If the copied creature is copying something else, then Mockingbird enters as whatever that creature copied, with the noted exceptions
Use Rare Candy to skip the Stage 1 evolution and immediately evolve Pidgey to Pidgeotto ex
Youre itching to use it at the right moment, but then bam
Retrace (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a land card in addition to paying its other costs.) Casting a card by using its retrace ability works just like casting any other spell, with two exceptions: You're casting it from your graveyard rather than your hand, and you must discard a land card in addition to any other costs
Note : The back of the Japanese cards underwent a design change starting in 2001
Theres a good chance thats not worth doing in Deaths Shadow specifically, because we also draw Deaths Shadow itself less often if we make the deck bigger, and Deaths Shadow is much better than the other spells wed be adding