Mercurial Pretender
Creature — Shapeshifter · 
Mercurial Pretender is part of 71 combos legal in Commander. Often combined with Sefris of the Hidden Ways and Radiant Solar.
Mercurial Pretender
Creature — Shapeshifter
You may have this creature enter as a copy of a creature you control, except it has "
: Return this creature to its owner's hand."
- Mana value
- 5
- Power/Toughness
- 0/0
- Color identity
Frequently combined with
The cards that most often join Mercurial Pretender across all of its 71 combos.
Roles in combos
Mercurial Pretender can stand in for these generic cards, so it also fits the combos that require them.
What Mercurial Pretender provides to the combos it is part of.
- Clone - Creature
Combos with Mercurial Pretender
71 combos legal in Commander.
Color Identity: G, U
Cards in combo:
Volo, Guide to Monsters
Mercurial Pretender
Peregrine Drake
+2 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Infinite creature tokens
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite mana lands you control can produce
Infinite storm count
Color Identity: U
Cards in combo:
Princess Yue
Wormfang Newt
Mercurial Pretender
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite death triggers
Infinite landfall triggers
Color Identity: U, R
Cards in combo:
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
Mercurial Pretender
+ Effects that Alter a Creature's Power/Toughness (Anthem Effects)
Results in combo:
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite death triggers
Color Identity: U
Cards in combo:
Princess Yue
Wormfang Turtle
Mercurial Pretender
Results in combo:
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite death triggers
Infinite landfall triggers
Color Identity: W, U
Cards in combo:
Felidar Guardian
Mercurial Pretender
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Color Identity: U
Cards in combo:
Princess Yue
Astral Dragon
Mercurial Pretender
Results in combo:
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature token copies of all noncreature permanents
Infinite creature tokens
Infinite death triggers
Infinite landfall triggers
Color Identity: U
Cards in combo:
Mirror-Mad Phantasm
Mercurial Pretender
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite self-mill
Color Identity: W, U
Cards in combo:
Wispweaver Angel
Mercurial Pretender
Results in combo:
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Color Identity: G, U
Cards in combo:
Volo, Guide to Monsters
Mercurial Pretender
Great Whale
+2 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Infinite creature tokens
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite mana lands you control can produce
Infinite storm count
Color Identity: W, U, B
Cards in combo:
Sharuum the Hegemon
Mercurial Pretender
Results in combo:
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Color Identity: G, U
Cards in combo:
Kiora's Follower
Illusionist's Bracers
Mercurial Pretender
Results in combo:
Infinite untap of permanents you control
Infinite mana permanents you control can produce
Color Identity: U, B, R
Cards in combo:
Bladewing the Risen
Mercurial Pretender
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite death triggers
Color Identity: W, U, B
Cards in combo:
Sefris of the Hidden Ways
Radiant Solar
Phantasmal Image
Mercurial Pretender
Results in combo:
Near-infinite creature ETB
Near-infinite creature LTB
Near-infinite death triggers
Near-infinite lifeloss for all players
Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Color Identity: W, U
Cards in combo:
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward
Karmic Guide
Mercurial Pretender
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature tokens
Infinite blinking of nonland permanents
Color Identity: U
Cards in combo:
Anticausal Vestige
Cloudstone Curio
Mercurial Pretender
Results in combo:
Infinite card draw
Near-infinite creature ETB
Infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite storm count
Near-infinite creature LTB
Color Identity: G, U
Cards in combo:
Grim Poppet
Flourishing Defenses
Mercurial Pretender
Results in combo:
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature tokens
Color Identity: G, U
Cards in combo:
Deeproot Pilgrimage
Kiora's Follower
Mercurial Pretender
+2 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature tokens
Color Identity: W, U, B
Cards in combo:
Sefris of the Hidden Ways
Radiant Solar
Mercurial Pretender
Clone
Results in combo:
Near-infinite creature ETB
Near-infinite creature LTB
Near-infinite death triggers
Near-infinite lifeloss for all players
Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Color Identity: W, U, B
Cards in combo:
Sefris of the Hidden Ways
Radiant Solar
Mirror Image
Mercurial Pretender
Results in combo:
Near-infinite creature ETB
Near-infinite creature LTB
Near-infinite death triggers
Near-infinite lifeloss for all players
Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Color Identity: U, B
Cards in combo:
Grim Poppet
Nest of Scarabs
Mercurial Pretender
Results in combo:
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature tokens
