God Pharoh's Gift and The Scarab God Abilities on */* Creatues
Asked by LuckyJack 6 years ago
So I'm currently working on a deck revolving essentially around externalizing creatures from my graveyard with The Scarab God and God-Pharaoh's Gift and while looking for creatures I wasn't sure what the power and toughness would be of a creature with situational stats such as Apocalypse Demon. Would it be a 4/4 with additional power and toughness equal to the cards in my graveyard? Thanks in advance!
chosenone124 says... #2
I assume that these effects also don't copy Devoid and Changeling right? (for reference because I guarantee someone else will ask about these mechanics)
July 14, 2017 2:39 a.m.
Rhadamanthus says... #3
Right. Devoid is a CDA for color and Changeling is a CDA for creature type. They won't be copied in these examples.
July 14, 2017 9:29 a.m.
LuckyJack choose the accepted answer, so question stops showing as unanswered.
July 14, 2017 2:24 p.m.
Mb for being late on the answer mark. Just got back from work to see this. And thanks for the answers guys, really clears up alot for me.
Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #1
It would just be a 4/4.
If a copy effect specifically says it replaces or otherwise doesn't copy a certain characteristic of the original, then it also ignores any characteristic-defining abilities associated with that characteristic. Because The Scarab God and God-Pharaoh's Gift say "except it's a 4/4 black zombie", their copy effects won't copy any CDAs related to P/T, color, or creature types.
In your example, Apocalypse Demon's 2nd ability won't get copied onto the token. It will just have Flying and the "sacrifice something or tap me" ability.
July 13, 2017 11:48 p.m.