Legendary tokens?
Asked by darthmunkeys 13 years ago
can legendary creatures be tokenified? i am assuming yes, but do they as tokens of a legendary whatever destroy each other, like when your opponent plays Emrakul, the Aeons Torn and you already have one out?
in a similar vein, can one copy a legendary creature? like with Phyrexian Metamorph or Copy. or does it get destroyed as well?
Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #2
1) Yes. If the token is a copy of a legendary creature, it and all other permanents with the same name are subject to the "legend rule", regardless of whether they are tokens or copies.
2) Assuming the creature is a legal target for the copy spell/efect, yes. However, the next time state-based actions are checked (which is before any player can put anything on the stack, and immediately before/after stack resolutions), if both the copy and the original legend are on the battlefield, they will be destroyed. This is a strategy in formats like EDH, where blue decks will use copy spells and copy creatures to destroy others' generals through the legend rule.
June 22, 2011 1:34 a.m.
emblasochist says... #3
Epo, for that reason, is Mirror Gallery illegal in EDH?
June 22, 2011 3:30 a.m.
Epochalyptik says... #5
Mirror Gallery is EDH-legal (to the extent of my knowledge), and can be used effectively in the same decks. It makes them more flexible because you can keep a copy of their general or blow it up, depending on how you feel.
June 22, 2011 3:45 a.m.
Rhadamanthus says... #6
That's right, Mirror Gallery is perfectly legal in Commander. The MTG Commander website is the official resource for knowing what is and isn't legal to play in the format.
June 22, 2011 9:01 a.m.
xxxxxxCronoxxxxxx says... #7
for you 2nd question yes but only because it copyes the creature type if any copy effect would not copy the creature type then the legend effect would not aply
June 22, 2011 8:12 p.m.
Rhadamanthus says... #8
@xxxxxxCronoxxxxxx, "Legend" isn't a creature type anymore, it's a supertype. Also, as far as I know, there aren't any cards in the game right now with copy effects that exclude supertypes, types, or subtypes.
June 23, 2011 11:17 a.m.
704.5k If two or more legendary permanents with the same name are on the battlefield, all are put into their owners' graveyards. This is called the "legend rule." If only one of those permanents is legendary, this rule doesn't apply.
How would you then copy a creature, with out it becoming legendary?
September 28, 2012 2:14 a.m.
Rhadamanthus says... #10
No one said it wouldn't? Also, you're about 3 months too late.
Rhadamanthus says... #1
You're allowed to make copies of legendary creatures, tokens or otherwise. There's no rule stopping you from doing that. However, the Legend Rule says that if there's ever more than one legend on the battlefield with the same name, all of them are put into the graveyard. So you can make tokens and copies, but they'll all die.
June 21, 2011 10:12 p.m.