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What is the difference between a card's value and its identity when powers modify encounter cards?
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A card's value is what it has been changed into, and it matters for encounter resolution, such as Mirror reversing digits or Warhawk turning a negotiate into an attack. Its identity is its printed card, and it matters for effects outside encounter resolution, such as The Claw. A Morph's identity stays Morph regardless of what it copies.