Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-43403813-20200102180859/@comment-43403813-20200113182451

@Frwt

Whilst there has been no direct display of a Shadow Clone utilising a Rinnegan technique, there's nothing disproving its possibility. Madara's Wood Clones have used Sharingan abilities, and the only differences between a Wood Clone and a Shadow Clone are their durability, their ability to communicate from afar, and their ability to change shape.

It wouldn't make sense for a clone to lose access to most of its abilities, since it would not be a "clone" in that sense. It's like how Nagato's Rinnegan is not originally his, yet his Edo Tensei displayed a Rinnegan. His DNA at the time of him possessing a Rinnegan was what let him have the Rinnegan as an Edo Tensei.

>> The point is, if Nagato has the Rinnegan, and then uses Shadow Clones, the Clones would also have the Rinnegan and thus would have the ability to utilise it (bar Gedo Mazo).