Fractured Identity
Fractured Identity: Sorcery, Commander 2017. Exile target nonland permanent. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{W}{U}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- White and blue (WU)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Commander 2017 (C17)
- Released
- 2017-08-25
- Collector number
- 37
- Artist
- Yongjae Choi
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About Fractured Identity
Fractured Identity is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white and blue sorcery from Commander 2017 (C17), a Commander product released in August 2017. It is collector number 37 in that set, with art by Yongjae Choi. It costs {3}{W}{U} (three generic, one white and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. Its colour identity is white and blue. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 6 sets, from Treasure Chest (2016) to Breaking News (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $1.31 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Exile target nonland permanent. Each player other than its controller creates a token that's a copy of it.
Self-reflection is not without its perils.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $1.31 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Fractured Identity by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Fractured Identity
Fractured Identity has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #C17-37 | Rare | 2026 |
| Breaking News (OTP) #45 | Mythic | 2024 |
| Breaking News (OTP) #76 | Mythic | 2024 |
| Doctor Who (WHO) #1068 | Rare | 2023 |
| Doctor Who (WHO) #236 | Rare | 2023 |
| Doctor Who (WHO) #477 | Rare | 2023 |
| Doctor Who (WHO) #827 | Rare | 2023 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #272 | Rare | 2021 |
| Treasure Chest (PZ2) #65681 | Rare | 2017 |
Official rulings
Six official rulings apply to Fractured Identity, newest first.
- Any enters-the-battlefield abilities of the copied permanent will trigger when the tokens enter the battlefield. Any "As [this permanent] enters the battlefield" or "[This permanent] enters the battlefield with" abilities of the copied permanent will also work.
- If the copied permanent had {X} in its mana cost, X is 0.
- The tokens copy exactly what was printed on the permanent and nothing else (unless that permanent was copying something else or was a token; see below). They don't copy whether that permanent was tapped or untapped, whether it had any counters on it or Auras and/or Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that changed its power, toughness, types, color, and so on.
- If the copied permanent is a token, the tokens created by Fractured Identity copy the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that put it onto the battlefield.
- If the copied permanent was copying something else, the tokens enter the battlefield as whatever that permanent was copying.
- If the exiled permanent was a commander, the tokens won't be commanders.
Similar cards
Other sorcery cards with a white and blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.