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A player, 9 May 2013
Shadow Dragon XP 2 has a trait that says...
Shadow Dragon's abilities will not be copied.
The Egg of P'an Ku's ability reads:
Limited: Target a Personality, including a Unique Personality or one who will not be controlled by you: This card enters play in your home. It becomes a copy of the target's base card plus all ongoing effects currently affecting it (the Personality's costs need not be paid and no entering-play effects are produced).
For the purposes of trying to copy the Shadow Dragon, is copying a personality the same as copying it's abilities? And if so, can you copy a personality but not its abilities?
In this case, i imagine the outcome is either: a) the answer is yes, and thus the card can be copied but it comes through with no abilities b) the answer is yes, thus making the shadow dragon not a valid target c) the answer is no, they are different, and thus the shadow dragon and its abilities may be copied.
thanks
A player, 9 May 2013
The answer is a) Yoy may copy The Shadow Dragon XP2 with The Egg of P'an Ku but copying the abilities will be prevented. So you'll have a copy without abilities of a 10 / 5 Cavalry Conqueror Nonhuman Shugenja Ninja , which is not that bad
Alex Jones (rules official), 9 May 2013
Shadow Dragon XP 2 has a trait that says...
The Egg of P'an Ku's ability reads:
For the purposes of trying to copy the Shadow Dragon, is copying a personality the same as copying it's abilities? And if so, can you copy a personality but not its abilities?
In this case, i imagine the outcome is either: a) the answer is yes, and thus the card can be copied but it comes through with no abilities b) the answer is yes, thus making the shadow dragon not a valid target c) the answer is no, they are different, and thus the shadow dragon and its abilities may be copied.
thanks
Note that "Shadow Dragon's abilities will not be copied" is a trait that creates a prevention effect, not a restriction, so an effect that "ignores restrictions" won't help.