Dark Impostor Price
3 printings · 3 sets · first printed 2012
Dark Impostor has been printed 3 times across 3 sets, first in 2012 and most recently in 2021. Right now the cheapest printing is Commander 2017 #109 at $0.33, while the most expensive is Crimson Vow Commander #127 at $0.43. The median across 3 priced printings is $0.37. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 3x, including dedicated reprint sets like Crimson Vow Commander, Commander 2017.
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Every Dark Impostor Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commander 2017 #109 (R) Cheapest | 2017 | $0.33 | — |
| Avacyn Restored #92 (R) | 2012 | $0.37 | $0.08 |
| Crimson Vow Commander #127 (R) | 2021 | $0.43 | — |
Prices are the latest nightly market price; a printing with no tracked price shows a dash. Dealer buylist is Card Kingdom's current offer via MTGJSON, shown where one exists.
: Exile target creature and put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.This creature has all activated abilities of all creature cards exiled with it.
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 3 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
6 PrecedentsIf an activated ability of a card in exile references the card it's printed on by name, treat Dark Impostor's version of that ability as though it referenced Dark Impostor by name instead. For example, if Marrow Bats (which says "Pay 4 life: Regenerate Marrow Bats") is exiled with Dark Impostor, Dark Impostor has the ability "Pay 4 life: Regenerate Dark Impostor."
Once Dark Impostor leaves the battlefield, it will no longer have the activated abilities of the creature cards exiled with it. If it returns to the battlefield, it will be a new Dark Impostor with no connection to those exiled cards.
Dark Impostor gains only activated abilities. It doesn't gain triggered abilities or static abilities. Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keywords are activated abilities; they have colons in their reminder text.
Dark Impostor can target and exile a permanent that's only a creature temporarily, like an animated land. However, because that card isn't a creature card, Dark Impostor won't have any of that card's activated abilities.
If you control more than one Dark Impostor, each will have only the activated abilities of creature cards exiled with that specific Dark Impostor.
If Dark Imposter exiles a double-faced card, it will only have activated abilities of the front face of that exiled card, no matter which face was up on the battlefield.