Sakashima's Student
Sakashima's Student: Creature - Human Ninja, Planechase Anthology. Ninjutsu 1U. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{U}{U}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Creature - Human Ninja
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Power / toughness
- 0/0
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Planechase Anthology (PCA)
- Released
- 2016-11-25
- Collector number
- 24
- Artist
- Brian Snõddy
- Commander rank
- 3,626 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Ninjutsu
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About Sakashima's Student
Sakashima's Student is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue creature from Planechase Anthology (PCA), released in November 2016. It is collector number 24 in that set, with art by Brian Snõddy. It costs {2}{U}{U} (two generic and two blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 0/0 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Planechase 2012 (2012) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $22.33 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Ninjutsu {1}{U} ({1}{U}, 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.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $22.33 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Sakashima's Student by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Sakashima's Student
Sakashima's Student has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2355 | Rare | 2026 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2359 | Rare | 2026 |
| The List (PLST) #PCA-24 | Rare | 2022 |
| Planechase 2012 (PC2) #24 | Rare | 2012 |
Official rulings
The 8 most recent official rulings for Sakashima's Student, newest first.
- 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 {X} 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.
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