diff --git a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/replacement/ReplacementEffect.java b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/replacement/ReplacementEffect.java
index 3a62c623aab..ef6d5e1b0fc 100644
--- a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/replacement/ReplacementEffect.java
+++ b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/replacement/ReplacementEffect.java
@@ -216,7 +216,13 @@ public abstract class ReplacementEffect extends TriggerReplacementBase {
     public String getDescription() {
         if (hasParam("Description") && !this.isSuppressed()) {
             String desc = AbilityUtils.applyDescriptionTextChangeEffects(getParam("Description"), this);
-            String currentName = getHostCard().getName();
+            String currentName;
+            if (this.isIntrinsic() && !this.getHostCard().isMutated() && cardState != null) {
+                currentName = cardState.getName();
+            }
+            else {
+                currentName = getHostCard().getName();
+            }
             desc = CardTranslation.translateSingleDescriptionText(desc, currentName);
             desc = TextUtil.fastReplace(desc, "CARDNAME", CardTranslation.getTranslatedName(currentName));
             desc = TextUtil.fastReplace(desc, "NICKNAME", Lang.getInstance().getNickName(CardTranslation.getTranslatedName(currentName)));
diff --git a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/spellability/SpellAbility.java b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/spellability/SpellAbility.java
index cd0e1746df2..1f31fdd7d4c 100644
--- a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/spellability/SpellAbility.java
+++ b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/spellability/SpellAbility.java
@@ -842,7 +842,14 @@ public abstract class SpellAbility extends CardTraitBase implements ISpellAbilit
             }
             String desc = node.getDescription();
             if (node.getHostCard() != null) {
-                String currentName = node.getHostCard().getName();
+                String currentName;
+                // if alternate state is viewed while card uses original
+                if (node.isIntrinsic() && !node.getHostCard().isMutated() && node.cardState != null) {
+                    currentName = node.cardState.getName();
+                }
+                else {
+                    currentName = node.getHostCard().getName();
+                }
                 desc = CardTranslation.translateMultipleDescriptionText(desc, currentName);
                 desc = TextUtil.fastReplace(desc, "CARDNAME", CardTranslation.getTranslatedName(currentName));
                 desc = TextUtil.fastReplace(desc, "NICKNAME", Lang.getInstance().getNickName(CardTranslation.getTranslatedName(currentName)));
diff --git a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/staticability/StaticAbility.java b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/staticability/StaticAbility.java
index 7b20550252a..7790f8ec25f 100644
--- a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/staticability/StaticAbility.java
+++ b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/staticability/StaticAbility.java
@@ -208,7 +208,13 @@ public class StaticAbility extends CardTraitBase implements IIdentifiable, Clone
     @Override
     public final String toString() {
         if (hasParam("Description") && !this.isSuppressed()) {
-            String currentName = this.hostCard.getName();
+            String currentName;
+            if (this.isIntrinsic() && !this.getHostCard().isMutated() && cardState != null) {
+                currentName = cardState.getName();
+            }
+            else {
+                currentName = getHostCard().getName();
+            }
             String desc = CardTranslation.translateSingleDescriptionText(getParam("Description"), currentName);
             desc = TextUtil.fastReplace(desc, "CARDNAME", CardTranslation.getTranslatedName(currentName));
             desc = TextUtil.fastReplace(desc, "NICKNAME", Lang.getInstance().getNickName(CardTranslation.getTranslatedName(currentName)));
diff --git a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/trigger/Trigger.java b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/trigger/Trigger.java
index 5357dd681ab..537390ee31d 100644
--- a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/trigger/Trigger.java
+++ b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/trigger/Trigger.java
@@ -131,7 +131,13 @@ public abstract class Trigger extends TriggerReplacementBase {
         if (hasParam("TriggerDescription") && !this.isSuppressed()) {
 
             StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
-            String currentName = getHostCard().getName();
+            String currentName;
+            if (this.isIntrinsic() && !this.getHostCard().isMutated() && cardState != null) {
+                currentName = cardState.getName();
+            }
+            else {
+                currentName = getHostCard().getName();
+            }
             String desc = getParam("TriggerDescription");
             if (!desc.contains("ABILITY")) {
                 desc = CardTranslation.translateSingleDescriptionText(getParam("TriggerDescription"), currentName);