two parallel lives equal double or quadruple tokens

Asked by morphranos 13 years ago

I am going to be building a token deck soon just wondering if multiple parallel lives effects stack or if it's doubled no matter how many there are on the field. Check my deck out I could help slimming it down, and fine tuning. http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/gw-token-57/

KorApprentice says... #1

Please try not to ask the same question twice, that does not increase the likelihood of it being answered.

April 2, 2012 5:29 p.m.

zandl says... #2

You double the double, so with two Lives out, you get 4x tokens.

April 2, 2012 5:35 p.m.

Virlym says... Accepted answer #3

So you have 4 Parallel Lives and 4 Doubling Seasons out. You then play Chatter of the Squirrel. You get 1 token from the effect, then the 8 enchantments activate because you are getting a token.

Resolve 1: 1 squirrel becomes 2.

Resolve 2: 2 squirrels become 4.

Resolve 3: 4 squirrels become 8.

Resolve 4: 8 squirrels become 16.

Resolve 5: 16 squirrels become 32.

Resolve 6: 32 squirrels become 64.

Resolve 7: 64 squirrels become 128.

Resolve 8: 128 squirrels become 256.

So for one green mana (and 8 enchantments) you get 256 1/1 green Squirrel creature tokens.

Now you play a Mycoloth, devouring the 256 Squirrel tokens and gets 512 +1/+1 counters from the devour effect, and then the 4 Doubling Seasons will trigger.

Resolve 1: 512 +1/+1 counters become 1024.

Resolve 2: 1024 +1/+1 counters become 2048.

Resolve 3: 2048 +1/+1 counters become 4096.

Resolve 4: 4096 +1/+1 counters become 8192.

So for 6 mana (not including enchantments) you get an 8196 / 8196. Plus at the beginning of your upkeep that will spawn 8192 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens for you (then the 8 enchantments activate, resulting in getting 2,097,152 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens during each of your upkeeps. Good luck keeping track of all that if your opponent doesn't scoop or finds a way to prevent that from happening every turn.

April 2, 2012 6:20 p.m.

zandl says... #4

If you're mathematically inclined or good with numbers off the top of your head...

For one token, here's a formula:

2x, where "x" is the number of token-doubling effects you have. ("" is "to the power of").

So if you have 3 Parallel Lives out and would get one token, that's 23, so 8.

April 2, 2012 7:30 p.m.

landot says... #5

Also, apparently the caret symbol (the upside-down 'v' that signifies 'to the power of') is not showing up in comments here. strange.

April 2, 2012 9:14 p.m.