Does cipher keep going?

Asked by jacobs472 8 years ago

I got to thinking about cipher on cards like Paranoid Delusions and I got kinda confused about how it works. I checked the official rules, but it still didn't answer my question. When I cast a card with cipher, then encode it onto a creature, then that creature deals combat damage to a player, then makes a copy of the first spell, Can I put the copy on a new creature, then have two creatures with the encoded ability? I know this is probably the worst and most confusing way to ask it, so sorry... Thanks in advance!

ClockworkSwordfish says... Accepted answer #1

No, because it says "exile this spell card." A copy isn't a card just like a token creature isn't a card. Besides, even if you did encode the copy, removing it from the game would make it cease to exist (again, just like with a token.)

August 9, 2015 8:08 p.m.

filledelanuit says... #2

You can encode the copy onto a new creature but it will not do anything. Because it is a copy and not an actual card when state based actions are checked the copy will disappear and the encoding will stop doing anything.

TL;DR - It doesn't work.

EDIT: I can't read. is right.

August 9, 2015 8:09 p.m. Edited.

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