Do Dreadhorde Invasion with Parallel Lives in play create a 2/2 or 2 1/1 ?
Asked by pedroedmarcos 3 years ago
Hey there,
Pretty much what it says on the title. If I can double the ammount of tokens with cards like parallel lives or annointed procesion, do will enter 2 tokens or will basically amass 2 ?
Rhadamanthus says... #2
It makes 2 tokens, but only one of them will be 1/1. The other will be 0/0 and will die.
Parallel Lives only changes the specific part of the effect that makes the tokens, and doesn't change anything else about what the effect does. The detailed rules for Amass say:
701.43a To amass N means “If you don’t control an Army creature, create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token. Choose an Army creature you control. Put N +1/+1 counters on that creature.”
So in this example, that means Parallel Lives changes the effect to "If you don't control an Army creature, create two 0/0 black Zombie Army creature tokens. Choose an Army creature you control. Plut N +1/+1 counters on that creature."
Tylord2894 says... Accepted answer #1
You will get a two 0/0s, one of which will have a counter on it (making it a 1/1).
The replacement effect from Parallel Lives replaces the creation of the tokens. When the Dreadhorde Invasion trigger (or any Amass effect) resolves, you will put a counter on an existing Army. If you don't have an Army, it will create one then put a counter on an Army. The token creation is what Parallel Lives will affect. Parallel Lives doesn't affect how many counters are put on the Army nor how many tokens get a counter.
Notably and like you mentioned, it will not effectively be Amass 2. In fact, it will be Amass 1 with an extra (likely) dead token.
Hope this helps!!
May 22, 2020 1:29 p.m.