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Rulings question.
When a creature becomes a copy of a creature, how many of its original properties does it retain?
The example here is I used Mimeoplasm to copy Hand of the Praetors (so sue me) and after the copying and exiling resolves, my opponent tried to cast a spell that destroys a target blue permanent, claiming it was still blue. We got into a huge argument over it, and though the game was cut short, we're still going at it. I wasn't able to find any answers online, so here's the question summarized.
How many of its original properties, including color, name, and creature type does a copy have?
The example here is I used Mimeoplasm to copy Hand of the Praetors (so sue me) and after the copying and exiling resolves, my opponent tried to cast a spell that destroys a target blue permanent, claiming it was still blue. We got into a huge argument over it, and though the game was cut short, we're still going at it. I wasn't able to find any answers online, so here's the question summarized.
How many of its original properties, including color, name, and creature type does a copy have?
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To be specific:
706.2a A copy acquires the color of the object it’s copying because that value is derived from its mana cost or color indicator. A copy acquires the abilities of the object it’s copying because those values are derived from its rules text. A copy doesn’t wind up with two values of each ability (that is, it doesn’t copy the object’s abilities and its rules text, then have that rules text define a new set of abilities).
See this - http://mtgsalvation.gamepedia.com/Copying_objects
http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=159820
http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=383307