Mimic

Riding the Dilu Horse's Design Intent

New • 10 Jul 2024 • Asked by presidentark • 23 Comments

Was Riding the Dilu Horse lacking the "Until end of turn" rider deliberate or not? I'm trying to settle an argument; I'm on the side of "it was a mistake that left in because of the negligible impact of 'fixing' it"; the other party is on side "It was deliberate because it makes it function as a pseudoenchantment, when Portal was intended to lack that type".

I didn’t work on that set, but I believe is was intentional to mimic an enchantment.
Enchantments Horses Mimic Riding the Dilu Horse

Possibility for Treasure Creature

New • 30 Mar 2022 • Asked by mjawadb • 28 Comments

Mimic can be a Treasure Creature!

The one rule we have for artifact subtypes tied to tokens is that the creature does something akin to what the token does, although it doesn’t have to be identical.
Artifacts Creatures Mimic Rules Subtype Tokens Treasure

Mimic Vat Trivia

New • 29 Aug 2019 • Asked by pfayze • 38 Comments

Hey Mark, it’s my birthday! Do you have any trivia on Mimic Vat, or any other unheard information about anything you’d like to share? Thank you!

When we brought back imprint in Scars of Mirrodin, the goal was to try an innovate with it. When we made Mimic Vat, we were trying to make a creature copying artifact, but one that played differently. We did that two ways. One, it could only copy a creature temporarily, and two, it could only copy the last creature to have died. Happy Birthday!
Appreciation Artifacts Birthday Brought Back Card Printing Creatures Imprint Mimic Vat Scars of Mirrodin

Tribal Cards Future

New • 26 Sep 2017 • Asked by axitreii-blog • 34 Comments

Are pick your tribe tribal cards like Adaptive Automaton and Vanquisher's Banner confined to tribal sets in the future or can we see them more in core sets or odd places (like metallic mimic in Kaladesh)?

I think it’s something we’ll see time to time in non-tribal themed sets.
Adaptive Automaton Automaton Kaladesh Kindred / Typal Metallic Mimic Vanquisher's Banner

Progenitor Mimic Trivia

New • 27 Jun 2017 • Asked by soulbondinfect • 28 Comments

It's my Birthday today and I remembered to ask for some trivia this year. Have you got any trivia on my favourite card, Progenitor Mimic? If not, just a Happy Birthday will be fine :)

I think the earliest version was an enchantment that just made clone tokens each turn, but it got weird if the card it was locked on went away, so we made it a clone to help clarify what it was copying.Happy Birthday!
Birthday Enchantments Progenitor Mimic Tokens

Green Clone Mechanics

New • 09 Jun 2016 • Asked by arithallan-deactivated20230503 • 19 Comments

Is Green allowed to clone? I didn't think so, but Progenitor Mimic is a clone with Followed Footsteps, so I'm not sure

Green does a little bit usually with token copies or getting a duplicate copy out of your hand or library.
Followed Footsteps Green Progenitor Mimic The Library Tokens Your Hand

Goblin Test Pilots Chaos

New • 25 May 2016 • Asked by mariopiecetheatre-blog • 81 Comments

Happy Birthday you old coot, here's a funny bit of magic that happened during the Dragon's Maze draft. Being the dashing rogue that I am I drafted as many Goblin Test Pilots as possible. I ended up playing against someone who pulled a Progenitor Mimic. Long story short there was over 20 Test Pilots on the board between the two of us before we activated them all, one in response to another. Pretty much the whole store gathered around the table to watch everything resolve.

: )
Birthday Dragon Dragon's Maze Goblin Humor Limited Pilot Progenitor Mimic Rogue Story / Lore

Color Pie and Cloning

New • 15 Apr 2016 • Asked by notheremaybe • 25 Comments

So are you meaning to say that Progenitor Mimic and Altered Ego are out of colour pie? Or answering about blue/green hybrid clone?

I was talking about MonoGreen. Once Blue gets involved, Green can clone all it likes.
Altered Ego Blue Colors Green Hybrid Progenitor Mimic

Clone Cards Cycle Status

New • 29 Dec 2015 • Asked by eternalcheechako • 20 Comments

Do you consider "dack's duplicate"(UR), "evil twin"(UB) and "progenitor mimic"(UG) to be part of an unfinished cycle? Is a UW clone on a short list?

I do not consider it a cycle.
Cycles Dack's Duplicate Evil Twin Izzet (U/R) Progenitor Mimic

Progenitor Mimic Trivia

New • 08 Aug 2015 • Asked by tonyredgravedmc • 31 Comments

Hi, my birthday was Aug 4, trying again since my bday Q was missed this year and the last, could I get trivia on one of my all-time favorite cards: Progenitor Mimic? Thank you so much.

Progenitor Mimic was us messing around with two similar abilities that appear in Blue and Green. Blue gets cloning while Green is allowed to make token copies of its stuff. Often on multicolor cards, we like mixing two similar mechanics together to make something new. Also, it felt very Simic-y. Happy Birthday!
Appreciation Birthday Blue Green Mechanics Progenitor Mimic Simic (G/U) Tokens

Mimic Vat Insights

New • 25 Feb 2014 • Asked by plex4242 • 21 Comments

Hey Mark! It's my birthday! Can we get some trivia on one of my favorite cards - Mimic Vat!

When we brought back imprint in Scars of Mirrodin block, one of my goals was to stretch a little how we used imprint. Mimic Vat was made with the idea of having an imprint card where the imprint card changed over time.
Birthday Brought Back Card Printing Imprint Mimic Vat Scars of Mirrodin

Progenitor Mimic Mechanics

New • 22 Feb 2014 • Asked by demitricamperos • 14 Comments

Un-rules question! If my foil Progenitor Mimic targets a non-foil creature, do they token copies I make at upkeep get the buff from Super Secret Tech?

The copies take on the qualities of what they copy and in silver-bordered world this includes foil-ness.
Creatures Foils Progenitor Mimic Rules Super Secret Tech Tokens Un-sets

Clone Attack Clarification

New • 08 May 2013 • Asked by vedalkensamurai • 5 Comments

Can you attack with a Clone of a Rocket-Powered Turbo Slug the turn before you cast it? If so, do you have to pay 3R or 3U during your next turn (reminder text suggests 3R)? If 3R, is this a good way to get a Progenitor Mimic out cheap? If so, can you attack with the token copies the turn before they come into play? If so, do you have to pay their mana costs or not?

EDIT: I got this wrong the first time so let me get this correct. Superhaste is not haste. What it does is it allows you to put the card from your hand and attack with it the turn before you play it. By the time you can clone it, it is too late to be able to invoke the super haste. So, you spend 3U and get a red 3/1 with super haste, an ability you will not be able to use. You do not though have to spend 3R next turn.
Cast Haste Mana Progenitor Mimic Red Rocket-Powered Turbo Slug Slug Tokens Your Hand

Set Design Nuances

New • 07 Jun 2012 • Asked by ihititwithmyaxe • 5 Comments

I like that I can find new depth and secrets to a set even months or years after its release. The nuance you have put into the products, the easter eggs and the subtleties, are very rewarding. Today I learned that Inistrad Block has 666 cards, and that R&D might have printed Mimic Vat as an homage or update to Isochron Scepter. I hope Return to Ravnica has just as much nuance to it.

I’m not allowed to say anything about Return to Ravnica yet so I’ll just say I think you’ll be happy. 
Card Printing Egg Game Design Isochron Scepter Mimic Vat Return to Ravnica

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