Likeness Looter is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
Flying: Draw a card, then discard a card.
: This creature becomes a copy of target creature card in your graveyard with mana value X, except it has flying and this ability. Activate only as a sorcery.
How it works : Likeness Looter
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Likeness Looter copies exactly what was printed on the original card and nothing else, except the characteristics it specifically modifies. It doesn't copy any information about the object the card was before it was put into your graveyard.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
Any effects that applied to Likeness Looter before it becomes a copy of another card will continue to apply after it becomes a copy. The same is true of any counters that are on Likeness Looter.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
If a card in your graveyard has
in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
Because Likeness Looter isn't entering the battlefield when it becomes a copy of a card, any "When [this creature] enters the battlefield" or "[This creature] enters the battlefield with" abilities of the copied card won't apply.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
If the copied card has an ability that can be activated only once each turn, copying that card a second time will allow you to activate the new instance of that ability.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Likeness Looter + Selvala, Heart of the Wilds + Horseshoe Crab
- 1Activate Likeness Looter by paying
, causing it to become a copy of Selvala. - 2Activate Likeness Looter using Selvala's ability by paying
and tapping it, adding at least 
. - 3Activate Likeness Looter by paying , causing it to become a copy of Horseshoe Crab.
- 4Activate Likeness Looter using Horseshoe Crab's ability by paying , untapping it.
- 5Repeat.
Likeness Looter + Selvala, Heart of the Wilds + Morphling
- 1Activate Likeness Looter by paying , causing it to become a copy of Selvala.
- 2Activate Likeness Looter using Selvala's ability by paying and tapping it, adding at least .
- 3Activate Likeness Looter by paying , causing it to become a copy of Morphling.
- 4Activate Likeness Looter using Morphling's first ability by paying , untapping it.
- 5Repeat.
Likeness Looter + Selvala, Heart of the Wilds + Soliton
- 1Activate Likeness Looter by paying , causing it to become a copy of Selvala.
- 2Activate Likeness Looter using Selvala's ability by paying and tapping it, adding at least .
- 3Activate Likeness Looter by paying , causing it to become a copy of Soliton.
- 4Activate Likeness Looter using Soliton's ability by paying , untapping it.
- 5Repeat.
Likeness Looter + Selvala, Heart of the Wilds + Simic Ragworm
- 1Activate Likeness Looter by paying , causing it to become a copy of Selvala.
- 2Activate Likeness Looter using Selvala's ability by paying and tapping it, adding at least .
- 3Activate Likeness Looter by paying , causing it to become a copy of Simic Ragworm.
- 4Activate Likeness Looter using Simic Ragworm's ability by paying , untapping it.
- 5Repeat.
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