From e45ed35a79769a56814d183152df4f44bfbe6083 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam Pantel <>
Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2021 22:39:34 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix cloned Zaxara

---
 .../main/java/forge/game/ability/AbilityUtils.java   | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/ability/AbilityUtils.java b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/ability/AbilityUtils.java
index f5b2864de9d..3f66eac4066 100644
--- a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/ability/AbilityUtils.java
+++ b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/ability/AbilityUtils.java
@@ -1616,12 +1616,6 @@ public class AbilityUtils {
                         return CardFactoryUtil.doXMath(root.getXManaCostPaid(), expr, c);
                     }
 
-                    // If the chosen creature has X in its mana cost, that X is considered to be 0.
-                    // The value of X in Altered Ego’s last ability will be whatever value was chosen for X while casting Altered Ego.
-                    if (sa.isCopiedTrait() || !sa.getHostCard().equals(c)) {
-                        return CardFactoryUtil.doXMath(0, expr, c);
-                    }
-
                     if (root.isTrigger()) {
                         Trigger t = root.getTrigger();
                         if (t == null) {
@@ -1662,6 +1656,12 @@ public class AbilityUtils {
                         }
                     }
 
+                    // If the chosen creature has X in its mana cost, that X is considered to be 0.
+                    // The value of X in Altered Ego’s last ability will be whatever value was chosen for X while casting Altered Ego.
+                    if (sa.isCopiedTrait() || !sa.getHostCard().equals(c)) {
+                        return CardFactoryUtil.doXMath(0, expr, c);
+                    }
+
                     if (root.isReplacementAbility()) {
                         if (sa.hasParam("ETB")) {
                             return CardFactoryUtil.doXMath(c.getXManaCostPaid(), expr, c);