Gear
Shady Spectacles
- energy
- 4
- Might bonus
- +0
Equip 1 energy and 1 Order power (1 energy and 1 Order power: Attach this to a unit you control.) As this is attached to a unit, choose another friendly unit. The equipped unit becomes a copy of that unit for as long as this is attached to it.
(I am a copy of the chosen unit.)
This printing
- Printing
- Standard art
- Set
- Vendetta · All its cards
- Number
- VEN-137/166
- Rarity
- Epic
- Artist
- Polar Engine Studio
Sources & text history
Rulings & interactions
Riot FAQ · 2026-08-14
If Shady Spectacles makes an unempowered unit copy an empowered unit, is the equipped unit empowered?
No. Empowered is a status and is not copied, so the equipped unit stays unempowered.
Explanation & source
Copy effects copy printed (or already copied) traits. Temporary modifications on the equipped unit, such as Might changes, buffs, empowered, attacker or defender, stay in place.
Riot’s answer ↗ · Vendetta Rules FAQ and Clarifications · Published 2026-08-14
What happens when Akshan, Mischievous takes an opponent’s equipped Shady Spectacles and becomes a copy of Aphelios, Exalted?
The previously equipped unit loses its copy effect. Akshan becomes a copy of a friendly unit his controller chooses. If he copies Aphelios, the Aphelios ability does not trigger.
Explanation & source
Shady Spectacles works as a replacement effect: the attach happens first, then the copy. By the time Akshan is an Aphelios copy, the attach event is already complete.
Riot’s answer ↗ · Vendetta Rules FAQ and Clarifications · Published 2026-08-14
If a Sand Soldier copying Azir, Ascendant with Shady Spectacles uses the copied ability, then Shady Spectacles is detached and reattached to copy Azir again, can it use the ability again?
Yes.
Explanation & source
Each copied instance of the ability is a new ability. The unit stays the same object, so temporary modifications remain, but the copied rules text is a new instance.
Riot’s answer ↗ · Vendetta Rules FAQ and Clarifications · Published 2026-08-14
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