First printed in Saviors of Kamigawa (2005)
Legendary Creature — Human Rogue
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 "
: Return Sakashima the Impostor to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step."
3/1
- Illustrated by
- rk post
Legality
- Legal in
- Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Penny Dreadful, Commander, Duel Commander, PreDH, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, Tiny Leaders, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Rulings (3)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.006 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
Combos
245 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB: Felidar Guardian + Sakashima the Impostor
- Infinite landfall triggers: Kodama of the East Tree + Sakashima the Impostor + Simic Growth Chamber
- Near-infinite creature ETB, Near-infinite creature LTB…: Radiant Solar + Sakashima the Impostor + Sefris of the Hidden Ways + Spark Double
- Near-infinite creature ETB, Near-infinite creature LTB…: Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore + Radiant Solar + Sakashima the Impostor + Sefris of the Hidden Ways
- Near-infinite creature ETB, Near-infinite creature LTB…: Radiant Solar + Sakashima of a Thousand Faces + Sakashima the Impostor + Sefris of the Hidden Ways
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB: Emiel the Blessed + Galadriel, Light of Valinor + Sakashima the Impostor
- Infinite landfall triggers: Kodama of the East Tree + Oboro, Palace in the Clouds + Sakashima the Impostor
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Loyal Retainers + Sakashima of a Thousand Faces + Sakashima the Impostor
- Creatures can't attack, Lock: Pramikon, Sky Rampart + Sakashima the Impostor
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite landfall triggers…: Cloudstone Curio + Kodama of the East Tree + Sakashima the Impostor
