Cryptoplasm
Card Information
Type: Creature — Shapeshifter
Mana Cost: 1
CMC: 3
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Mirrodin Besieged (MBS)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 23
Oracle Text
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may have this creature become a copy of another target creature, except it has this ability.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- June 1, 2011
If another creature becomes a copy of Cryptoplasm, it will become a copy of whatever Cryptoplasm is currently copying (if anything), plus it will have Cryptoplasm’s triggered ability.
Source: wotc - June 1, 2011
If the creature is an illegal target when the ability tries to resolve, it won’t resolve. Cryptoplasm won’t become a copy of that creature; it remains whatever it was before.
Source: wotc - June 1, 2011
The copy effect lasts indefinitely. Often, it will last until it is overwritten by another copy effect (if it copies another creature on a future turn, perhaps.)
Source: wotc - June 1, 2011
You choose the target for the triggered ability when the ability is put onto the stack. You choose whether or not Cryptoplasm becomes a copy of that creature when the ability resolves.
Source: wotc
Price History
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