BlueLegendary Creature — Human RogueSakashima of a Thousand Faces
Mana value4Rank#1,085PartnerYes
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.
Combos
- Orvar, the All-Form + Sakashima of a Thousand Faces + Mind Games
→ Infinite copies of artifacts, creatures and lands you control, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite ETB
- Sakashima of a Thousand Faces + Felidar Guardian
→ Infinite ETB, Infinite LTB
- Orvar, the All-Form + Sakashima of a Thousand Faces + Whim of Volrath
→ Infinite copies of permanents you control, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite ETB
- Kodama of the East Tree + Sakashima of a Thousand Faces + Simic Growth Chamber
→ Infinite landfall triggers
- Orvar, the All-Form + Sakashima of a Thousand Faces + Clockspinning
→ Infinite copies of permanents you control, Infinite creature tokens, Infinite ETB
Combos via Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (U), by popularity.
