Can you sacrifice a token in place of a creature?
Asked by SamuelThrasher1996 12 years ago
I am working on a burn deck and one of my cards is Skirsdag Cultist . Could I sacrifice a goblin token to activate it's abilities?
Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #2
Provided the token has the type creature, it doesn't matter. If an effect wants you to do something with tokens or nontokens, it will specify that using the words token or nontoken. If that specification is not present (as is the case with Skirsdag Cultist ), the effect doesn't discriminate.
November 2, 2012 1:04 p.m.
GreatSword says... #3
A creature token counts as a creature in every way, with only a few exceptions.
If a token goes to a zone besides the Battlefield (graveyard, hand, library, etc), it goes there, and then as a state-based action is removed from the game. So, in the above example, if you had Blood Artist out, the goblin token dying would trigger the artist.
Creature tokens have a converted mana cost of 0, unless they are a token copy (Cackling Counterpart for example, in which case it's whatever they copied).
Creature tokens count as (surprise!) tokens, and not creature cards. There are certain things that reference tokens and cards, like Elspeth, Knight-Errant 's ultimate.
November 2, 2012 1:13 p.m.
Whenever an ability or effect generates a token, it'll say what kind of token it's making. Most are "creature tokens."
Creature tokens, for all purposes, count as creatures on the battlefield. They are not, however, non-creature tokens (obviously). Abilities will always say "creature token" or "non-creature token", so as to not generate confusion.
November 2, 2012 4:06 p.m.
ravengamer93 says... #6
Your first mistake was using Skirsdag Cultist ;) these guys won't tell you that because they don't want you to beat them ;P
November 2, 2012 10:25 p.m.
cartwheelnurd says... #7
tokens are creatures too.
That is why they are called "creature tokens" or not, or whatever.
Vesperia47 says... #1
The only restriction placed on activating Skirsdag Cultist 's ability is that you sac a creature (of course you pay mana and tap it too, but we don't need to mention that). To be short and simple: as long as the token you sac is a creature token, it can be saced.
November 2, 2012 11:13 a.m.