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The Master, Transcendent's Mutant Creatures

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Description

Just did a game where I had The Master, Transcendent, Thassa, Deep-Dwelling on the battlefield and milled Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre.

Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre triggers the moment it enters the graveyard and holding priority I used The Master's activated ability, bringing Ulamog as a 3/3 green mutant to the battlefield.

At the end of the turn I used the triggered ability of Thassa, Deep-Dwelling targeting Ulamog. The trigger resolves but Ulamog stays a 3/3 green Mutant.

According to the text and rules:

The Master, Transcendent ability:
"Tap: Put target creature card in a graveyard that was milled this turn onto the battlefield under your control. It's a green Mutant with base power and toughness 3/3."

That means that the creature is not a copy but the original "transformed" as a 3/3 green Mutant. It should stay like this as long as it stays on the battlefield because it entered the battlefield through Master's ability.

Thassa, Deep-Dwelling ability:
"At the beginning of your end step, exile up to one other target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under your control."

Rule:
"400.7. An object that moves from one zone to another becomes a new object with no memory of, or relation to, its previous existence."

So when Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre reenters the battlefield under the exile/return effect of Thassa, I believe it should return as an original 10/10 and not a 3/3.

I don't know if I'm missing something but I checked the log and the Thassa's ability indeed triggered and resolved.

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Research direction

No source file or test is named. Start by reproducing the interaction in an XMage game and inspect the game log around The Master's ability, Thassa's exile-and-return trigger, and Ulamog's zone changes. Done means the implementation matches the stated Magic rules for Ulamog's characteristics after it returns.

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Tech stack
java
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game-dev
Issue type
Bug
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Estimated time
3-5 days
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