Dark Impostor

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Dark Impostor: Creature - Vampire Assassin, Crimson Vow Commander. 4BB: Exile target creature and put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{B}
Mana value
3
Type
Creature - Vampire Assassin
Colour identity
Black (B)
Power / toughness
2/2
Rarity
Rare
Set
Crimson Vow Commander (VOC)
Released
2021-11-19
Collector number
127
Artist
Johannes Voss
Commander rank
10,674 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Dark Impostor

Dark Impostor is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black creature from Crimson Vow Commander (VOC), a Commander product released in November 2021. It is collector number 127 in that set, with art by Johannes Voss. It costs {2}{B} (two generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Avacyn Restored (2012) to Crimson Vow Commander (2021). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.37 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

{4}{B}{B}: Exile target creature and put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

This creature has all activated abilities of all creature cards exiled with it.

"Ah, this is a nice life. I can see why you were so desperate to keep it."

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.37 (as of 2026-11-11).

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

Format legality

Legality of Dark Impostor by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Dark Impostor

Dark Impostor has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Commander 2017 (C17) #109Rare2017
Avacyn Restored (AVR) #92Rare2012

Official rulings

Six official rulings apply to Dark Impostor, newest first.

  • If Dark Imposter exiles a double-faced card, it will only have activated abilities of the front face of that exiled card, no matter which face was up on the battlefield.
  • If an activated ability of a card in exile references the card it's printed on by name, treat Dark Impostor's version of that ability as though it referenced Dark Impostor by name instead. For example, if Marrow Bats (which says "Pay 4 life: Regenerate Marrow Bats") is exiled with Dark Impostor, Dark Impostor has the ability "Pay 4 life: Regenerate Dark Impostor."
  • Once Dark Impostor leaves the battlefield, it will no longer have the activated abilities of the creature cards exiled with it. If it returns to the battlefield, it will be a new Dark Impostor with no connection to those exiled cards.
  • Dark Impostor gains only activated abilities. It doesn't gain triggered abilities or static abilities. Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keywords are activated abilities; they have colons in their reminder text.
  • Dark Impostor can target and exile a permanent that's only a creature temporarily, like an animated land. However, because that card isn't a creature card, Dark Impostor won't have any of that card's activated abilities.
  • If you control more than one Dark Impostor, each will have only the activated abilities of creature cards exiled with that specific Dark Impostor.

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