Lithoform engine copying mutating creatures
Asked by moo1234 3 years ago
If I have Lithoform Engine on the battlefield and cast Gemrazer for it's mutate cost targetting a creature, I then use the engine's third ability to copy that creature spell, will the new Gemrazer also mutate onto the creature I was trying to mutate or will it act like a new creature. If so can a "mutant token" activate new mutate triggers if I mutate it again.
Yes another mutate question
bonus question: If the new mutate token copied gemrazer does mutate, does it trigger Season of Growth
Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #1
The copy will still be a mutating creature spell and will have the same target as the original. If a spell does something special when you pay an alternative cost, copies of the spell will also take that into account. Lithoform Engine's last ability doesn't allow you to choose a different target for the copy of the permanent spell, so it has the same target as the original spell.
The copied spell will resolve first, triggering any "whenever this creature mutates..." abilities that the targeted creature already has, and then the original Gemrazer spell will resolve, triggering those abilities plus the ability given by the copy.
To the bonus question: No, this won't trigger Season of Growth. It won't trigger the first ability because there isn't a creature entering the battlefield, and it won't trigger the second ability because the copied spell wasn't "cast".
January 12, 2021 1:51 p.m.