<p>You are correct about the outcome, but it is a different set of rules that deals with what happens here.</p>

<p>In the case of a Jace <em>token</em>, it can’t transform because tokens cannot exist outside of the battlefield, and can’t ever come back to the battlefield after leaving. With a non-token copy, we have this rule:</p>

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  <p>711.8a If a player is instructed to put a card that isn’t a double-faced card onto the battlefield transformed, that card stays in its current zone.</p>
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<p>So the Duplicate will remain in exile. </p>

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2018-07-02T20:00:57.343Z
What if the copied card is in fact a flip card? For example, we are getting Metamorphic Alteration in M19. What if I enchant my delver of secrets, copying Nicol Bolas, The Ravanger. Then I pay the cost on Bolas(Previously a delver) to flip into Bolas Planeswalker? Not sure if this is a different question or not - so I'll comment for now.
Christopher
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@Christopher That sounds like a separate (and good) question to me.
Kamil Drakari
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I feel like you would end up putting Insectile Aberration into play, but please do ask a new question because I'm not sure!
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<p>If I have a <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bDack%27s%5d%2b%5bDuplicate%5d">Dack&#39;s Duplicate</a>  copying <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bJace%2c%5d%2b%5bVryn%27s%5d%2b%5bProdigy%5d">Jace, Vryn&#39;s Prodigy</a>, can it transform into <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bJace%2c%20Telepath%20Unbound%5d">Jace, Telepath Unbound</a>?</p>

<p>I imagine it would not — it would be similar to the rules for tokens right, it doesn't have the face to flip to, and in this case I would assume duplicate would just be exiled forever if it tried right?</p>

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Can a card copying a double-sided planeswalker transform?
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# Can a card copying a double-sided planeswalker transform?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-07-02)

If I have a [Dack's Duplicate](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bDack%27s%5d%2b%5bDuplicate%5d) copying [Jace, Vryn's Prodigy](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bJace%2c%5d%2b%5bVryn%27s%5d%2b%5bProdigy%5d), can it transform into [Jace, Telepath Unbound](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bJace%2c%20Telepath%20Unbound%5d)?

I imagine it would not — it would be similar to the rules for tokens right, it doesn't have the face to flip to, and in this case I would assume duplicate would just be exiled forever if it tried right?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-07-02. Score: 8 | Accepted answer

You are correct about the outcome, but it is a different set of rules that deals with what happens here.

In the case of a Jace *token*, it can’t transform because tokens cannot exist outside of the battlefield, and can’t ever come back to the battlefield after leaving. With a non-token copy, we have this rule:

> 711.8a If a player is instructed to put a card that isn’t a double-faced card onto the battlefield transformed, that card stays in its current zone.

So the Duplicate will remain in exile.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: What if the copied card is in fact a flip card? For example, we are getting Metamorphic Alteration in M19. What if I enchant my delver of secrets, copying Nicol Bolas, The Ravanger. Then I pay the cost on Bolas(Previously a delver) to flip into Bolas Planeswalker? Not sure if this is a different question or not - so I'll comment for now.  
> **username_3**: @username_2 That sounds like a separate (and good) question to me.  
> **username_1**: I feel like you would end up putting Insectile Aberration into play, but please do ask a new question because I'm not sure!  

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