Progenitor Mimic
Creature — Shapeshifter
$1.46
Market price
$13.98
Foil
3
Public decks
Rules Text
Card Facts
Legality
Brawl
LegalCommander
LegalCompetitive Brawl
LegalDuel Commander
LegalGladiator
LegalHistoric
LegalLegacy
LegalModern
LegalOathbreaker
LegalPenny Dreadful
LegalPioneer
LegalTimeless
LegalVintage
LegalAlchemy
Not legalFuture
Not legalOld School
Not legalPauper
Not legalPauper Commander
Not legalPreDH
Not legalPremodern
Not legalStandard
Not legalStandard Brawl
Not legalTLR
Not legalRulings
- Apr 15, 2013 · Wizards of the Coast
Progenitor Mimic copies exactly what was printed on the original creature and nothing more (unless that creature is copying something else or is a token). It doesn't copy whether that creature is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, or so on.
- Apr 15, 2013 · Wizards of the Coast
The original Progenitor Mimic will create tokens, but those token copies will not.
- Apr 15, 2013 · Wizards of the Coast
If you choose to have Progenitor Mimic enter the battlefield as a copy of a creature, the triggered ability it gains will become part of its copiable values. For example, suppose Progenitor Mimic enters the battlefield as a copy of Runeclaw Bear, a 2/2 green Bear creature with mana cost {1}{G}. The resulting object is a 2/2 green Bear creature named Runeclaw Bear with mana cost {1}{G} and with “At the beginning of your upkeep, if this creature isn't a token, put a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of this creature.” If another Progenitor Mimic enters the battlefield as a copy of that creature, it will be a Runeclaw Bear with two instances of the triggered ability.
- Apr 15, 2013 · Wizards of the Coast
If the chosen creature is a token, Progenitor Mimic copies the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that put it onto the battlefield. Copying a token doesn't make Progenitor Mimic become a token.
- Apr 15, 2013 · Wizards of the Coast
Any enters-the-battlefield abilities of the copied creature will trigger when Progenitor Mimic 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.
- Apr 15, 2013 · Wizards of the Coast
If the chosen creature has {X} in its mana cost (such as Protean Hydra), X is considered to be zero.
- Apr 15, 2013 · Wizards of the Coast
If Progenitor Mimic somehow enters the battlefield at the same time as another creature, it can't become a copy of that creature. You may choose only a creature that's already on the battlefield.
- Apr 15, 2013 · Wizards of the Coast
You can choose not to copy anything. In that case, Progenitor Mimic enters the battlefield as a 0/0 Shapeshifter creature and is probably put into the graveyard immediately.
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3 public decks run Progenitor Mimic.









