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It won't copy any counters or stickers on that creature or any effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, and so on, and a creature becoming a copy doesn't remove any such counters or effects that are already applying to it

Since all Modern cards should pass through Standard at a given point, WotC was having trouble feeding the format with new cards or reprints, since cards like Tarmogoyf and Cryptic Command would be too powerful for Standard (were talking about the 2013 MTG era, keep in mind)

If your opponent has Detention Sphere, they can remove your Oblivion Ring with it, but they couldnt remove your Detention Sphere, so Detention Sphere is both better and worse in ways that generally seem to balance out

Archetype of Courage can help your tokens survive more combats by giving everything first strike, and it counts both as a human and a soldier