Is mutate an ability?

Mutate is a keyword ability that is featured in Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths. It allows two or more permanents to merge.

Does copying a creature include counters?

Counters on the object being copied and objects attached to it, such as Auras or Equipment, are not copied, and neither are the effects granted by them. The collective status of the original object is also not copied. Unless otherwise stated, the copy will be created untapped, unflipped, face-up, and phased-in.

Does spitting image copy abilities?

It won’t copy counters on the creature, nor will it copy other effects that have changed the creature’s power, toughness, types, color, or so on.

Do green tokens count toward devotion?

Do tokens count toward devotion? Normal tokens have no mana cost, so they won’t count. Now if you use something like Fated Infatuation to make a token of a creature, that token will count toward Devoted in the same way that the original card did.

How does a copy of an object acquire its abilities?

2a A [©&] acquires the color of the object it’s [&copying&] because that value is derived from its [&mana&] [&cost&] or color indicator. A [©&] acquires the abilities of the object it’s [&copying&] because those values are derived from its rules text.

How are the copiable values of a static ability determined?

706.2c If a static ability generates a continuous effect that’s a copy effect, the copiable values that effect grants are determined only at the time that effect first starts to apply. 706.3 The copy’s copiable values become the copied information, as modified by the copy’s status (see rule 110.5 ).

What happens when unstable shapeshifter becomes a copy of a creature?

It’s affected by Giant Growth, which reads “Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.” If a creature enters the battlefield later this turn, Unstable Shapeshifter will become a copy of that creature, but it will still get +3/+3 from the Giant Growth.

What happens when you copy an object in CR 706?

706.2 When copying an object, the copy acquires the copiable values of the original object’s characteristics and, for an object on the stack, choices made when casting or activating it (mode, targets, the value of X, whether it was kicked, how it will affect multiple targets, and so on).