the angel is 2/1 due to opponent having chosen the token option
i copy the angel with my mirage mirror
what are the stats of my angel mirror?
2/1, and you get no tokens. The Mirror doesn't enter the battlefield, it just becomes a copy, so you don't get the Fabricate option, and all that is copied is the printed stats. If the Angel had +1/+1 counters on it, you wouldn't copy those.
conversely ....if the angel is god-pharaoh's gifted ....... what would the stats be if i mirror copied it?
4/4. That's what the copiable characteristics of the token are, the 2/1 stats don't exist at all on the token.
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When Mirage Mirror becomes a copy of Angel of Invention in either scenario, it will acquire the latter's copiable power and toughness (not: stats), which are 2/1 in normal cases (C.R. 706.2). However, if Angel of Invention entered the battlefield due to God-Pharaoh's Gift, its copiable power and toughness will be 4/4 (under C.R. 706.9c, the copy effect uses "except it's ... 4/4" without using "still" [compare God-Pharaoh's Gift with Quicksilver Gargantuan and C.R. 706.9c with C.R. 706.9b, respectively][C.R. 706.9c], so it "modif[ies]" the power and toughness of the copy "as part of the copying process" [see also C.R. 706.9], and those values, as modified, will be part of the token's copiable values), so that Mirage Mirror will be 4/4 when it becomes a copy of Angel of Invention in the second scenario.
EDIT (Jul. 29): Clarification.
EDIT (Jul. 9, 2018): Edited to conform to announced changes with Core Set 2019.
the angel is 2/1 due to opponent having chosen the token option
i copy the angel with my mirage mirror
what are the stats of my angel mirror?
conversely ....if the angel is god-pharaoh's gifted ....... what would the stats be if i mirror copied it?
thanks
thanks for your help
without using "still" [compare God-Pharaoh's Gift with Quicksilver Gargantuan and C.R. 706.9c with C.R. 706.9b, respectively][C.R. 706.9c], so it "modif[ies]" the power and toughness of the copy "as part of the copying process" [see also C.R. 706.9], and those values, as modified, will be part of the token's copiable values), so that Mirage Mirror will be 4/4 when it becomes a copy of Angel of Invention in the second scenario.EDIT (Jul. 29): Clarification.
EDIT (Jul. 9, 2018): Edited to conform to announced changes with Core Set 2019.