It's a defensive resurrection, but it's effect can be used more than that
If you play a Clone copying a photocopy, the Clone would be a copy of the creature in the picture, with all the Auras, Equipment, counters, and stickers in the shot
He also shows less dependence on his "Code Talkers" than before and focuses more on using Link-2 monsters to support additional Summoning methods instead
C Common S-Force Orrafist X LIGHT Level 4 [ CyberseEffect ] ATK 1800 DEF 1000 Your opponent cannot target any of their monsters in the same column as one of your "S-Force" monsters with card effects
Overall, Dragon Rulers might not be as powerful as they once were, but they are still the strongest Dragon-type deck in Yu-Gi-Oh
If the counters are removed and a station card falls below the prerequesite, it will immediately change back to its base form