Mana Cost and Tokens

Asked by ramonthebadass 9 years ago

Hey everyone me and my friend were playing commander earlier today and he was using Birthing Pod with some of his tokens. My question is if he plays a Eternal Witness and makes a token of it is the tokens CMC 3 because i remeber that tokens had a CMC of 0 which was why they would die so fast with an ability like Steel Hellkite has because you would pay 0. Does this mean if you make a token of anything with a CMC the token has that same CMC or is it just 0??

Gidgetimer says... Accepted answer #1

If you make a token copy of something the token has the same mana cost (and therefore CMC) as that object because mana cost is a copyable characteristic. The tokens that have CMC=0 are the ones made by a spell or ability that makes non-copy tokens such as Raise the Alarm or Advent of the Wurm

February 1, 2015 8:02 a.m.