hmmm. new version is definitely a different beasty altogether. Still fits its name pretty well though.
All in all it seems to be a pretty good card... Although if both players have copies, life will be interesting
If both players have copies, it will be a challenge of timing to get the most out of each The One, should be interesting.
FYI
Mutant is a passive skill
Overdrive is an active skill
Neither is a status effect
Positive effects would include both skills and status effects
Would vampire be passed on? If so what if overdrive and vampire were being passed on?
I will reword it accordingly in the OP then.
Vampire would be passed on yeah. Since one given creature cannot have both (unless i'm horribly mistaken), the previous The One would only have either Vampire or Overdrive, so whatever he has would be passed on.
Passing skills on would be possible simply because the effect of passing on happens upon casting the card "The One", but the creature resulting from it has no abilities or passives whatsoever (other than airborne).