It keeps its abilities and types.) 2/1 You cast the copy while the ability is resolving and still on the stack
The big advantage of this is that it forces the designers and developers to pick the best way to do something and stick with it
Untaidake has a tempo loss, produces only colorless mana, loses you life, and its mana can only be used for legendary creatures
An unusual point with this Reserved List card, though, is that it had a reprint as a $4,000 Judge foil
Otherwise, be prepared to face Thoughtseize every time you play against a black deck, be it against midrange decks like Jund, Deaths Shadow, Rakdos, Dredge, or combo decks like Yawgmoth or Esper Reanimate
When a blitz creature phases out it keeps all of its characteristics