Combos with Clever Impersonator
15 known combos in Commander — View Clever Impersonator
Results:
Near-infinite colored mana
· Infinite draw triggers for all players
· Near-infinite Treasure tokens
· Infinite card draw for all players
Show steps
- Activate Faerie Mastermind by paying {3}{U}, causing each player to draw a card.
- Smothering Tithe and Clever Impersonator trigger for each opponent you have, creating at least four Treasure tokens.
- Activate four Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding {3}{U}.
- Repeat.
Results:
Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
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- Cast Clever Impersonator by paying its mana cost, choosing to have it enter the battlefield as a copy of Felidar Guardian
- When Clever Impersonator enters the battlefield, it triggers, blinking Felidar Guardian.
- When Felidar Guardian enters the battlefield, it triggers, blinking Clever Impersonator. Choose to have Clever Impersonator enter the battlefield as a copy of Felidar Guardian.
- Repeat from step 2.
Results:
Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite death triggers
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- Activate Kiki-Jiki by tapping it, creating a token copy of Clever Impersonator that has haste. Choose to have Clever Impersonator enter as a copy of Kiki-Jiki.
- Put the oldest Kiki-Jiki into the graveyard due to the legend rule.
- Repeat step 1 using the Clever Impersonator token instead.
Results:
Infinite death triggers
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite mill
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
· Infinite self-mill
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- Cast Clever Impersonator by paying {2}{U}{U}, having it enter the battlefield as a copy of Gyruda.
- Put Clever Impersonator into your graveyard due to the legend rule.
- Mortuary triggers, putting Clever Impersonator on top of your library from your graveyard.
- Clever Impersonator's enter the battlefield ability triggers, causing each player to mill four cards and you to return Clever Impersonator from your graveyard to the battlefield as a copy of Gyruda.
- Repeat from step 2.
Results:
Infinite death triggers
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite sacrifice triggers
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- Cast Necromancy by paying {2}{B}.
- When Necromancy enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Astral Dragon from your graveyard to the battlefield, and then attaching Necromancy to Astral Dragon.
- When Astral Dragon enters the battlefield, it triggers, creating two token copies of Necromancy that are 3/3 Dragon creatures in addition to their other types.
- When the Necromancy tokens enter the battlefield, they trigger, with at least one trigger targeting Clever Impersonator.
- Resolve the first Necromancy trigger, returning Clever Impersonator from your graveyard to the battlefield as a copy of Astral Dragon, and not attaching Necromancy to Clever Impersonator due to Necromancy being a creature.
- The Necromancy Aura creature token is put into your graveyard as a state-based action due to being an Aura that is unattached.
- The Necromancy token leaves-the-battlefield ability triggers, as well as Clever Impersonator's enters-the-battlefield ability.
- Resolve the Necromancy trigger, causing you to sacrifce Clever Impersonator.
- Resolve the Clever Impersonator trigger, creating two token copies of Necromancy that are 3/3 Dragon creatures in addition to their other types.
- Repeat from step 4.
Results:
Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite mill
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- Cast Clever Impersonator by paying {2}{U}{U}.
- Clever Impersonator enters the battlefield as a copy of Felidar Guardian, triggering Altar of the Brood and itself.
- Resolve the Altar of the Brood trigger, causing each opponent to mill a card.
- Resolve the Clever Impersonator's trigger, blinking Felidar Guardian.
- Felidar Guardian enters the battlefield, triggering Altar of the Brood and itself.
- Resolve the Altar of the Brood trigger, causing each opponent to mill a card.
- Resolve the Felidar Guardian's trigger, blinking Clever Impersonator.
- Repeat from step 2.
Results:
Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
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- Cast Clever Impersonator by paying {2}{U}{U}.
- Clever Impersonator enters as a copy of Sharuum.
- Put Sharuum into the graveyard due to the legend rule.
- Clever Impersonator triggers, returning Sharuum from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- Put Sharuum into the graveyard due to the legend rule.
- Sharuum enters the battlefield triggers, returning itself from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- Repeat from step 5.
Results:
Infinite LTB
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite landfall triggers
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- Cast Clever Impersonator by paying its mana cost. Choose to have it enter as a copy of Princess Yue.
- Put Clever Impersonator into your graveyard due to the legend rule.
- When Clever Impersonator dies, it triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield as a land named Moon. Choose to have it enter as a copy of Wormfang Newt, gaining its abilities.
- When Clever Impersonator enters, its first ability triggers, exiling it.
- When Clever Impersonator leaves the battlefield, its second ability triggers, returning Clever Impersonator from exile to the battlefield. Choose to have it enter as a copy of Princess Yue.
- Repeat from step 2.
Results:
Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite landfall triggers
Show steps
- Cast Clever Impersonator by paying its mana cost. Choose to have it enter as a copy of Princess Yue.
- Put Clever Impersonator into your graveyard due to the legend rule.
- When Clever Impersonator dies, it triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield as a land named Moon. Choose to have it enter as a copy of Wormfang Turtle, gaining its abilities.
- When Clever Impersonator enters, its first ability triggers, exiling it.
- When Clever Impersonator leaves the battlefield, its second ability triggers, returning Clever Impersonator from exile to the battlefield. Choose to have it enter as a copy of Princess Yue.
- Repeat from step 2.
Results:
Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite creature token copies of all noncreature permanents
· Infinite creature tokens
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite landfall triggers
Show steps
- Cast Clever Impersonator by paying its mana cost. Choose to have it enter as a copy of Princess Yue.
- Put Clever Impersonator into your graveyard due to the legend rule.
- When Clever Impersonator dies, it triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield as a land named Moon. Choose to have it enter as a copy of Astral Dragon, gaining its abilities.
- When Clever Impersonator enters, it triggers, creating two token copies of itself, thus creating two copies of Moon with Astral Dragon's abilities, that are 3/3 Dragon creatures in addition to its other types.
- Put all but one of the [[clones]] into your graveyard due to the legend rule.
- The Clever Impersonator tokens each trigger. Resolve a trigger, creating two token copies of itself, thus creating two copies of Moon with Astral Dragon's abilities, that are 3/3 Dragon creatures in addition to its other types.
- Repeat from step 5.
Results:
Infinite creature tokens
· Infinite death triggers
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
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- Cast Karmic Guide by paying {3}{W}{W}.
- When Karmic Guide enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Clever Impersonator to the battlefield from your graveyard.
- Choose not to have Clever Impersonator copy anything as it enters the battlefield.
- Clever Impersonator dies as a state-based action due to having zero toughness.
- Preston triggers, creating a copy of Clever Impersonator that is a 0/1 Illusion.
- Choose to have the Clever Impersonator token enter the battlefield as a copy of Karmic Guide.
- When the Clever Impersonator token enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning the nontoken Clever Impersonator to the battlefield from your graveyard.
- Repeat from step 3.
Results:
Infinite blinking
· Infinite creature tokens
· Infinite ETB
· Infinite LTB
· Infinite blinking of nonland permanents
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- Cast Spark Double by paying {3}{U}, choosing to have it enter the battlefield as a nonlegendary copy of Abdel Adrian.
- When Spark Double enters the battlefield, it triggers, exiling Abdel Adrian until Spark Double leaves the battlefield and creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token.
- When Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield, Clever Impersonator returns from exile to the battlefield as a copy of Spark Double.
- When Clever Impersonator enters the battlefield, it triggers, exiling Spark Double until Clever Impersonator leaves the battlefield and creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token.
- When Spark Double leaves the battlefield, Abdel Adrian returns from exile to the battlefield.
- When Abdel Adrian enters the battlefield, it triggers, exiling Clever Impersonator until Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield and creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token.
- When Clever Impersonator leaves the battlefield, Spark Double returns to the battlefield from exile as a nonlegendary copy of Abdel Adrian.
- Repeat from step 2.
Results:
Creatures can't attack
· Lock
Show steps
- At the beginning of each of your upkeeps, Mystic Barrier and Clever Impersonator trigger, choosing "left" for Mystic Barrier and "right" for Clever Impersonator.
- As long as there are three or more players in the game, creatures cannot attack.
Results:
Infinite self-mill
Show steps
Activate Clever Impersonator by paying {1}{U}, shuffling Clever Impersonator into your library and milling your entire library due to it not having a card named Mirror-Mad Phantasm in it.
Results:
Infinite mana permanents you control can produce
Show steps
- Activate Kiora's Follower by tapping it, targeting Clever Impersonator.
- Illusionist's Bracers triggers, copying Kiora's Follower's ability.
- Resolve both Kiora's Follower abilities, untapping Clever Impersonator and another permanent you control.
- Activate Clever Impersonator by tapping it, untapping Kiora's Follower.
- Repeat.
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