Bug: Copying a gnome soldier token doesn't copy ability
Bug:
When using Urza, Prince of Kroog's copy ability on a gnome soldier token created by Thousand Moon Smithy, the "+1/+1 for each artifact & creature" ability is not carried over to the new copy token. The new token is just a 3/3 due to Urza's +2/+2 effect.
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Tophatter#58004 commented
Thanks for the explanation, Rezzahan. That explains it.
For the layman, I didn't notice that the gnome soldier's P/T are */* and not 0/0 with the +1/+1 ability like a "karnstruct".
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Rezzahan#77802 commented
Urza's copy effect makes an exception for the power/toughness. Because of that, characteristic-defining abilities for those exceptions aren't copied.
707.9d When applying a copy effect that doesn’t copy a certain characteristic, retains one or more
original values for a certain characteristic, or provides a specific set of values for a certain
characteristic, any characteristic-defining ability (see rule 604.3) of the object being copied that
defines that characteristic is not copied. [...]