Syr Carah and Helm of the Host

Asked by bonettig 4 years ago

If I create, let's say, two copies of Syr Carah, the Bold with Helm of the Host and I use the activated ability of one of them to ping an opponent... will I exile one, two or three cards from the top of my library? Thanks!

Kogarashi says... #1

One card.

Whenever a card says [Card Name] on it (such as "Whenever Syr Carah, the Bold ..." on this card and its copies), it means "This specific object that this text is on." So each token copy has the same text, but each is referring to itself, not all objects named " Syr Carah, the Bold ."

If the ability cared about any object named Syr Carah, then the ability would be worded "Whenever a creature named Syr Carah, the Bold ..." (or "Whenever a permanent named" if it doesn't specifically have to be a creature).

October 23, 2019 10:56 a.m.

Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #2

Just one card. When a card uses its own name in the text of an ability and doesn't say something like "a card named N" then it's only talking about itself. It won't count other cards that happen to have the same name. If you activate the ability of just one of your Syr Carahs, only that Syr Carah will trigger.

October 23, 2019 10:57 a.m.

bonettig says... #3

Thank you very much

October 23, 2019 12:42 p.m.