In multiplayer Commander, breaking the fundamental laws of the game often leads to the most spectacular victories. On Moxfield’s deckbuilding charts, no card subverts the rules of reality quite like Sakashima of a Thousand Faces.
As a mono-blue commander with the highly prized Partner mechanic, Sakashima possesses a unique static ability: the „legend rule“ does not apply to permanents you control. When Sakashima enters the battlefield, he can copy any creature you control, keeping his own name, his partner designation, and his rule-bending static text. This allows you to bypass the legendary restriction entirely, enabling you to build a board state packed with multiple copies of your most oppressive legendary creatures, planeswalkers, and utility engines to generate unmatched value.
Here is the strategic operational blueprint of Moxfield’s premier Sakashima list, detailing how to turn the battlefield into a hall of mirrors.
1. Core Mechanics & Strategic Phases
Succeeding with Sakashima requires setting up a high-value legendary „template“ creature and protecting your cloning engines with blue’s signature interaction package.
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Early Game (Turns 1–2): Focus on fast mana acceleration and establishing early card-filtering engines. Use library manipulation spells to find your primary target creatures.
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Mid Game (Turns 3–4): Deploy your first legendary threat. Once a high-impact template creature is on the board, cast Sakashima of a Thousand Faces to copy it, instantly doubling your resource output without having to sacrifice either due to the legend rule.
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Late Game (Turns 5+): Flood the board with additional non-legendary copies using clone spells. Protect your army of duplicates with cheap countermagic, or execute infinite mana loops to close out the game.
2. Moxfield Highlights: The Mirror Images
The highest-rated community lists on Moxfield optimize Sakashima by pairing him with highly synergistic legendary creatures that scale exponentially when cloned.
Consecrated Sphinx
While not legendary, copying this massive flyer with Sakashima creates an immediate game-winning draw engine. With two Consecrated Sphinxes on the board, whenever an opponent draws a single card, you can draw up to four cards. If left unanswered for a single turn cycle, this interaction draws your entire library.
Tidespout Tyrant / Hullbreaker Horror
The ultimate interactive control creatures. Having multiple copies of Hullbreaker Horror on the battlefield means that every single instant or sorcery you cast triggers multiple bounce effects, letting you completely clear your opponents‘ boards and hand size in response to any spell they try to cast.
Spark Double
The perfect backup cloning engine. Spark Double enters the battlefield as a copy of a creature or planeswalker, but it isn’t legendary and enters with an additional counter. Having both Sakashima and Spark Double on the field allows you to create a cascading chain of non-legendary clones of your absolute best threats.
Displaced Dinosaurs
A modern high-tier addition. This card turns all of your historic permanents (including your legendary clones, artifacts, and sagas) into massive 7/7 Dinosaurs. When combined with Sakashima’s ability to copy your best engines, it turns a passive control layout into an immediate, lethal combat army.
3. Copy & Paste Sakashima of a Thousand Faces 100-Card Decklist
Use the text box below to copy the complete highly-optimized community list. It contains exactly 1 Commander and 99 mainboard cards, calibrated perfectly for an error-free import into Moxfield.
1 Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
1 Alandra, Sky Dreamer
1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
1 Arcane Denial
1 Arcane Signet
1 Archmage Emeritus
1 Arid Mesa
1 Baral, Chief of Compliance
1 Blue Sun's Zenith
1 Brainstorm
1 Candelabra of Tawnos
1 Clever Impersonator
1 Clone
1 Command Tower
1 Consecrated Sphinx
1 Consider
1 Copy Artifact
1 Counterspell
1 Cyclonic Rift
1 Dig Through Time
1 Displaced Dinosaurs
1 Disruption Protocol
1 Essence Scatter
1 Exotic Orchard
1 Fabled Passage
1 Fellwar Stone
1 Fierce Guardianship
1 Flooded Strand
1 Flusterstorm
1 Force of Negation
1 Force of Will
1 Frantic Search
1 High Tide
1 Hullbreaker Horror
1 Imposter Mech
1 Isochron Scepter
1 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
1 Laboratory Maniac
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Confluence
1 Mana Drain
1 Mana Vault
1 Mental Misstep
1 Midnight Clock
1 Mind Stone
1 Mirage Mirror
1 Mirrorhall Mimic
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Muddle the Mixture
1 Mystic Remora
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Narset, Parter of Veils
1 Narset's Reversal
1 Negate
1 Opt
1 Otawara, Soaring City
1 Phantasmal Image
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Plaza of Heroes
1 Polluted Delta
1 Ponder
1 Preordain
1 Propaganda
1 Rapid Hybridization
1 Reactive Shielding
1 Reflecting Pool
1 Reliquary Tower
1 Rhystic Study
1 Rite of Replication
1 Sakashima's Student
1 Sakashima's Will
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Sea Gate Restoration
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Sol Ring
1 Spark Double
1 Spellseeker
1 Stunt Double
1 Swan Song
1 Tale's End
1 Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
1 Teferi's Ageless Stone
1 Thassa's Oracle
1 Thought Vessel
1 Tidespout Tyrant
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Tribute Mage
1 Urza's Saga
1 Wash Away
1 Wavebreak Hippocamp
1 Windfall
1 Windswept Heath
1 Wooded Foothills
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Summary: A Thousand Victories
Moxfield’s top deck builders prioritize Sakashima of a Thousand Faces because he eliminates the structural safety net of the legend rule. By copying and multiplying your most devastating resources while leaving your opponents with no mechanical counterplay, you secure ultimate authority over the board state. Copy the flawless 100-card decklist above, step through the mirror, and dominate your next Commander pod.
