How does Runed Halo interact with tokens.
Asked by lithium142 8 years ago
This was a dispute in a pod commander game tonight. An olloro player drops a Runed Halo against a Marath, Will of the Wild token deck; naming "token" as it enters. His understanding is that he will now have protection from all creature tokens on the battlefield.
I was under the impression that you had to name specific tokens (I.E. Angel token or Soldier token).
Another player thinks that you must go a step further, and also name base power and toughness in this.
Just looking for some clarification =)
From the comprehensive rules (Bolding mine)
201.3. If an effect instructs a player to name a card, the player must choose the name of a card that exists in the Oracle card reference (see rule 108.1) and is legal in the format of the game the player is playing. (See rule 100.6.) If the player wants to name a split card, the player must choose the name of one of its halves, but not both. (See rule 708.) If the player wants to name a flip cards alternative name, the player may do so. (See rule 709.) If the player wants to name the back face of a double-faced card, the player may do so. (See rule 711.) A player may not choose the name of a token unless its also the name of a card.
April 1, 2016 12:09 a.m.
TheRedMage says... #3
Tokens that magic can make with the same name as a card include Splinter, Assembly-Worker, Pack Rat, Illusion, Shapeshifter, whatever your opponent enchanted with Progenitor Mimic, and the tokens made by the Future Sight cycle of spellshapers (Llanowar Elves, Goldmeadow Harrier, Llanowar Elves, Cloud Sprite, Festering Goblin, Metallic Sliver, Spark Elemental).
In most cases though, the name of a token is not also the name of a card, and can't be named to Runed Halo since it specifically says to "name a card".
If you want to see this horse thoroughly beaten to death you can also look one of the We Have to Go Deeper articles where I talk about card names.
April 1, 2016 3:35 a.m.
I see this happening more and more frequently ever since they started printing creature token.
Your friend needs to understand that tokens are NOT cards. Not in the terms of the game. They are representations of in game objects that lack a "physical being".
Imagine using dice to represent tokens and then using Runed Halo and naming tokens. That's a very vague catch-all phrase and as mentioned from the rules above NOT the name of the card
Trockenmatt says... #1
The name of a card is in the top box, next to the mana cost. For example, Runed Halo is Runed Halo's name. That means that to get protection from a token, you have to name the token, for example, Soldier, Saproling, etc.
April 1, 2016 12:07 a.m.