Oracle

Creature - Shapeshifter 0 / 0

You may have Clone enter the battlefield as a copy of any creature on the battlefield.

NederMagic FAQ

Vraag: Zijn alle Shapeshifters Changelings?
Antwoord: Helaas, niet álle Shapeshifters hebben de Characteristic-Defining Ability Changeling, alleen als het expliciet op de kaart staat. Clone is bijvoorbeeld wel een Shapeshifter, maar heeft niet de Changeling-ability, dus je krijgt geen korting van kaarten als Brighthearth Banneret of Goblin Warchief.

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Legal in: Vintage, Legacy, Modern, Commander

Officiele rulings

7/15/2007
If the chosen creature is copying something else (for example, if the chosen creature is another Clone), then your Clone enters the battlefield as whatever the chosen creature copied.

7/15/2007
If the chosen creature is a token, Clone copies the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that put it onto the battlefield. Clone is not a token.

7/15/2007
Any enters-the-battlefield abilities of the copied creature will trigger when Clone enters the battlefield. Any “as [this creature] enters the battlefield” or “[this creature] enters the battlefield with” abilities of the chosen creature will also work.

10/1/2009
If the chosen creature has X in its mana cost (such as Protean Hydra), X is considered to be zero.

7/1/2012
Clone copies exactly what was printed on the original creature and nothing more (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 attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, or so on.

7/1/2012
If Clone somehow enters the battlefield 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.

7/1/2012
You can choose not to copy anything. In that case, Clone enters the battlefield as a 0/0 Shapeshifter creature, and is probably put into the graveyard immediately.

7/1/2013
Clone’s ability doesn’t target the chosen creature.

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