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Impossible Man

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AI DraftJul 9, 2026

Impossible Man + Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror

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Overview

If Impossible Man becomes a copy of the front face of Thing in the Ice, it will copy that face’s characteristics (except its name) but it won’t enter with ice counters and it can’t transform because Impossible Man is not a double-faced card . It will gain the “Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery…” triggered ability, so that ability will trigger when you cast such spells, but when that trigger resolves Impossible Man cannot transform (even if it has no ice counters) because it is not a double-faced card .

Step 1

Impossible Man’s activated ability targets the face-up Thing in the Ice permanent and resolves; Impossible Man becomes a copy of the front face’s copiable values until end of turn, except it keeps the name Impossible Man .

Step 2

Because Impossible Man became a copy while already on the battlefield, it does not trigger Thing in the Ice’s "enters with four ice counters" effect and does not gain ice counters from that text .

Step 3

Impossible Man will have the printed triggered ability “Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, remove an ice counter from this creature. Then if it has no ice counters on it, transform it” as part of the copied characteristics .

Step 4

When you cast an instant or sorcery, the copied triggered ability on Impossible Man will trigger and go on the stack; when that trigger resolves it will attempt to remove an ice counter from Impossible Man (there are none) and then check whether it has no ice counters .

Step 5

Even if the check finds Impossible Man has no ice counters, the instruction to "transform it" has no effect because Impossible Man is not a double-faced card and thus cannot transform .

Step 6

The original Thing in the Ice (if still present) is unaffected by Impossible Man’s inability to transform and will still transform as normal when its own triggered ability resolves.

Resolution

Impossible Man copies the copiable values of Thing in the Ice’s front face (gaining its printed abilities except its name) but does not gain ice counters from Thing in the Ice’s “enters with four ice counters” text and cannot transform because Impossible Man is not a double-faced card; the copied triggered ability can trigger on instants/sorceries but its attempt to transform will have no effect on Impossible Man .

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