If Mirage Mirror becomes a copy of Thaumatic Compass  Flip can it flip?

Asked by MindEcho 6 years ago

If Mirage Mirror becomes a copy of Thaumatic Compass  Flip can it flip? Or any other flip card for that matter?

Neotrup says... #1

Probably not, but stranger things have happened. If you make Mirage Mirror a copy of Homura, Human Ascendant it will be easier to flip. Mirage Mirror can never transform. If it becomes a copy of something like Thaumatic Compass  Flip and an ability instructs it to transform, that portion of the instruction will be ignored. If it becomes a copy of something like Conqueror's Galleon  Flip and an ability instructs it to be returned to the battlefield transformed, it will remain in whatever zone it's currently in instead. It can, however, copy a Spires of Orazca assuming one is on the battlefield, and cannot copy a Thaumatic Compass  Flip if only Spires of Orazca is on the battlefield.

November 26, 2017 10:02 a.m.

MindEcho says... #2

This still doesn't really help me all the way. I'm sorry but I am still confused.

November 27, 2017 1:36 a.m.

Boza says... #3

"If it becomes a copy of something like Thaumatic Compass and an ability instructs it to transform, that portion of the instruction will be ignored."

Copies of double faced cards can never transform.

Double faced cards are not flip cards. Cards from Kamigawa like Homura, Human Ascendant are.

November 27, 2017 11:22 a.m.

Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #4

A permanent can only transform if it's represented on the battlefield by a double-faced card. Since Mirage Mirror isn't a double-faced card, it can't transform, ever. That instruction is ignored if you're resolving something that would attempt to transform a non-DFC.

As an aside, transforming and flipping are different things.

"Flipping" refers to the action of rotating a permanent 180 degrees, as in flipping Bushi Tenderfoot to Kenzo the Hardhearted.

Transforming refers to the action of flipping a permanent to its second face, as in transforming Huntmaster of the Fells to Ravager of the Fells  Flip.

November 27, 2017 3:23 p.m.

Copies of double faced cards dont ever transform. So there is your answer

November 29, 2017 11:58 a.m.

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