Clone

Creature — Shapeshifter

You may have this enter the battlefield as a copy of any creature on the battlefield.

Combos

• Biovisionary + Clone

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Big Apple Highlander	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Freeform	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Oldschool 93/94	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
PreDH	Legal
Premodern	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (44)

Neotrup on What happens if I cast …

2 days ago

You're clones will always enter as copies of Agent of Treachery. What Rhadamanthus said is largely correct, however, if you choose to apply Infinite Reflection's replacement effect first, Clone will now be entering as Agent of Treachery and no longer have it's own ability, so that replacement effect no longer applies and you end up with Agent of Treachery. If you apply Clone's effect first, you'll then have to apply Infinite Reflection's ability as it's still relevant, and end up with Agent of Treachery.

Rhadamanthus on What happens if I cast …

2 days ago

For the first question: You only get one, but you get to choose.
Entering the battlefield as a copy of something is a type of replacement effect that modifies how an object enters the battlefield. If multiple replacement effects are trying to modify how an event affects a player or object, then the affected player or controller of the affected object (or owner, if it has no controller) decides which one to apply. If any unapplied replacement effects could apply to the modified event, this process continues until they've all been dealt with. In your example this means you decide which "enters as a copy" effect wins out to determine what the Clone looks like when it enters the battlefield. If you apply A first, then B, the Clone will enter as B, and vice versa.

For the second question: No. Infinite Reflection's copy effect doesn't have a duration that's connected to the Reflection being on the battlefield. Nothing changes back if Reflection leaves the battlefield.

Yesterday on Likeness Looter on High Fae …

8 months ago

Unfortunately, Alchemy cards run on their own rules that aren't explained to us for some reason, so we can't refer to an official rules document. But I don't see any reason to think why this isn't working as intended?

AFAIK, perpetual changes aren't copiable characteristics. I run Arming Gala and Scute Swarm in a Brawl deck on there. I just think of them functionally as dry-erase stickers.

It does change the P/T of the card though; it's not just a reminder that the change will apply as a creature permanent. Arvad, Weatherlight Smuggler in the graveyard stops being a target for, like, Forgefire Automaton if it gets too big.

Layers just really aren't sticking in my head. I read through them, understand them, then confuse them again within the month. Is there some change that could be applied to a card (or just a permanent, in paper) on a layer whereby it's a copiable characteristic for a Clone or something? Just so as I can test it to see if perpetual changes ever get copied.

I don't think there are any perpetual clones.

Rhadamanthus on Clone/copy interactions with Squee, the …

11 months ago

No, you won't be able to do what you're thinking. If a Clone copy of Squee, the Immortal dies or gets exiled, the card in the graveyard/exile zone will just be a Clone, not a Squee. When an object changes zones, the game treats it as a new object with no relation to what it was before, minus a few exceptions needed to make certain effects work properly (none of those exceptions help here). The Clone card in the graveyard/exile zone won't "remember" anything about the choices made for it when it entered the battlefield earlier.

Last_Laugh on Oops! All female! Marchesa

1 year ago

It does immediately come back to the battlefield from Marchesa but the Thran trigger goes on the stack when the creature leaves the grave, which is when targets are chosen. Because the creature isn't actually on the battlefield at that exact moment, it's not a valid target. A minor nuance, but if it said "when ~ enters" or "~ enters with" then it'd work as you describe.

Marchesa is unique in the sense that each of her triggers to return a creature are separate. This means you choose what order things come back in and that any etb's/triggers from that creature entering resolve before the next Marchesa trigger brings the next guy back. Also, each creature entering doesn't see the other Marchesa triggers on the stack so if you have Gray Merchant of Asphodel and Clone entering, the clone entering after and copying Gary will drain for 2 more than Gary did.

Rhadamanthus on Clone effect Rulings

1 year ago

No, Player A won't be able to copy the Grizzly Bear. Clone's ability is a replacement effect that modifies how it enters the battlefield (you can usually tell replacement effects by the use of terms like "as", "with" or "instead"). You don't make the choice for it until the spell is actually resolving and Clone is about to enter the battlefield. When that happens, Player A will have to choose something that's currently on the battlefield. If there are no other creatures left then Clone will just enter as itself, not as a copy of anything. If there's no other effect adding to its toughness then it will die for having 0 toughness.

builderboy7 on Clone effect Rulings

1 year ago

Player A casts Clone with the intent to copy a Grizzly Bear that Player B controls. With the spell Clone on the stack, Player B elects to sacrifice their Grizzly Bear to High Market. Would Player A still create a Clone that is a copy of Grizzly Bear?

griffstick on Zinnia fun

1 year ago

I'm thinking Clones

Helm of the Host

Spark Double

And token doublers

Parallel Lives

Adrix and Nev, Twincasters

And white and green will give you good etbs

That's where you'll need scryfall