Can I have a token copy of a legendary creature?
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Yes, you can have a token copy of a legendary creature, but be aware that tokens of legendary creatures are also subject to the legend rule, meaning that if you control two or more legendary permanents with the same name, you’ll have to choose one to stay on the battlefield and the rest will be put into their owner’s graveyard. The legend rule is a state-based action that is checked immediately after a clone or token copy of a legendary creature enters the battlefield, at which point you’ll have to decide which one to keep and which ones to send to the graveyard.
Understanding Token Copies of Legendary Creatures
Having a token copy of a legendary creature can be a powerful play in Magic: The Gathering, but it’s essential to understand the rules surrounding legendary creatures and tokens.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. What happens when you create a token copy of a legendary creature?
When you create a token copy of a legendary creature, the token will enter the battlefield, and then you’ll have to choose one of the legendary permanents to stay on the battlefield, while the rest are put into their owner’s graveyard.
2. Are tokens of legendary creatures legendary?
A token is only legendary if the effect creating it says that it’s legendary or if it’s a token copy of a legendary permanent.
3. Can Machine God’s Effigy copy legendary creatures?
Machine God’s Effigy will not copy any types or non-artifact subtypes that the creature had, but it will copy any supertypes, such as legendary, and artifact subtypes.
4. Can Mirror of the Forebears copy a legendary creature?
If Mirror of the Forebears becomes a copy of a legendary creature you control, you’ll put one of them into your graveyard.
5. Can Sculpting Steel copy a legendary artifact?
Sculpting Steel doesn’t copy whether the original artifact is tapped or untapped, any counters on that artifact, any Auras or Equipment attached to that artifact, or any effects that are currently affecting that artifact.
6. What is the legend rule in tokens?
The legend rule states that if a player controls two or more legendary permanents with the same name, that player chooses one of them, and the rest are put into their owners’ graveyards.
7. Is legendary rarer than mythic?
Legendary is a higher rarity of item than mythic, but whether it’s better is subjective and depends on personal preferences.
8. Do tokens count as creatures you own?
Tokens are most often creatures, but they can be any permanent type, and once on the battlefield, they operate just like any other permanent.
9. Can Spark Double copy a legendary creature?
Spark Double isn’t legendary if it copies a legendary permanent, and this exception is copiable.
10. Can you copy a mutated legendary creature?
Yes, you can copy a mutated legendary creature, as long as one copy of that legendary creature is underneath another creature mutated onto it.
11. Can you copy legendary Planeswalkers?
Some cards, like Sakashima the Impostor, can copy another legendary creature but keep their names, allowing a player to have two legendary creatures with the same functionality.
12. How does token copy work?
If an effect creates a token that is a copy of a transforming permanent, the token also has the same two faces and can transform.
13. Do copy tokens have summoning sickness?
The answer depends on whether the token is a copy of a non-creature permanent or a creature; if it’s a creature, then yes, it has summoning sickness.
14. Do token copies of creatures count towards devotion?
Yes, copies add to your devotion as long as the card specifies that the copies have the mana cost as the original.
15. Can you have multiple legendary creature tokens?
Yes, you can have multiple legendary creature tokens, but they are subject to the legend rule, meaning that if they have the same name, you’ll have to choose one to stay on the battlefield.