MScore: 8.8/10
Clone
Creature — Shapeshifterrare
You may have this creature enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield.
The shapeshifter mimics with a twin's esteem and a mirror's cruelty.
0/0
Illustrated by Kev Walker · Duel Decks: Venser vs. Koth · #14
Rulings for Clone
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Clone's ability doesn't target the chosen creature.
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If the copied creature has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
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If Clone somehow enters at the same time as another creature, Clone can't become a copy of that creature. You may choose only a creature that's already on the battlefield.
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Any enters abilities of the copied creature will trigger when Clone enters. Any "as [this creature] enters" or "[this creature] enters with" abilities of the chosen creature will also work.
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If the copied creature is copying something else (for example, if the copied creature is an Evil Twin), then Clone enters as whatever that creature copied.
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You can choose not to copy anything. In that case, Clone enters as a 0/0 Shapeshifter creature, and is probably put into the graveyard immediately.
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Clone copies exactly what was printed on the original creature and nothing else (unless that creature is copying something else or is a token; see below). It doesn't copy whether that creature is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras and Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, or so on.
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If the copied creature is a token, Clone copies the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that created the token.
or one mana of that creature's color.)
