copy function grants the source of the abilities the castMethod of "notcast" which is default, however for cards which are played, such as vesuva on "copy" it would be granted a "not_cast" as its play method, allowing players to play another card of the type that a restriction would normally prevent you from playing...this effected all cards which "copy" such as shapeshifters.

note: I do know it's as dirty as "mtgidbackup" but unfortunately I don't think there would be a simpler way to maintain it's cast method.

projects/mtg/src/MTGCardInstance.cpp

@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ void MTGCardInstance::copy(MTGCardInstance * card)
 
     //Now this is dirty...
     int backupid = mtgid;
+    int castMethodBackUP = this->castMethod;
     mtgid = source->getId();
     Spell * spell = NEW Spell(observer, this);
     observer = card->observer;
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ void MTGCardInstance::copy(MTGCardInstance * card)
     af.addAbilities(observer->mLayers->actionLayer()->getMaxId(), spell);
     delete spell;
     mtgid = backupid;
+    castMethod = castMethodBackUP;
 }
 
 MTGCardInstance::~MTGCardInstance()