Fractal copying
Asked by ShiroiBara 10 years ago
It's a bit strange amd I find a bit hard to get the concept but is it possible for a Clone (or something similar) to infinitely copy a Progenitor Mimic ?
Let say an unstransformed progenitor is in play, then the clone is played, it then transform the progenitor. It enters the battlefield as the progenitor. Can it again copy the Progenitor Mimic for an infinite amount of time and gain an infinite amount of token creation habilities?
Except that they don't split if they're tokens. Each turn you'll get 2 creatures, and that's it.
May 19, 2014 10:20 p.m.
I believe the OP is asking if the Progenitor Mimic , as its entering the battlefield, can copy the Mimic, and then use it's new replacement ability from that copy effect to copy the Mimic again, carrying through the token-making ability, essentially ending up with the Mimic having the token-making ability an arbitrary large number of times. I'm actually not sure whether or not this would work.
May 19, 2014 10:26 p.m.
I would like to point out that if you choose not to copy anything with Progenitor Mimic then the original mimic will not have the ability to produce token copies, it only gains that ability after copying another creature, it itself does not have the ability.
Devonin says... #1
Well, off the top, an untransformed Progenitor Mimic is a 0/0 and unless you have a static toughness boost in play, it will go to the graveyard as a state-based effect. But if we assume you have some kind of Glorious Anthem .
This wouldn't be infinite at all. It would get a little out of hand though assuming you never lose the thing boosting their toughness.
You play Progenitor Mimic and choose not to copy anything.
You play Clone choosing the Mimic. It enters the battlefield as the mimic and chooses the Mimic as the creature it copies.
Then, you have a Progenitor Mimic, a Clone which is a Progenitor Mimic and makes you one new Progenitor Mimic every upkeep.
If the new Mimic copy chooses the Clone which is the Mimic, you'll get a new Mimic with two instances of the copy ability. So yeah, each turn you're going to get more and more of them until it gets silly, but say you have one Glorious Anthem , you'll have an ever-growing fleet of 1/1s which all die to Pyroclasm or Disenchant on the Anthem.
May 19, 2014 9:48 p.m.