Dack's Duplicate

Printings

  • Double Masters 2022 (2X2)#198
  • Double Masters 2022 (2X2)#483
  • Vintage Masters (VMA)#248
  • Conspiracy (CNS)#43

Dack's Duplicate

Card Information

Type: Creature — Shapeshifter

Mana Cost: 2Blue manaRed mana

CMC: 4

Part of the Reserved List: No

Color Identity: Mana symbol for RMana symbol for U

Set: Double Masters 2022 (2X2)

Rarity: Rare

Collector Number: 198

Oracle Text

You may have this creature enter as a copy of any creature on the battlefield, except it has haste and dethrone. (Whenever it attacks the player with the most life or tied for most life, put a +1/+1 counter on it.)

Format Legalities

duel(Legal)
brawl(Not Legal)
penny(Legal)
predh(Not Legal)
future(Not Legal)
legacy(Legal)
modern(Not Legal)
pauper(Not Legal)
alchemy(Not Legal)
pioneer(Not Legal)
vintage(Legal)
historic(Not Legal)
standard(Not Legal)
timeless(Not Legal)
commander(Legal)
gladiator(Not Legal)
oldschool(Not Legal)
premodern(Not Legal)
oathbreaker(Legal)
standardbrawl(Not Legal)
paupercommander(Not Legal)

Card Rulings

  1. July 28, 2023

    Dethrone doesn't trigger if the creature attacks a planeswalker, even if its controller has the most life. The same is true if the creature attacks a battle, even if its protector has the most life.

    Source: wotc
  2. May 29, 2014

    Once dethrone triggers, it doesn't matter what happens to the players' life totals before the ability resolves. You'll put a +1/+1 counter on the creature even if the defending player doesn't have the most life as the ability resolves.

    Source: wotc
  3. May 29, 2014

    Dack's Duplicate 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), except it will have haste and dethrone. 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, and so on.

    Source: wotc
  4. May 29, 2014

    Haste and dethrone are part of the copiable values of Dack's Duplicate. If another creature enters the battlefield as or becomes a copy of Dack's Duplicate, it will copy whatever Dack's Duplicate is copying and have haste and dethrone.

    Source: wotc
  5. May 29, 2014

    If Dack's Duplicate somehow enters the battlefield at the same time as another creature, Dack's Duplicate can't become a copy of that creature. You may choose only a creature that's already on the battlefield.

    Source: wotc
  6. May 29, 2014

    The +1/+1 counter is put on the creature before blockers are declared.

    Source: wotc
  7. May 29, 2014

    The ability of Dack's Duplicate doesn't target the creature.

    Source: wotc
  8. May 29, 2014

    If the chosen creature is copying something else (for example, if the chosen creature is another Dack's Duplicate), then Dack's Duplicate enters the battlefield as whatever the chosen creature is copying. It will have haste and dethrone.

    Source: wotc
  9. May 29, 2014

    In a Two-Headed Giant game, dethrone will trigger if the creature attacks either player on the team with the most life or tied for the most life.

    Source: wotc
  10. May 29, 2014

    If the chosen creature is a token, Dack's Duplicate copies the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that put the token onto the battlefield. Dack's Duplicate is not a token, even when copying one.

    Source: wotc
  11. May 29, 2014

    You can choose to not copy anything. In that case, Dack's Duplicate enters the battlefield as a 0/0 Shapeshifter creature, and will probably die almost immediately, when state-based actions are next performed.

    Source: wotc
  12. May 29, 2014

    Any enters-the-battlefield abilities of the copied creature will trigger when Dack's Duplicate 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.

    Source: wotc
  13. May 29, 2014

    If the copied creature has {X} in its mana cost (such as Grenzo, Dungeon Warden), X is considered to be 0.

    Source: wotc

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