When enters the battlefield, all your creatures become a copy of whatever it’s enchanting, and while it’s on the battlefield attached to a creature, each other creature that enters the battlefield under your control becomes a copy of that creature. If the enchanted creature or Infinite Reflection leaves the battlefield, the creatures that have become […]
Category: Copies
What is and isn’t copied with your clone-style creatures.
So what happens when you copy something with , or , or ? Does it copy counters? Does it copy abilities the card gained? Whenever you use something to get a copy of something else, what it copies are the copiable values. These things, and only these things, are what get copied. The copiable values […]
When you copy a double-faced card, you get the side that is showing at that moment.
When you copy a double-faced card with a clone effect, you get an exact copy of the currently showing side. Anything that isn’t a double-faced card can’t transform. So if you copy a with a , you end up with an exact copy of the Chalice of Death. The game doesn’t acknowledge or care that […]
You choose something new to copy when your Phantasmal Image comes back from undying.
When a copy of a creature with the undying ability dies, the undying ability will trigger and return it to play. This is due to the last known information when the card was in play, which is what leaves-the-battlefield abilities (like undying) look for to determine whether they should trigger. When it returns to the […]
Ratchet Bomb destroys most tokens, but not all of them.
Tokens created by a spell or triggered ability such as ’s golem token or ’ spirit tokens have no defined mana cost, and therefore have a converted mana cost (“CMC”) of zero. A activated with zero charge counters is more than adequate to wipe out a field of tokens generated in this manner. When a […]
Mirror-mad Phantasm refers to itself and cards with its name.
When a card refers to itself by name, it really means ‘this object.’ For example, ‘s ability gives +2/+2 to itself. There are some situations where this distinction matters. For example, if were to copy this Darkthicket Wolf, the ability on Sakashima would effectively read ‘2G: ~This~ gets +2/+2 until the the end of turn.’ […]
Intangible Virtue wil affect token copies.
gives +1/+1 and vigilance to token creatures you control. This applies to all tokens regardless of what effect created them. Most token creatures are basic, in that they are vanilla creatures with a name, color, type, power and toughness, or they have a singular keyword ability like flying or deathtouch. See the tokens created by […]
Additional costs are not paid when putting copies of spells on the stack.
When a copy of a spell is put on the stack, by something like the copy will be an exact one. If the original spell had any additional costs paid they will also be considered paid for the copy. Also, if the original spell had a variable cost, like a , the copy will also […]
Phyrexian Metamorph is not a creature if it copies a noncreature artifact.
When an object enters play copying another object, it copies all ‘base’ characteristics. Other than copy effects, effects that are applied to the original are not copied. Also, unless the effect that copies the original says so, the copy will not have any additional types or colors. Which brings up to . As a Phyrexian […]