AI DraftJul 9, 2026
Dark Depths + Impossible Man
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Overview
If Impossible Man becomes a copy of Dark Depths, it gains Dark Depths’s copiable characteristics (types and rules text) but keeps the name Impossible Man. Because counters and "entered with" effects are not copied as copiable values, the Man will not have ice counters just because it copied Dark Depths, and the "When Dark Depths has no ice counters on it, sacrifice it. If you do, create Marit Lage..." line will refer to permanents named Dark Depths (not the copy), so Impossible Man will not sacrifice itself to make Marit Lage merely by copying Dark Depths. See and .
Step 1
Impossible Man’s activated ability targets an existing Dark Depths and resolves, making Impossible Man become a copy of that Dark Depths until end of turn (except its name remains Impossible Man) — copying follows the copying rules .
Step 2
As a copy, Impossible Man acquires Dark Depths’s type line (becomes a land) and its rules text (including the 
ability and the "When Dark Depths has no ice counters on it, sacrifice it..." triggered ability) as copiable values .
ability and the "When Dark Depths has no ice counters on it, sacrifice it..." triggered ability) as copiable values .Step 3
Impossible Man does NOT gain any ice counters just because it copied Dark Depths; "enters the battlefield with ten ice counters" applied only when the original Dark Depths entered and counters are not part of copiable values copied by the effect .
Step 4
Because Impossible Man’s name remains Impossible Man, any copied lines that refer to "Dark Depths" are referring to permanents named Dark Depths (not the copy). Thus the copied triggered ability will not trigger based on the copy’s own lack of ice counters (the copy isn’t named Dark Depths).
Step 5
The copied activated ability : Remove an ice counter from Dark Depths can be activated on the Impossible Man copy, but it will remove an ice counter from a permanent named Dark Depths (for example, the original), not from the copy (unless the copy is somehow named Dark Depths by another effect).
: Remove an ice counter from Dark Depths can be activated on the Impossible Man copy, but it will remove an ice counter from a permanent named Dark Depths (for example, the original), not from the copy (unless the copy is somehow named Dark Depths by another effect).Step 6
If that other Dark Depths is reduced to zero ice counters, its own triggered ability will trigger and, when it resolves, that Dark Depths will be sacrificed and (if so) create Marit Lage.
Resolution
Impossible Man copying Dark Depths becomes a land with Dark Depths’s abilities and text but remains named Impossible Man, so it does not get Dark Depths’s enter-with-10-ice-counters effect and it will not itself be sacrificed to create Marit Lage simply because it has no ice counters. The copied : Remove an ice counter ability and the "when ... has no ice counters" triggered ability exist on Impossible Man's card text, but those lines refer to a permanent named Dark Depths; the copy can remove ice counters from a different Dark Depth, and causing that other Dark Depth to reach zero ice counters can cause that other Dark Depth to be sacrificed and create Marit Lage. These conclusions follow from the rules on copying copiable values and how a permanent's status and characteristics are handled .
: Remove an ice counter ability and the "when ... has no ice counters" triggered ability exist on Impossible Man's card text, but those lines refer to a permanent named Dark Depths; the copy can remove ice counters from a different Dark Depth, and causing that other Dark Depth to reach zero ice counters can cause that other Dark Depth to be sacrificed and create Marit Lage. These conclusions follow from the rules on copying copiable values and how a permanent's status and characteristics are handled .Feedback