Printings
Sakashima the Impostor
Card Information
Type: Legendary Creature — Human Rogue
Mana Cost: 2
CMC: 4
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Saviors of Kamigawa (SOK)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 53
Oracle Text
You may have Sakashima the Impostor enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except its name is Sakashima the Impostor, it's legendary in addition to its other types, and it has "{2}{U}{U}: Return Sakashima the Impostor to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step."
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- June 1, 2005
If there is no creature on the battlefield or if you don't choose a creature as Sakashima enters, Sakashima remains a 3/1 Human Rogue.
Source: wotc - June 1, 2005
Sakashima must be on the battlefield at the end of turn in order to return to hand. If Sakashima leaves the battlefield after the ability is activated but before the at-end-of-turn ability resolves, the ability does nothing.
Source: wotc - June 1, 2005
Sakashima doesn't get the return to hand ability unless a creature is copied as Sakashima enters. Sakashima can't copy itself because the choice is made as part of the event that puts it onto the battlefield, and whatever will be copied must already be on the battlefield.
Source: wotc
Price History
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