Volrath copies a Beanstalk giant
Asked by DesolationDragon 5 years ago
If my Beanstalk Giant has a counter on it and Volrath, the Shapestealer copies it, Volrath will remain a 7/5 as per the card right?
Just to add a couple clarifying points to what Rhadamanthus said, Beanstalk Giant does not have any counters on it--it has a CDA defining Power/Toughness, as outlined above.
If you question involved a hypothetical situation where it did have a +1/+1 counter on it, the answer would still be the same - when an object copies another, +1/+1 counters are not copied.
October 21, 2019 1:36 p.m.
Rhadamanthus says... #3
Caerwyn: Volrath, the Shapestealer can only target a creature with a counter on it. I assume that's why it was part of the question.
October 21, 2019 1:38 p.m. Edited.
Fair - I worded my response a tad poorly, and just wanted to be clear on those points since I've seen people get tripped up by both.
October 21, 2019 1:43 p.m.
Rhadamanthus says... #5
DesolationDragon: A correct answer to your question has been up for a while. I marked it as the "Accepted Answer" so this topic can move out of the list of unanswered questions. I usually avoid choosing my own responses when I have to do this, but in this case it was the most complete answer to your question. Please remember to take care of this yourself in the future.
Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #1
Yes, that's right. If a copy effect says something like "except it's still (quality)", that means it won't copy any characteristic-defining abilities for whatever characteristic the given quality is referring to. Volrath, the Shapestealer doesn't copy CDAs for power and toughness.
October 21, 2019 1:28 p.m.