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Chameleon, Master of Disguise
Legendary Creature — Human Shapeshifter Villain · {3}{U} · Blue commander
You may have Chameleon enter as a copy of a creature you control, except his name is Chameleon, Master of Disguise.
Mayhem {2}{U} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for {2}{U} if you discarded it this turn. Timing rules still apply.)
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What Chameleon, Master of Disguise actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Static ability · copy_engineYou may have Chameleon enter as a copy of a creature you control, except his name is Chameleon, Master of Disguise.
- Keyword · mayhemmayhem
What a Chameleon, Master of Disguise deck needs
Plays as copy engine. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- high-value creatures and activated-ability creatures worth copying or borrowing
The Chameleon, Master of Disguise deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 24× A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- 8× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 5× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- 3× Answer a whole board at once
- 10× Refill your hand
- 5× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
Best cards for Chameleon, Master of Disguise
Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.
A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- Solemn Simulacrum4 mana
- Thousand-Faced Shadow1 mana
- Snapcaster Mage2 mana
- Wan Shi Tong, Librarian2 mana
- Archaeomancer4 mana
- Urza, Lord High Artificer4 mana
- Aether Channeler3 mana
- Spellseeker3 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Reality Shift2 mana
- Pongify1 mana
- Rapid Hybridization1 mana
- Resculpt2 mana
- Umezawa's Jitte2 mana
- Titan's Presence3 mana
- Icy Prison2 mana
- Kozilek's Command2 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Reshape2 mana
- Mask of the Mimic1 mana
- Long-Term Plans3 mana
- Whir of Invention3 mana
- Merchant Scroll2 mana
- Mystical Tutor1 mana
- Muddle the Mixture2 mana
- Personal Tutor1 mana
Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- Mindbreak Trap4 mana
- Fierce Guardianship3 mana
- Force of Negation3 mana
- Force of Will5 mana
- Flare of Denial3 mana
- Pact of Negation0 mana
- An Offer You Can't Refuse1 mana
- Arcane Denial2 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Desynchronization4 mana
- Wave Goodbye4 mana
- Whelming Wave4 mana
- Consuming Tide4 mana
- Selective Obliteration5 mana
- Evacuation5 mana
- Perplexing Test5 mana
- Cyclonic Rift2 mana
Refill your hand
- Mystic Remora1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Curiosity1 mana
- Wizard Class1 mana
- Rhystic Study3 mana
- Faerie Mastermind2 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Combat Research1 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Lost in the Maze2 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Commander's Plate1 mana
- Mithril Coat3 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
- The Walls of Ba Sing Se8 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mana Vault1 mana
- Wayfarer's Bauble1 mana
Combos with Chameleon, Master of Disguise
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Chameleon, Master of Disguise is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Chameleon, Master of Disguise + Felidar Guardian3,625 decks
- Chameleon, Master of Disguise + Loyal Retainers + Sakashima The Impostor235 decks
- Chameleon, Master of Disguise + Loyal Retainers + Sakashima Of A Thousand Faces230 decks
- Chameleon, Master of Disguise + Sefris Of The Hidden Ways + Radiant Solar + Glasspool Mimic201 decks
- Chameleon, Master of Disguise + Sefris Of The Hidden Ways + Radiant Solar + Spark Double198 decks
- Chameleon, Master of Disguise + Pramikon, Sky Rampart146 decks