Legendary Creature — Human Rogue

Sakashima of a Thousand Faces

Mana value4EDHREC#1,085PartnerYes

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The Commander

You may have Sakashima enter as a copy of another creature you control, except it has Sakashima's other abilities.

The "legend rule" doesn't apply to permanents you control.

Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Guide

Gameplan

Sakashima enters as a copy of your best creature while letting you ignore the legend rule, so you double up on powerful legendary creatures and ETB engines. As a Partner commander she's almost always paired with a stronger partner that defines the deck, while she provides a backup clone and protection from the command zone. Turn to turn you ramp into value creatures, copy whatever matters most, and snowball card or mana advantage into a combo or grind-out win.

Strengths

Partner gives consistent access to two commanders and deckbuilding flexibility
Cloning your best creature (or your partner) doubles powerful ETB and tap effects
Breaking the legend rule lets you stack multiple copies of game-warping legends
Mono-blue access to counterspells, card draw, and protection keeps her safe
Cheap to recast relative to the value she generates

Weaknesses

Does nothing impactful on her own without a strong target to copy
Mono-blue half of the pairing is light on removal and ramp
Vulnerable to board wipes since her value is tied to creatures
Reliant on a good partner to give the deck a real identity
Slow against fast combo if drawn into a copy-nothing situation

Key Cards

Thassa's Oracle — Copy it to win immediately by emptying your library, especially with self-mill or Demonic Consultation.
Spark Double — Adds another legend-rule-breaking clone, multiplying your best permanent alongside Sakashima.
Cloudstone Curio — Bounces and replays cloned creatures to loop ETB triggers for value or combo kills.
Cyclonic Rift — The premier mono-blue board reset that protects your cloned engine while crippling opponents.
Phantasmal Image — Cheap clone that benefits from the legend rule waiver to copy any legend on the board.

Upgrade Path

Pick a high-impact Partner (e.g. Tymna the Weaver, Kraum, or Thrasios) to give the deck a real engine and second color reach. Add fast mana like Mana Crypt, Sol Ring, and dorks plus efficient interaction (Mana Drain, Fierce Guardianship) to enable earlier clone-based combos. Lean into a compact win like Thassa's Oracle with Demonic Consultation or Cloudstone loops so Sakashima's copies translate directly into a kill.

Core Cards

The most-played cards for this commander, built from aggregated deck data (the Mythic Graph). Build public decks to seed it.

Win Conditions

▸Thassa's Oracle or Laboratory Maniac with library depletion
▸Infinite ETB or tap loops via cloned engine creatures and bounce effects
▸Copying a strong partner's combat or value threat to grind out the table
▸Big tempo advantage backed by counterspells and a beatdown threat

Archetypes

Clone/Value Combo — She copies key ETB or combo pieces and ignores the legend rule to stack duplicates.
Control — Mono-blue counters and bounce protect her engine while she generates incremental advantage.
Partner Goodstuff — She lets you run a second, more aggressive commander to define the gameplan.
Tempo/Tap-out value — Copies of mana dorks, untappers, or stax pieces snowball board state.