Thanks to everyone for helping clarifying this tangle.
Sadly, it appears that only activated abilities are "borrowed", which renders the question moot, at least in relation to this card...
If you're about to pounce on someone who said card A was "strictly better" than card B, and treat them to some convoluted counter-example, please don't.
"Strictly better" does not mean "better in every possible in-game situation."
It means "better in every possible deck, vs. every plausible meta-game."
So if you can't actually think of a deck-building situation where you'd prefer card B to card A, then please spare us the Mindslaver.
Thank you!
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Sadly, it appears that only activated abilities are "borrowed", which renders the question moot, at least in relation to this card...
If you're about to pounce on someone who said card A was "strictly better" than card B, and treat them to some convoluted counter-example, please don't.
"Strictly better" does not mean "better in every possible in-game situation."
It means "better in every possible deck, vs. every plausible meta-game."
So if you can't actually think of a deck-building situation where you'd prefer card B to card A, then please spare us the Mindslaver.
Thank you!