Dack's Duplicate
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SetVMA
Collector #248
Released2014-06-16
Rarityrare
ArtistKarl Kopinski
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
AttributesReprint
ScryfallOpen ↗

Dack's Duplicate

RareColour IDMV 4
Creature — Shapeshifter
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.)
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Other printings
3 other English printingsEarliest 2014-06-06Newest 2022-07-08Cheapest priced $0.27 in CNS
Rulings (13)
wotc28 Jul 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.
wotc29 May 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.
wotc29 May 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.
wotc29 May 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.
wotc29 May 2014
The +1/+1 counter is put on the creature before blockers are declared.
wotc29 May 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.