Rule evolution
Rule 707.8a
Earliest archived Rules release: 2023-04-14 · 1 wording revision · 0 renumberings
Added707.8aDetails
If an effect creates a token that is a copy of a transforming permanent or a transforming double-faced card not on the battlefield, the resulting token is a transforming token that has both a front face and a back face. The characteristics of each face are determined by the copiable values of the same face of the permanent it is a copy of, as modified by any other copy effects that apply to that permanent. If the token is a copy of a transforming permanent with its back face up, the token enters the battlefield with its back face up. This rule does not apply to tokens that are created with their own set of characteristics and enter the battlefield as a copy of a transforming permanent due to a replacement effect. Example: Afflicted Deserter is the front face of a transforming double-faced card, and the name of its back face is Werewolf Ransacker. If an effect creates a token that is a copy of that transforming permanent, the token also has the same two faces and can transform. It enters the battlefield with the same face up as the permanent that it is a copy of. Example: Clone is not a transforming double-faced card, so a token that is created as a copy of a Clone is not a transforming token, even if it enters the battlefield as a copy of a transforming permanent due to Clone’s replacement effect.
Wording changed707.8aDetails
If an effect creates a token that is a copy of a
transformingdouble-faced permanent or atransformingdouble-faced card not on the battlefield, the resulting token is atransformingdouble-faced token that has both a front face and a back face. The characteristics of each face are determined by the copiable values of the same face of the permanent or card it is a copy of, as modified by any other copy effects that apply to thatpermanentobject. If the token is a copy of atransformingdouble-faced permanent with its back face up, the token enters the battlefield with its back face up. This rule does not apply to tokens that are created with their own set of characteristics and enter the battlefield as a copy of atransformingdouble-facedpermanentobject due to a replacement effect. Example: Afflicted Deserter is the front face of atransformingdouble-faced card, and the name of its back face is Werewolf Ransacker. If an effect creates a token that is a copy of thattransformingpermanent, the token also has the same two faces and can transform. It enters the battlefield with the same face up as the permanent that it is a copy of. Example: Clone is not atransformingdouble-faced card, so a token that is created as a copy of a Clone is not atransformingdouble-faced token, even if it enters the battlefield as a copy of atransformingpermanent due to Clone's replacement effect.