Shady Spectacles
Does a Reflection token with Temporary lose Temporary after Shady Spectacles makes it a copy of a unit that doesn't have Temporary?
No — it keeps Temporary, no matter what it becomes a copy of.
Shady Spectacles' "becomes a copy of that unit" is a copy effect, and copy effects apply in the trait-altering layer — the first of the layers used to resolve continuous effects.[472][472.1][472.1.b] This layer replaces the equipped unit's traits and rules text with the chosen unit's.[472.1.b.1]
The copied unit not having Temporary doesn't matter — copying it doesn't strip Temporary from the token, because the two effects operate in different layers. Granting a keyword like Temporary happens in the ability-altering layer, applied right after the trait-altering layer.[472.2][472.2.a] A Reflection token's Temporary comes from a separate effect — Deceiver's conquer-or-hold ability or Mirror Image's effect — that already applied when the token was created, before Shady Spectacles ever attaches. Since that grant sits in a different layer, Shady Spectacles' copy effect has no say over it, and it keeps applying no matter what the token becomes a copy of.
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