Just a quick double-check, his static ability giving him all PW loyalty abilities doesn't change whether abilities are linked, correct? In other words, if you tick him up and your opponent exiles a card to his +1, if you later -14 him to use Karn Liberateds ultimate, you don't get that card, correct?
That is correct. The only way to get exiled cards with the copied -14 ability is to exile them with the granted +4 or -3 abilities. Exiling them to any other ability will not allow the -14 ability to see them.
Now a quick follow-up, if he has cards exiled due to either of those abilities, and Karn Liberated say, gets flickered, would the -14 bring those exiled cards back, or would they not as it's technically a new ability?
It is a new ability that Bolas gains so it will not have anything exiled with it yet (unless you activate the "new" +4 and/or -3 abilities).
As a Caveat, they may change something with this (though I wouldn't expect it) so it may be worthwhile to review the release notes when they are available next week sometime.
Thank you, I've always thought the linked abilities rules are kind of wonky when it comes to copying abilities, and I think the new Bolas makes for some of the oddest interactions yet.
I have a Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God question I'm curious about, and I figured I'd post here rather than create a new thread for the same card.
If Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God activates Jace, Cunning Castaway's -5 ability, will the copies be new Nicol Bolases or will they be Jaces?
If the "-5" ability that Nicol Bolas acquired from Jace resolves, the tokens created this way will be copies of Nicol Bolas (not of Jace), except they're not legendary (read "Jace, Cunning Castaway" on that ability as "Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God" instead) (C.R. 201.4b, 201.4; see also this thread).
Also, please use card tags:
Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God
As a Caveat, they may change something with this (though I wouldn't expect it) so it may be worthwhile to review the release notes when they are available next week sometime.
If Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God activates Jace, Cunning Castaway's -5 ability, will the copies be new Nicol Bolases or will they be Jaces?