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Clone

Card Name

Clone

Mana Cost

3

Type

Creature – Shapeshifter

Rarity

Rare

rules Text

As Clone comes into play, you may choose a creature in play. If you do, Clone comes into play as a copy of that creature.

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Explorer, Historic, Pauper, Standard

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 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" abilities of the copied creature will trigger when Clone enters the battlefield. Any "as [this creature] enters" or "[this creature] enters 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 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 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.