<p>No, it's just an ordinary Mirage Mirror artifact once it's in your library. It won't still be a copy of anything.</p>
<p>The key rule here is:</p>
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<p><a href="https://mtg.gamepedia.com/Zone" rel="noreferrer">400.7.</a> An object that moves from one zone to another becomes a new object with no memory of, or relation to, its previous existence. There are nine exceptions to this rule:</p>
<p><em>(None of the exceptions apply. They're mostly about cards keeping track of each other between zones when they need to.)</em></p>
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<p>Generally after something moves to a new zone, it's reset to a fresh state of just being whatever the card says.</p>

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<p>If I turn <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bMirage%20Mirror%5d">Mirage Mirror</a> into a copy of a creature, and then put it back in the library, is it still a creature until end of turn, or does it go back to being an artifact in the library?</p>

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If Mirage Mirror becomes a copy of a creature, and then is put into the library some how, does it still stay a creature until end of turn?
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# If Mirage Mirror becomes a copy of a creature, and then is put into the library some how, does it still stay a creature until end of turn?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-04-13)

If I turn [Mirage Mirror](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?name=%2b%5bMirage%20Mirror%5d) into a copy of a creature, and then put it back in the library, is it still a creature until end of turn, or does it go back to being an artifact in the library?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-04-13. Score: 8 | Accepted answer

No, it's just an ordinary Mirage Mirror artifact once it's in your library. It won't still be a copy of anything.

The key rule here is:

> [400.7.](https://mtg.gamepedia.com/Zone) An object that moves from one zone to another becomes a new object with no memory of, or relation to, its previous existence. There are nine exceptions to this rule:
>
> *(None of the exceptions apply. They're mostly about cards keeping track of each other between zones when they need to.)*

Generally after something moves to a new zone, it's reset to a fresh state of just being whatever the card says.


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