Clone: If I clone a Abhorrent Overlord would my devotion to black be 2 or 4?
Same if i Clone Abhorrent with Riku of Two Reflections now that i have a token that is a copy would my devotion be 2 or 4?
Copy effects copy literally everything that's printed on the original. That includes mana cost. So your Abhorrent Overlord copy, no matter if it's a Clone card or a token, has two black mana symbols in its mana cost that count towards your devotion to black.
You may have heard that tokens have no mana cost, but that's not really a rule, it's just that the effects that make tokens that are not copies of cards don't define a mana cost for them, because they don't need to. Tokens that are copies of cards are different, they're carbon copies of the original with all its printed characteristics.
I'm a former judge (lapsed), who keeps up to date on rules and policy. Keep in mind that judges' answers aren't necessarily more valid than those of people who aren't judges; what matters is we can quote the rules to back up our answers. When in doubt, ask for such quotes.
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Clone: If I clone a Abhorrent Overlord would my devotion to black be 2 or 4?
Same if i Clone Abhorrent with Riku of Two Reflections now that i have a token that is a copy would my devotion be 2 or 4?
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You may have heard that tokens have no mana cost, but that's not really a rule, it's just that the effects that make tokens that are not copies of cards don't define a mana cost for them, because they don't need to. Tokens that are copies of cards are different, they're carbon copies of the original with all its printed characteristics.