If there are two Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet on the battlefield would his ability trigger twice? and thus create twice as much zombie token creatures?
Asked by Rease 7 years ago
If there are two Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet on the battlefield would his ability trigger twice? and thus create twice as much zombie creatures? Example: two Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet are on the battlefield and one of the opponents creatures dies Kalitas ability triggers and instead the creature is exiled and a 2/2 zombie token creature is put on the battlefield under my control......would I get two x 2/2 zombie token creature because of the two Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet on the battlefield?
In addition to what Raging_Squiggle said, if you control both Kilatas's (for example due to a Mirror Gallery on the battlefield), each one would trigger, but only one would get to do their thing because of the replacement effect rule explained above.
May 27, 2016 6:08 a.m.
Gidgetimer says... #3
Because the word "trigger" came up again, I will reiterate what Squiggle said. Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet does not have a triggered ability. He has a static ability that generates a replacement effect. Triggers have to go on the stack and resolve. Replacement effects just happen instead of the stated event.
May 27, 2016 6:18 a.m.
Kalitas is Legendary anyways. I don't think you can have two on at once.
Raging_Squiggle says... Accepted answer #1
No you would not get any extra tokens. You might not even get any at all depending on the situation.
Note that Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet's first ability is Not a triggered ability but rather a replacement effect, modifying the event of an opponent's creature dying.
Now, if the creature that is dying is under the control of the same opponent who has the other Kalitas, then only your replacement effect will apply and you will get the single token. And vice versa.
If a third player's creature dies, both you and player 2's replacement effects from your respective Kalitas's are attempting to modify this event.
When more than 1 replacement effect attempt to modify something, the player, or the controller of the card, that is being modified chooses which replacement effect to apply. Player 3 may choose to give you the token, or your opponent.
May 27, 2016 4:06 a.m.