Functional reprint

Functional reprint cards serve the exact same function as the card they resemble except for the name, of course.

Unlike strict reprints, a functional reprint only needs identical mana cost, power/toughness and rules text. Subtypes may differ as long as it's not mechanically relevant to the card. Cards which are functional identical except for mana cost are called colorshifted.

This usually has little effect on the game, hence their consideration as a kind of reprint. Functional reprints do not often emulate powerful cards, as they effectively allow some constructed formats access to more than four copies of the same card. Many functional reprints are of commons that are known to be good role-players in limited but would benefit from a reskin. Functional reprints are often used to give a new block- or set-themed flavor to a card that plays an important role in defining a particular color. One distinct example is of Huatli's Final Strike, a very specific name reference and a Story Spotlight, which was a functional reprint of the generically named Ambuscade.