It doesn't copy whether that creature is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or any Auras and Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, or so on
The story has been popular in Christian religious art since medieval times (the Louvre has a thirteenth-century example in ivory)
Steeped with romantic nostalgia for pre-scientific ages, theres just something about a sea serpent that makes us, like Agent Mulder, want to believe
TINY TAILS, BIG ADVENTUREPut your best paw forward and enter the world of Bloomburrow
This power can't be used if Charizard is affected by a Special Condition
Then theres Sarkhan the Mad, who leans into chaos sacrificing creatures to make 5/5 Dragon tokens and setting up a game-ending blast if you have a big board