How does creating copies work exactly?

Asked by personwhoplays 5 years ago

Say I use a Myr Landshaper to turn a land into an artifact. Then, I use Saheeli, the Gifted to create a copy of it. So here's the question, is the copy of the land an artifact? And how about other until end of turn affects? are there any that would stay?

Raging_Squiggle says... #1

It would be a non-artifact land. Copiable attributes are those that are literally printed on the card being copied.

March 29, 2020 1:31 p.m.

Kogarashi says... Accepted answer #2

For reference, here's the relevant rule:

• 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.

The last line is why the copy is not an artifact. The copied land has been made an artifact via a type-changing effect, which is not copied.

March 29, 2020 4 p.m.