Hes been a staple in Elf decks since his original printing in Scars of Mirrodin
Thats just how metagames develop and powerful decks suppress others
The Magic card Aerith Rescue Mission encapsulates that choice perfectly: you can either take the elevator, giving you three 1/1 Hero Tokens (representing Cloud, Tifa, and Barrett being ready to fight), or you can take the stairs, which lets you tap and stun up to three creatures (representing their cardio-induced duress)
It doesn't copy whether that permanent is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras and Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, and so on
Imotekh the Stormlord Imotekh the Stormlord asks that you build around artifacts, much like the rest of the Warhammer 40k necron commanders
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