diff --git a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/card/Card.java b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/card/Card.java
index 963f52f2f8f..525a3c754dd 100644
--- a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/card/Card.java
+++ b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/card/Card.java
@@ -3134,14 +3134,20 @@ public class Card extends GameEntity implements Comparable<Card> {
     private final void updateCloneState(final boolean updateView) {
         if (isFaceDown()) {
             setState(CardStateName.FaceDown, updateView, true);
-        } else if (isFlipped() && hasState(CardStateName.Flipped)) {
-            setState(CardStateName.Flipped, updateView, true);
-        } else if (backside && isDoubleFaced()) {
-            setState(CardStateName.Transformed, updateView, true);
-        } else if (backside && isMeldable()) {
-            setState(CardStateName.Meld, updateView, true);
         } else {
-            setState(CardStateName.Original, updateView, true);
+            setState(getFaceupCardStateName(), updateView, true);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public final CardStateName getFaceupCardStateName() {
+        if (isFlipped() && hasState(CardStateName.Flipped)) {
+            return CardStateName.Flipped;
+        } else if (backside && isDoubleFaced()) {
+            return CardStateName.Transformed;
+        } else if (backside && isMeldable()) {
+            return CardStateName.Meld;
+        } else {
+            return CardStateName.Original;
         }
     }
 
@@ -5776,10 +5782,7 @@ public class Card extends GameEntity implements Comparable<Card> {
             if (isFaceDown()) {
                 lkicheck = true;
                 source = CardUtil.getLKICopy(source);
-
-                // TODO need to be changed with CloneRewrite and FaceDownState?
                 source.turnFaceUp(false, false);
-                source.getCurrentState().copyFrom(getState(CardStateName.Original), true);
             }
 
             if (lkicheck) {
diff --git a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/card/CardUtil.java b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/card/CardUtil.java
index 03f11ffaded..5c76488ec6c 100644
--- a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/card/CardUtil.java
+++ b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/card/CardUtil.java
@@ -227,7 +227,10 @@ public final class CardUtil {
         // used for the purpose of cards that care about the zone the card was known to be in last
         newCopy.setLastKnownZone(in.getLastKnownZone());
 
-        newCopy.getCurrentState().copyFrom(in.getState(in.getCurrentStateName()), true);
+        newCopy.getCurrentState().copyFrom(in.getState(in.getFaceupCardStateName()), true);
+        if (in.isFaceDown()) {
+            newCopy.turnFaceDownNoUpdate();
+        }
 
         /*
         if (in.isCloned()) {
diff --git a/forge-gui-desktop/src/test/java/forge/ai/simulation/GameSimulatorTest.java b/forge-gui-desktop/src/test/java/forge/ai/simulation/GameSimulatorTest.java
index 54bb9b0afa9..63f48d0e7f8 100644
--- a/forge-gui-desktop/src/test/java/forge/ai/simulation/GameSimulatorTest.java
+++ b/forge-gui-desktop/src/test/java/forge/ai/simulation/GameSimulatorTest.java
@@ -1771,7 +1771,7 @@ public class GameSimulatorTest extends SimulationTestCase {
 
         assertTrue(transformOutLaw.isCloned());
         assertTrue(transformOutLaw.isDoubleFaced());
-        assertFalse(transformOutLaw.hasState(CardStateName.Transformed));
+        assertTrue(transformOutLaw.hasState(CardStateName.Transformed));
         assertTrue(transformOutLaw.canTransform());
         assertTrue(transformOutLaw.isBackSide());