Can you exile a token Island with Extraplanar Lens and get the effect?
Asked by Halphinianian 2 years ago
I am thinking about making an Orvar, the All-Form deck, and a cool interaction I found was making copies of Islands, then making copies of Extraplanar Lens and exiling the token Islands to get the extra mana. However, since tokens do not exist anywhere except on the battlefield, will those Extraplanar Lenses with tokens imprinted do anything?
Guerric says... Accepted answer #1
That's a great question Halphinianian! The answer is that they won't do anything. Here's the relevant ruling-
"If all cards exiled by an imprint ability somehow leave the exile zone, or if a card isn't exiled by an optional imprint ability, or if the ability failed to exile a card because it was countered, then it is possible for an imprint ability to have no exiled card to refer to. In this case, the linked ability associated with the imprint ability has no card values to refer to and will only do as much as possible. It may do nothing at all."
March 14, 2022 7:52 p.m.