Mimic Vat + Clever Impersonator Targetting Doubling Season
Asked by Grenville 8 years ago
1 mimic vat with CI imprinted1 doubling season in play.
If I activate mimic vat targetting DS, would I end up with 5 Doubling Seasons?
In that case, clever Impersonator I believe will not be a creature when it copies something, and when it hits the yard, it is still an enchantment, meaning there is no legal target for Mimic Vat's ability.
July 4, 2016 11:26 p.m.
Clever Impersonator is a creature and in this scenario is already imprinted.
July 4, 2016 11:32 p.m.
DS:
Card Text:If an effect would put one or more tokens onto the battlefield under your control, it puts twice that many of those tokens onto the battlefield instead.
July 4, 2016 11:33 p.m.
Raging_Squiggle says... #6
No.
You have 1 Doubling Season out. Activating Mimic Vat will bring in one Clever Impersonator token, doubled to 2 via the Season. The replacement effect that doubles is applied as they enter the battlefield. Because they enter at the same time, both as Doubling Seasons, as you chose, they do not double each other because the point at which the replacement effect would have applied is already passed.
TL;DR: You get 3 Doubling Seasons. One original and 2 token copies.
July 5, 2016 12:52 a.m.
Raging_Squiggle says... Accepted answer #7
Also worth noting that Clever Impersonator does not target. You just choose what it copies as it enters. This allows it to bypass permanents with hexproof/shroud or protection.
Tip: You also don't have to specify what it's copying until it is resolving, so if someone, specifically a blue player, asks what your going to copy, you do not have to say anything except "Does it resolve?"
July 5, 2016 12:56 a.m.
@Raging_Squiggle Thanks for the explanation! I did know that most clones don't target but I had forgotten about not having to state what it is copying until it is resolved.
Clockwurk says... #1
I believe you cannot target Doubling Season with Mimic Vat, as Mimic Vat says whenever a nontoken creature is put in the graveyard, and Doubling season is not a creature. Unless I misinterpreted the question and CI stands for something.
July 4, 2016 11:24 p.m.