster, Mercenary Mimic

{2}{U}{B}

Legendary Creature — Human Mercenary Villain

Photographic Reflexes — At the beginning of your first main phase, until your next turn, Taskmaster becomes a copy of up to one target creature on the battlefield or creature card in a graveyard, except his name is Taskmaster, Mercenary Mimic and he's a legendary Human Mercenary Villain creature.

3 / 5

Photographic Reflexes
Set
Marvel Super Heroes (MSH #425)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
4
Released
2026-06-26
Artist
Riccardo Federici
EDHREC rank
#9,454
Colour identity
{B}{U}
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.00
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander
Recursion

Combos

Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

  1. Buried Alive 65 %+56.6 %
  2. Chameleon, Master of Disguise 53 %+48.2 %
  3. Consuming Aberration 62 %+46.4 %
  4. Singularity Rupture 56 %+43.6 %
  5. Frantic Search 63 %+43.0 %
  6. Entomb 49 %+41.0 %
  7. Likeness Looter 48 %+40.4 %
  8. Ruin Crab 47 %+38.8 %
  9. Superior Spider-Man 40 %+38.4 %
  10. Mesmeric Orb 42 %+37.1 %
  11. Wrexial, the Risen Deep 42 %+36.4 %
  12. Reanimate 61 %+35.6 %
  13. Syr Konrad, the Grim 48 %+34.8 %
  14. Windfall 47 %+33.1 %
  15. Spark Double 43 %+32.9 %
  16. Ripples of Undeath 36 %+32.3 %
  17. Hedron Crab 36 %+31.9 %
  18. Lazav, Dimir Mastermind 35 %+31.8 %
  19. Sheoldred, Whispering One 35 %+29.6 %
  20. Millikin 32 %+28.6 %
  21. Stitcher's Supplier 33 %+28.4 %
  22. Animate Dead 39 %+28.2 %
  23. Archon of Cruelty 34 %+28.0 %
  24. Ledger Shredder 32 %+27.8 %
  25. Mindcrank 39 %+27.1 %
  26. Victimize 41 %+26.9 %
  27. Grave Researcher 31 %+26.4 %
  28. Deranged Assistant 29 %+26.3 %
  29. Drown in the Loch 44 %+26.0 %
  30. The Mindskinner 33 %+25.9 %
  31. Terisian Mindbreaker 28 %+25.2 %
  32. Maddening Cacophony 36 %+24.9 %
  33. The Water Crystal 34 %+24.6 %
  34. It That Betrays 26 %+24.4 %
  35. Body Double 26 %+23.6 %
  36. Ardyn, the Usurper 26 %+23.5 %
  37. Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant 26 %+22.7 %
  38. Phyrexian Metamorph 32 %+22.5 %
  39. Breach the Multiverse 31 %+22.3 %
  40. Sakashima of a Thousand Faces 27 %+22.1 %
  41. Ancient Brass Dragon 24 %+22.0 %
  42. Swiftfoot Boots 47 %+21.9 %
  43. The Soul Stone 28 %+21.6 %
  44. Fleet Swallower 22 %+19.3 %
  45. Riverchurn Monument 23 %+18.8 %
  46. Court of Cunning 24 %+18.6 %
  47. Hidden Lair 27 %+18.5 %
  48. Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur 22 %+18.3 %
  49. Phage the Untouchable 19 %+18.1 %
  50. Undercity Sewers 39 %+17.8 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Island 98 %+1.6 %
  2. Swamp 98 %+1.4 %
  3. Sol Ring 88 %+0.2 %
  4. Arcane Signet 87 %+3.6 %
  5. Command Tower 86 %-1.7 %
  6. Sunken Hollow 69 %+3.8 %
  7. Drowned Catacomb 68 %+13.3 %
  8. Buried Alive 65 %+56.6 %
  9. Talisman of Dominance 65 %+7.1 %
  10. Frantic Search 63 %+43.0 %
  11. Consuming Aberration 62 %+46.4 %
  12. Reanimate 61 %+35.6 %
  13. Counterspell 61 %+4.7 %
  14. Watery Grave 57 %+7.7 %
  15. Singularity Rupture 56 %+43.6 %
  16. Dimir Signet 54 %-4.3 %
  17. Chameleon, Master of Disguise 53 %+48.2 %
  18. Entomb 49 %+41.0 %
  19. Shipwreck Marsh 49 %+8.9 %
  20. Dark Ritual 48 %+10.9 %
  21. Syr Konrad, the Grim 48 %+34.8 %
  22. Likeness Looter 48 %+40.4 %
  23. Ruin Crab 47 %+38.8 %
  24. Swiftfoot Boots 47 %+21.9 %
  25. Windfall 47 %+33.1 %
  26. Choked Estuary 46 %-1.2 %
  27. Underground River 45 %+4.3 %
  28. Tainted Isle 45 %+0.9 %
  29. Morphic Pool 44 %+8.0 %
  30. Drown in the Loch 44 %+26.0 %
  31. Spark Double 43 %+32.9 %
  32. Mesmeric Orb 42 %+37.1 %
  33. Wrexial, the Risen Deep 42 %+36.4 %
  34. Exotic Orchard 42 %+9.8 %
  35. Fellwar Stone 42 %+10.7 %
  36. Victimize 41 %+26.9 %
  37. Lightning Greaves 41 %+13.6 %
  38. An Offer You Can't Refuse 41 %+8.5 %
  39. Gloomlake Verge 40 %+15.9 %
  40. Superior Spider-Man 40 %+38.4 %
  41. Toxic Deluge 40 %+14.2 %
  42. Animate Dead 39 %+28.2 %
  43. Rogue's Passage 39 %+12.6 %
  44. Mindcrank 39 %+27.1 %
  45. Polluted Delta 39 %+6.3 %
  46. Undercity Sewers 39 %+17.8 %
  47. Arcane Denial 38 %+11.1 %
  48. Hedron Crab 36 %+31.9 %
  49. Ripples of Undeath 36 %+32.3 %
  50. Maddening Cacophony 36 %+24.9 %

Format legality

Standard Legal
Pioneer Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Legal
Penny Legal
Premodern Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Pauper EDH Not legal
Old School Not legal
Future Legal
Gladiator Legal
All printingsScryfall ↗Edhrec ↗
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