<p><strong>If a creature copying Harvest Hand dies, it stays in the graveyard.</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Double-faced_card" rel="noreferrer">Rule 702.10a</a> says</p>
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<p>If a spell or ability puts a transforming double-faced card onto the battlefield “transformed,” it enters the battlefield with its back face up. <strong>If a player is instructed to put a card that isn’t a transforming double-faced card onto the battlefield transformed, that card stays in its current zone.</strong></p>
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<p>The ability resolves while the card that was copying the Harvest Hand is in the graveyard, so the card stays in the graveyard.</p>

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Unless the card copying Harvest Hand is a transforming DFC, in which case it will return to the battlefield transformed into whatever its backside is.
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<p><a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Harvest%20Hand">Harvest Hand</a> reads
&quot;When Harvest Hand dies, return it to the battlefield transformed under your control.&quot;</p>
<p>If a creature copying Harvest Hand died, it wouldn't be able to transform when the dies trigger resolves because it has no back side. Would it re-enter the battlefield on its front side or not at all?</p>

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What happens if you clone Harvest Hand and sacrifice the clone?
Roco
# What happens if you clone Harvest Hand and sacrifice the clone?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-11-05)

[Harvest Hand](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Harvest%20Hand) reads
"When Harvest Hand dies, return it to the battlefield transformed under your control."

If a creature copying Harvest Hand died, it wouldn't be able to transform when the dies trigger resolves because it has no back side. Would it re-enter the battlefield on its front side or not at all?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2021-11-05. Score: 7

**If a creature copying Harvest Hand dies, it stays in the graveyard.**

[Rule 702.10a](https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Double-faced_card) says

> If a spell or ability puts a transforming double-faced card onto the battlefield “transformed,” it enters the battlefield with its back face up. **If a player is instructed to put a card that isn’t a transforming double-faced card onto the battlefield transformed, that card stays in its current zone.**

The ability resolves while the card that was copying the Harvest Hand is in the graveyard, so the card stays in the graveyard.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: Unless the card copying Harvest Hand is a transforming DFC, in which case it will return to the battlefield transformed into whatever its backside is.  

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