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It doesn't copy whether Ran and Shaw are tapped or untapped, whether they have any counters on them or Auras or Equipment attached to them, or any non-copy effects that have changed their power, toughness, types, color, or so on

A blue mage is usually more than happy to stall and when stalling you are far more able to blow your mana on things like Impulse

Just be careful not to run too many of those, as youll end up cascading into a ramp spell, which feels horrible

Tifa is not so lucky, but Darksteel Plate makes Tifa Indestructible so she cant be destroyed unless the equipment is first

There are some nice cards for the Artifact Twobert here and more nice cards for larger artifact Cubes