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Gaining and losing abilities 2

April 24, 2018 08:31:35 AM

Toby Hazes
Judge (Level 2 (Judge Academy))

BeNeLux

Gaining and losing abilities 2

Effects that remove abilities (or make copies) that then expire (or turn things face-down that later turn face-up again) don't break linked abilities

Just to make sure, a Mirage Mirror copies a Rona, Disciple of Gix and exiles the top card with the tap ability. Next turn it becomes a copy of Rona again. Can the exiled card be cast?

April 24, 2018 10:02:58 AM

Callum Milne
Forum Moderator
Judge (Uncertified)

Canada - Western Provinces

Gaining and losing abilities 2

No.

The previous topic you cite was about situations where a pre-existing ability is temporarily ‘hidden’ by some other effect or status; this is the inverse, where an ability is added temporarily, the effect ceases to exist, and then a different effect later grants it a similar-looking ability. It doesn't matter that the new ability looks the same as the old one–it's not the same as the old one.

To use the covering-up-text analogy from the previous question, when you use Mirage Mirror, you write down all of the target's characteristics onto a sticky note and cover the original card text with that paper, and when the effect expires, you remove the sticky note, light a match, and burn the note–it ceases to exist. If you activate the Mirror again at a later time, you need to write a completely new sticky note. Even if the words you end up writing on it are the same as the words you wrote last time, it's still a new note.