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06/05/2009, 18:18

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Mimic Question

Mimic, Earth 12-Infected states "When mimic Enters play he gains the powers and keywords of all opposing characters. Any referrence to an affiliation in the gained powers is changed to exiles"

I checked FAQ but was still curious...

My opponent played Superman 5 drop from DCL. "Suprman gets +1/+1 for each opposing character"

I realize superman is reffering to himself so would mimic be able to gain the power? Some of the older mimics are written differently I got confused. Is there a difference between them?

06/06/2009, 15:16

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Quote : Originally Posted by CRD

500.6a Some modifiers give a character one or more powers found on a second character. If the gained powers have any associated keywords (such as Ally, Cosmic, Leader, etc.), that character doesn’t gain those keywords. All references to the second character by name in the gained powers are changed to the name of the first character. This does not change the names in wordings like "cards named <name>," or "a/nother <name>", as these are referring to any card named <name>, not to a specific character card. (See rule 201.2d.) A card can’t gain a power if it would be worded identically to a power it already has.

Example: Rogue, Power Absorption reads, "At the start of the combat phase, Rogue gains target character’s activated powers this turn." Kang, Ultimate Kang reads, "Activate, stun another Kang you control >>> Remove all attackers from this attack. Use only if Kang is defending." If Rogue gains Kang’s activated power, it will read "Activate, stun another Kang you control >>> Remove all attackers from this attack. Use only if Rogue is defending." Rogue’s controller will need to stun a character "named Kang" he controls to help pay the cost, not a character "named Rogue," but the power will check whether Rogue herself—the character the power is on—is defending, not whether the original Kang is defending. After gaining Kang’s power, Rogue can’t gain other powers that would be worded, "Activate, stun another Kang you control >>> Remove all attackers from this attack. Use only if Rogue is defending" or "At the start of the combat phase, Rogue gains target character’s activated powers this turn."

Another way of looking at it is that every card like Superman 5-drop from DCL that says that it gets something, whenever it refers to itself, the power basically is saying "this card". Which means when you copy that power, you copy that it says "this card". So, for example, Mimic would get +1/+1 for each opposing character because when he copies the power, the power says "This card gets +1/+1 for each opposing character" and isn't as specifically "Superman gets +1/+1 for each opposing character".

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