Which creature is targeted with Darksteel Mutation?
Asked by MlgMan67 5 years ago
So, recently I was playing EDH with a friend of mine and he wanted to use Rites of Replication and something else on a creature I put Darksteel Mutation on. Is he able to replicate his creature, or does it replicate the bug?
FancyTuesday says... Accepted answer #1
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Copy effects copy the printed creature, not the modified creature's values. Your opponent would copy the original creature, not the bug.
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.
May 20, 2018 3:31 p.m. Edited.