Mercurial Pretender
Current paper retail
Card Kingdom$0.49
Cardmarket€0.18
ManaPool$0.15
TCGplayer$0.16
Buylist (dealers pay)
Card Kingdom$0.03
MTGO (Cardhoarder)
retail$0.02 tix
90-day paper retail (USD)
3 providers
This printing
SetM15
Collector #68
Released2014-07-18
Rarityrare
ArtistIzzy
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Mercurial Pretender

RareColour IDMV 5
Creature — Shapeshifter
You may have this creature enter as a copy of a creature you control, except it has ": Return this creature to its owner's hand."
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Card capabilities
Creature
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
2 other English printingsEarliest 2014-07-17Newest 2015-03-30Cheapest priced $0.24 in PM15
Rulings (9)
wotc18 Jul 2014
If the chosen creature is copying something else (for example, if the chosen creature is another Mercurial Pretender), then Mercurial Pretender enters the battlefield as whatever the chosen creature is copying (plus any abilities it gained as part of the copying process, if applicable).
wotc18 Jul 2014
If the chosen creature is a token, Mercurial Pretender copies the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that put the token onto the battlefield. Mercurial Pretender is not a token, even when copying one.
wotc18 Jul 2014
If the chosen creature has {X} in its mana cost (such as Genesis Hydra), X is 0.
wotc18 Jul 2014
If Mercurial Pretender somehow enters the battlefield at the same time as another creature, Mercurial Pretender can’t become a copy of that creature. You may choose only a creature that’s already on the battlefield.
wotc18 Jul 2014
Any enters-the-battlefield abilities of the copied creature will trigger when Mercurial Pretender enters the battlefield. Any “as [this creature] enters the battlefield” or “[this creature] enters the battlefield with” abilities of the chosen creature will also work.
wotc18 Jul 2014
Mercurial Pretender’s ability doesn’t target the chosen creature.