First printed in Planechase 2012 (2012)
Creature — Human Ninja
Ninjutsu 
(, Return an unblocked attacker you control to hand: Put this card onto the battlefield from your hand tapped and attacking.)
You may have this creature enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it's a Ninja in addition to its other creature types.
0/0
- Illustrated by
- Brian Snõddy
Legality
- Legal in
- Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Rulings (8)
- If Sakashima's Student somehow enters at the same time as another creature, Sakashima's Student can't become a copy of that creature. You may choose only a creature that's already on the battlefield.
- Any "enters" abilities of the copied creature will trigger when Sakashima's Student enters. Any "as [this creature] enters" or "[this creature] enters with" abilities of the chosen creature (like devour) will also work.
- You can choose not to copy anything. In that case, Sakashima's Student enters as a 0/0 creature, and is probably put into the graveyard immediately.
- If the chosen creature is copying something else (for example, if the chosen creature is another Sakashima's Student), then your Sakashima's Student enters as whatever the chosen creature copied.
- If the chosen creature is a token, Sakashima's Student copies the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that put the token onto the battlefield. Sakashima's Student is not a token.
- Sakashima's Student copies exactly what was printed on the original creature (unless that creature is copying something else or is a token; see below) and it is a Ninja in addition to its other types. It doesn't copy whether that creature is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or any Auras and Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, or so on.
- If the chosen creature has
in its mana cost, X is zero. - Because you return the unblocked attacking creature to its owner's hand while activating the ninjutsu ability, you can't have Sakashima's Student enter as a copy of that creature.
Prices
MTGO price: 10.05 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 31 Oct 2026).
Combos
87 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB: Felidar Guardian + Sakashima's Student
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Cloud of Faeries + Sakashima's Student + Silver-Fur Master + Thousand-Faced Shadow
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Great Whale + Sakashima's Student + Satoru Umezawa
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite mana lands you control can produce…: Palinchron + Sakashima's Student + Satoru Umezawa
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Sakashima's Student (+ 1 other requirement)
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Princess Yue + Sakashima's Student + Wormfang Newt
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Astral Dragon + Princess Yue + Sakashima's Student
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Princess Yue + Sakashima's Student + Wormfang Turtle
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB: Sakashima's Student + Wispweaver Angel
- Infinite self-mill: Mirror-Mad Phantasm + Sakashima's Student
