Ok so my friend plays a {cryptoplasm}, and uses it to copy my vault skirge. Then he plays a {phantasmal image} and uses it to copy his {vault skirge}/{cryptoplasm} with both abilities(namely cryptoplasm's ability to change every turn). Then, i block his {cryptoplasm} with my {vault skirge} and both die. Then he uses 2 more {phantasmal image} to copy his {cryptoplasm}/{phantasmal image}/{vault skirge}.
My question: does he copy the "imprinted cards" of {phantasmal image}(vault skirge/cryptoplasm), or would he only be able to copy the actual card {phantasmal image}.. Would he even have been able to copy the {vault skirge}/{cryptoplasm} with his first {phantasmal image}, or could he only have copied the actual {cryptoplasm}?
You are allowed to clone clones if you wish. Though it may look like a big mess, it's not so complicated if you just think about it step by step. Once a cloning card becomes a copy of a card, as far as the game is concerned, it IS that card. This is why the {Cryptoplasm} has to specify that it gains the ability. This is also why cloning legendary creatures is essentially a kill spell; as far as the games concerned, there are two copies of that legendary creature on the field. The clone becomes a copy of whatever card is chosen, and literally acts as if it is the card. It's a lot easier to just think of the clone as whatever it cloned, as opposed to being a copy of that card.
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Ok jst makin sure, i didnt complain cuz i justdidnt know, so essentially he had 3 cryptoplasms.. -.- i coulnt play any big creatures i was pissed