Unblockable (temporary) and myriad
Asked by Fritzn 4 years ago
So, if in my main phase, I use the secondary ability of Rogue's Passage to make a creature unblockable, during my main phase, while that creature is equipped with Blade of Selves ie myriad, are the tokens created from myriad considered unblockable as well??
My viewpoint sees the effect as basically "written" onto the card, for the turn, and would then carry over to the tokens.
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Caerwyn says... Accepted answer #1
The copies will not be unblockable.
Per Rule 706.2, you look at the text printed on the permanent - statuses (which is what Rogue's Passage creates, not a text-changing effect) is not a copiable value defined by the rule. As such, Rogue's Passage 's status would not be copied by Myriad.
(Even if RP was a text-changing effect, as you hypothesized, that would not be a copiable value either.)
706.2. When copying an object, the copy acquires the copiable values of the original object’s characteristics and, for an object on the stack, choices made when casting or activating it (mode, targets, the value of X, whether it was kicked, how it will affect multiple targets, and so on). The “copiable values” are the values derived from the text printed on the object (that text being name, mana cost, color indicator, card type, subtype, supertype, rules text, power, toughness, and/or loyalty), as modified by other copy effects, by its face-down status, and by “as . . . enters the battlefield” and “as . . . is turned face up” abilities that set power and toughness (and may also set additional characteristics). Other effects (including type-changing and text-changing effects), status, and counters are not copied.
July 14, 2019 12:59 a.m. Edited.