Vesuvan Doppelganger

Constraints on Copy Effects

New 02 Jun 2024 Asked by prosperity-post 44 Comments

The next time you want to make something like Doppelgang, how about \we restrict it to that player's side of the board, okay? or restrict it to a certain mana value? Recently, it seems like you guys have decided to have spell intrude on other players' permanents more than usual and it's really getting tiring. Of course, having spells that constantly making tokens is tiring enough. How about we reel it in some more, okay?


Alpha has four cards that can copy something of your opponent’s (Clone, Copy Artifact, Fork, & Vesuvan Doppelganger). Murders of Karlov Manor has three (Doppelgang, Lazav, Wearer of Faces, & Reenact the crime). It has one more card (Kaya, Spirit’s Justice) that copies your own stuff. Copying your opponent’s stuff is not new to Magic. I hear you that we need to be careful how it gets used. Token making, in contrast, has gone way up since the early days. Part of that is the addition of token cards to help manage them. Part of it is the huge popularity of them. And part of it is they allow access to new design space which thirty-one years in is an important tool. But I do hear you that perhaps we’re pushing boundaries with them.

Haktos Rules Clarification

New 03 Jan 2020 Asked by ilgreven 37 Comments

So that people don't go running to the Rules Manager: If, somehow, you're prevented from choosing a number for Haktos (or if you copy it with a Vesuvan Doppelganger or something), he does not get "protection from everything"; due to how linked abilities work, the entirety of the second ability does nothing if there's nothing chosen for the value it's linked to.


Eli just posted that on Twitter.

Quentin Hoover Trivia

New 19 Feb 2018 Asked by fyrecrypts 22 Comments

Hey Mark, yesterday was my birthday but didn't have time to request any trivia. Last year you gave me some cool trivia about my favorite card growing up: Vesuvan Doppelganger. This year I was wondering if you had any trivia about the artist: the late Quinton Hoover. Thanks Mark.


Quentin Hoover changed his illustration medium over time which is why different periods of his work look different. Happy Birthday!

Card Trivia Request

New 18 Feb 2017 Asked by fyrecrypts 28 Comments

It's my birthday today, and I always forget to ask a question... I remembered today while on the train home. I was wondering if you had any trivia on either of my two favorite cards: Fork and Vesuvan Doppelganger. Thanks!


The art of Vesuvan Doppelgänger has more homage arts influenced by it on other cards than just about any other art in Magic.Happy Birthday!


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