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You do not need to tap it before the creature dies, you will have an opportunity before the untap trigger resolves.
Goblin Sharpshooter does not contain an intervening "if" clause, but rather a normal triggered ability [CR 603.1]. This means that whenever the event occurs, "a creature dies," an untap trigger is placed on the stack [CR 603.1] . As with all ...
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Yes, when Aetherling returns to the battlefield, it's considered a new permanent, so it enters the battlefield without remembering that it was tapped.
400.7. 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 seven exceptions to this rule:
(none of the exceptions ...
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If a triggered ability has a target, you have to choose the target when it goes on the stack. The target has to be valid both when the ability triggers, and when it resolves. From the rulebook:
114.1d A triggered ability is targeted if it identifies something it will affect by using the phrase “target [something],” where the
“something” is a phrase ...
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Assuming your grizzly bear scenarios are either/or (and you're not doing one after another)...
You are correct. The card will come back as either a Lazav copy or a Doppleganger copy and it depends entirely on which card's copy ability you use.
It's the ability itself (of either lazav or the doppleganger) that causes the copy to retain the previous ...
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