
Overview
Legality, special rules, and flavor text
Rules
You may have this creature enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it has "At the beginning of your upkeep, if this creature isn't a token, create a token that's a copy of this creature."
Rulings
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. — 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. — If the chosen creature has {X} in its mana cost (such as Protean Hydra), X is considered to be zero. — 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. — 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. — 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. — The original Progenitor Mimic will create tokens, but those token copies will not. — 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.
Card details
Printing, type line, and catalog data
Identity & printing
- Card ID
- PIO-238--normal
- Name
- Progenitor Mimic
- Number
- 238
- Rarity
- Mythic
Type line & Magic stats
- Subtypes
- Shapeshifter
- Types
- Creature
- Mana cost
- {4}{G}{U}
- Mana value
- 6
- Power / toughness
- 0 / 0
Set, artist & references
- Artist
- Daarken
- Language
- English
- Set name
- Pioneer Masters
- Game name
- Magic: The Gathering
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