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Clone

Clone

{3}{U}

Creature — Shapeshifter

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

One face, two minds.

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Magic 2013Magic 2013#45·Rare·English
Oct 23, 2026
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Rulings

Jul 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.

Jul 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.

Jul 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.

Oct 1, 2009

If the chosen creature has {X} in its mana cost (such as Protean Hydra), X is considered to be zero.

Jul 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.

Jul 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.

Jul 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.

Jul 1, 2013

Clone’s ability doesn’t target the chosen creature.