Copy Catchers

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Copy Catchers: Creature - Faerie, Murders at Karlov Manor Commander. Flying. Whenever you surveil, you may pay 1U. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{U}
Mana value
2
Type
Creature - Faerie
Colour identity
Blue (U)
Power / toughness
2/1
Rarity
Rare
Set
Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC)
Released
2024-02-09
Collector number
20
Artist
Edgar Sánchez Hidalgo
Commander rank
18,901 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Flying

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About Copy Catchers

Copy Catchers is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue creature from Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC), a Commander product released in February 2024. It is collector number 20 in that set, with art by Edgar Sánchez Hidalgo. It costs {1}{U} (one generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 2/1 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Murders at Karlov Manor Commander is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.29 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Flying

Whenever you surveil, you may pay {1}{U}. If you do, create a token that's a copy of this creature.

"I honestly don't know if they're sabotaging our records or trying to help me sort." -Kruno, Agency clerk

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.29 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Copy Catchers by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Copy Catchers

The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC) #330Rare2024

Official rulings

Five official rulings apply to Copy Catchers, newest first.

  • An ability that triggers “whenever you surveil” triggers after you’re done surveilling, even if you have fewer cards in your library than the number of cards you’re instructed to surveil. It triggers even if you have no cards in your library.
  • The token doesn’t copy whether Copy Catchers is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, and so on.
  • In the unusual case where Copy Catchers becomes a copy of something else while its triggered ability is on the stack but before it resolves, the token will enter the battlefield as a copy of whatever Copy Catchers is copying. (Do you copy? Over.)
  • The token copy will have Copy Catchers’s abilities and will be able to create copies of itself.
  • If Copy Catchers leaves the battlefield before its triggered ability resolves, the token will still enter the battlefield as a copy of Copy Catchers, using Copy Catchers’s copiable values from when it was last on the battlefield.

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