Do Copy Tokens Contribute to Devotion?
Copy tokens can indeed contribute to devotion, but only if the card specifies that the copies have the mana cost as the original, and the token is a copy of a creature or permanent with a mana cost. The devotion is calculated based on the mana symbols in the mana cost of the permanent, and copy tokens that have a mana cost will be included in this calculation.
Understanding Devotion and Copy Tokens
To fully grasp how copy tokens interact with devotion, it’s crucial to understand what devotion is and how it’s calculated. Devotion counts only mana symbols in your permanents’ mana costs, which are the costs in the upper right corner of the card.
FAQs About Copy Tokens and Devotion
- Do Copy Tokens Count as Tokens?: A copy token is considered a token, but it’s a copy of a specific object, and its properties and abilities are derived from the original object.
- Do Zombie Tokens Count Devotion?: Normal tokens, including zombie tokens, do not count towards devotion because they typically have no mana cost.
- Do Copy Tokens Keep Abilities?: A copy token acquires the abilities of the object it’s copying, but it doesn’t wind up with two values of each ability.
- Do Copy Tokens Retain Mana Value?: Copy tokens can retain mana value if they are copies of objects with a mana cost; otherwise, they typically have a mana value of 0.
- Do Copied Spells Count for Storm?: Copied spells do not generate storm copies themselves and are not counted by other storm spells cast later during the turn.
- Do Flipped Cards Count for Devotion?: Yes, both sides of a flipped card will apply towards your devotion count at all times on the battlefield because they have the same mana cost.
- Do Token Copies Have Summoning Sickness?: Token copies of creatures have summoning sickness, but token copies of non-creature permanents do not.
- Do Tokens Count as Hitting the Graveyard?: Yes, tokens do go to the graveyard and immediately cease to exist, but they can trigger “when a creature enters the graveyard” abilities before they are removed.
- Do Copies Trigger ETB?: Changing what a permanent is copying does not trigger enters-the-battlefield or leaves-the-battlefield abilities.
- Can You Transform a Token Copy?: Yes, transforming double-faced tokens can transform just like the permanents they copy.
- Can You Meld with a Token Copy?: No, you cannot meld the specifically named cards with a token copy; only exact names can be melded together.
- Do Gods Count Towards Devotion?: Yes, the Theros gods count towards their own devotion; they are devoted to themselves.
- What Are the 9 Paths of Devotion?: The 9 paths of devotion include shravana, kirtana, smarana, pada-sevana, archana, vandana, dasya, sakhya, and atma-nivedana.
- Do Token Copies Do Commander Damage?: No, token copies of commanders do not deal commander damage because being a commander is a property of the card, not the permanent.
- Is Making a Copy a Token MTG?: Yes, making a copy of a token still results in a token, as a token cannot become a card unless it has a Magic card back or is a double-faced card.