Will Dark Impostor's abilities translate to a copy?

Asked by SniperFrog 12 years ago

If I use Dark Impostor to exile a Morphling and gain its abilities and then cast a Phyrexian Metamorph and copy the Dark Impostor , would the Morphling 's abilities be retained by the copy?

SniperFrog says... #1

And would the +1/+1 counters be retained too?

December 15, 2012 3:14 a.m.

Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #2

No. A copy effect only copies copiable qualities (say that five times fast). In most cases, this means a copy effect will only copy what is written on the card; abilities and buffs inherited through effects and counters will not carry over to the copy. Your Phyrexian Metamorph will enter the battlefield as though it were a new Dark Impostor that had just resolved.

December 15, 2012 5:05 a.m.