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If you play Metamorphic Alteration copying a creature and the original creature dies, does they copy created by MA remain?

For example, if I play MA on a 1/1 copying a 4/4, and the original 4/4 dies, does the copy made with MA remain?

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  • MA doesn't create a copy as much as it turns the enchanted creature into a copy.
    – ikegami
    Commented Jan 20, 2019 at 6:49

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Yes. Metamorphic Alteration's copy effect only looks at the the creature once, as MA enters the battlefield. Nothing that happens to the creature being copied has any effect on the enchanted creature.

This is confirmed by a ruling on Metamorphic Alteration:

The characteristics that will be copied are determined as Metamorphic Alteration’s effect first begins to apply. If the copiable values of the chosen creature change later, or if that creature leaves the battlefield, the enchanted creature’s characteristics are unaffected.

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  • Also, keep in mind that Metamorphic Alteration copies exactly what is printed on the chosen creature (unless that creature is copying something else or is a token). So the enchanted creature doesn't benefit from, say, a Giant Growth affecting the creature being copied.
    – ikegami
    Commented Jan 20, 2019 at 6:44

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