Progenitor mimic copying itself's ability? Make two tokens?
Asked by nickiru 9 years ago
I have Progenitor Mimic copy another progenitor who is a copy of Acidic Slime. As I understand it, the second progenitor copying the first will become a slime that will produce 'two' tokens of slime because it copies a creature and all its abilities; which would include the first progenitor's ability which is to produce tokens of its kind.
So progenitor # two makes two tokens, such that if I cast a third progenitor, or bounced the first back to my hand and cast agian, the third progenitor copying the second will make 3 tokens on my upkeep and so on and so forth...
Is this correct? Thnxs
Epochalyptik says... #3
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Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #1
Right, but this isn't because a copy effect "copies a creature and all its abilities". It's because a copy effect copies whatever is written on the original card plus the results of any other copy effects. Part of Progenitor Mimic's copy effect adds the token-making ability, so in your example its copiable characteristics are that it's an Acidic Slime with a token-making ability.
January 20, 2015 11:31 a.m.