{"id":80059,"date":"2025-07-01T02:21:48","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T02:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gameslearningsociety.org\/wiki\/?p=80059"},"modified":"2025-07-01T02:21:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T02:21:48","slug":"do-copy-tokens-count-towards-devotion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gameslearningsociety.org\/wiki\/do-copy-tokens-count-towards-devotion\/","title":{"rendered":"Do copy tokens count towards devotion?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_67_1 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gameslearningsociety.org\/wiki\/do-copy-tokens-count-towards-devotion\/#Do_Copy_Tokens_Count_Towards_Devotion\" title=\"Do Copy Tokens Count Towards Devotion?\">Do Copy Tokens Count Towards Devotion?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gameslearningsociety.org\/wiki\/do-copy-tokens-count-towards-devotion\/#Understanding_Devotion_and_Copy_Tokens\" title=\"Understanding Devotion and Copy Tokens\">Understanding Devotion and Copy Tokens<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gameslearningsociety.org\/wiki\/do-copy-tokens-count-towards-devotion\/#Related_FAQs\" title=\"Related FAQs\">Related FAQs<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gameslearningsociety.org\/wiki\/do-copy-tokens-count-towards-devotion\/#1_What_Counts_Towards_Devotion\" title=\"1. What Counts Towards Devotion?\">1. What Counts Towards Devotion?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gameslearningsociety.org\/wiki\/do-copy-tokens-count-towards-devotion\/#2_Do_Copies_of_Creatures_Have_Devotion\" title=\"2. Do Copies of Creatures Have Devotion?\">2. Do Copies of Creatures Have Devotion?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gameslearningsociety.org\/wiki\/do-copy-tokens-count-towards-devotion\/#3_Do_Token_Copies_Have_CMC\" title=\"3. Do Token Copies Have CMC?\">3. Do Token Copies Have CMC?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gameslearningsociety.org\/wiki\/do-copy-tokens-count-towards-devotion\/#4_Do_White_Creature_Tokens_Count_Towards_Devotion\" title=\"4. Do White Creature Tokens Count Towards Devotion?\">4. Do White Creature Tokens Count Towards Devotion?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gameslearningsociety.org\/wiki\/do-copy-tokens-count-towards-devotion\/#5_Do_Gods_Count_Towards_Devotion\" title=\"5. Do Gods Count Towards Devotion?\">5. Do Gods Count Towards Devotion?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gameslearningsociety.org\/wiki\/do-copy-tokens-count-towards-devotion\/#6_Does_a_Copy_Count_as_a_Token\" title=\"6. Does a Copy Count as a Token?\">6. Does a Copy Count as a Token?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gameslearningsociety.org\/wiki\/do-copy-tokens-count-towards-devotion\/#7_Do_Lands_Count_as_Permanents\" title=\"7. Do Lands Count as Permanents?\">7. Do Lands Count as Permanents?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gameslearningsociety.org\/wiki\/do-copy-tokens-count-towards-devotion\/#8_Does_Hybrid_Mana_Count_Towards_Devotion\" title=\"8. Does Hybrid Mana Count Towards Devotion?\">8. Does Hybrid Mana Count Towards Devotion?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gameslearningsociety.org\/wiki\/do-copy-tokens-count-towards-devotion\/#9_Do_Swamps_Count_Towards_Devotion\" title=\"9. Do Swamps Count Towards Devotion?\">9. Do Swamps Count Towards Devotion?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gameslearningsociety.org\/wiki\/do-copy-tokens-count-towards-devotion\/#10_Can_a_Swamp_Be_Next_to_a_Desert\" title=\"10. Can a Swamp Be Next to a Desert?\">10. Can a Swamp Be Next to a Desert?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gameslearningsociety.org\/wiki\/do-copy-tokens-count-towards-devotion\/#11_Do_Aura_Curses_Count_Towards_Devotion\" title=\"11. Do Aura Curses Count Towards Devotion?\">11. Do Aura Curses Count Towards Devotion?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gameslearningsociety.org\/wiki\/do-copy-tokens-count-towards-devotion\/#12_Does_Gray_Merchant_of_Asphodel_Count_Itself\" title=\"12. Does Gray Merchant of Asphodel Count Itself?\">12. Does Gray Merchant of Asphodel Count Itself?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gameslearningsociety.org\/wiki\/do-copy-tokens-count-towards-devotion\/#13_Do_Flipped_Cards_Count_for_Devotion\" title=\"13. Do Flipped Cards Count for Devotion?\">13. Do Flipped Cards Count for Devotion?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-17\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gameslearningsociety.org\/wiki\/do-copy-tokens-count-towards-devotion\/#14_Do_Non-Basic_Lands_Count_as_Swamps\" title=\"14. Do Non-Basic Lands Count as Swamps?\">14. Do Non-Basic Lands Count as Swamps?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-18\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gameslearningsociety.org\/wiki\/do-copy-tokens-count-towards-devotion\/#15_Does_Urborg_Count_as_a_Swamp\" title=\"15. Does Urborg Count as a Swamp?\">15. Does Urborg Count as a Swamp?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_Copy_Tokens_Count_Towards_Devotion\"><\/span>Do Copy Tokens Count Towards Devotion?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Copy tokens can indeed count towards <strong>devotion<\/strong>, but this is contingent upon the specific <strong>mana cost<\/strong> of the original card being copied, as well as the manner in which the token was created. This means that for a copy token to contribute to your <strong>devotion<\/strong>, it must have a <strong>mana cost<\/strong> that matches the original card, which is a crucial factor in determining <strong>devotion<\/strong> in the game. <\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Understanding_Devotion_and_Copy_Tokens\"><\/span>Understanding Devotion and Copy Tokens<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>To delve deeper into the relationship between copy tokens and <strong>devotion<\/strong>, it&#8217;s essential to grasp what <strong>devotion<\/strong> entails and how <strong>copy tokens<\/strong> function within the game. <strong>Devotion<\/strong> is a mechanic that counts the number of <strong>mana symbols<\/strong> of a specific color among the <strong>mana costs<\/strong> of permanents a player controls. These <strong>mana symbols<\/strong> are crucial for calculating <strong>devotion<\/strong> to different colors.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Related_FAQs\"><\/span>Related FAQs<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_What_Counts_Towards_Devotion\"><\/span>1. What Counts Towards Devotion?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Devotion<\/strong> counts only <strong>mana symbols<\/strong> in your permanents&#8217; <strong>mana costs<\/strong>\u2014the cost in the upper right corner of the card. <strong>Mana symbols<\/strong> in text boxes, such as activation costs or the big <strong>mana symbols<\/strong> on basic lands, do not count toward your <strong>devotion<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_Do_Copies_of_Creatures_Have_Devotion\"><\/span>2. Do Copies of Creatures Have Devotion?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Yes, copies add to your <strong>devotion<\/strong> as long as the card specifies that the copies have the <strong>mana cost<\/strong> as the original. This is a key rule for determining the <strong>devotion<\/strong> contribution of <strong>copy tokens<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Do_Token_Copies_Have_CMC\"><\/span>3. Do Token Copies Have CMC?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>These tokens will have the same <strong>CMC (Converted Mana Cost)<\/strong> as the creature they&#8217;re copying, provided the token is created as a copy of something like with <strong>Rite of Replication<\/strong>. If the token is just created by a spell or ability like <strong>Sprout Swarm<\/strong>, it will have no <strong>mana cost<\/strong>, so no <strong>CMC<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4_Do_White_Creature_Tokens_Count_Towards_Devotion\"><\/span>4. Do White Creature Tokens Count Towards Devotion?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Normal tokens have no <strong>mana cost<\/strong>, so they won&#8217;t count towards <strong>devotion<\/strong>. However, if you use something like <strong>Fated Infatuation<\/strong> to make a token of a creature, that token will count toward <strong>devotion<\/strong> in the same way that the original card did.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5_Do_Gods_Count_Towards_Devotion\"><\/span>5. Do Gods Count Towards Devotion?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The <strong>Theros gods<\/strong> count towards their own <strong>devotion<\/strong>. They&#8217;re devoted to themselves, as seen with <strong>Mogis, God of Slaughter<\/strong>, where if he is your only permanent on the battlefield, your <strong>devotion<\/strong> to red and black is two.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"6_Does_a_Copy_Count_as_a_Token\"><\/span>6. Does a Copy Count as a Token?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>It&#8217;s not a characteristic you can copy; it&#8217;s just a status on the thing in the game itself. <strong>Cards<\/strong> that come into play as <strong>Essence of the Wild<\/strong> are still <strong>cards<\/strong>, and <strong>tokens<\/strong> that come into play as <strong>Essence of the Wild<\/strong> are still <strong>tokens<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"7_Do_Lands_Count_as_Permanents\"><\/span>7. Do Lands Count as Permanents?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Yes, <strong>lands<\/strong> are <strong>permanents<\/strong>. They exist on the battlefield just like all other permanent types and can be interacted with.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"8_Does_Hybrid_Mana_Count_Towards_Devotion\"><\/span>8. Does Hybrid Mana Count Towards Devotion?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>A <strong>hybrid mana symbol<\/strong> adds one to your <strong>devotion<\/strong> to each of its colors and one to its combination of colors; it does not add two <strong>devotion<\/strong> to its combination of colors. <strong>Mana symbols<\/strong> on <strong>permanents<\/strong> with <strong>devoid<\/strong> still count; <strong>devotion<\/strong> just counts <strong>mana symbols<\/strong>, not the colors of the <strong>permanents<\/strong> themselves.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"9_Do_Swamps_Count_Towards_Devotion\"><\/span>9. Do Swamps Count Towards Devotion?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Devotion<\/strong> only counts colored <strong>mana symbols<\/strong> in the <strong>mana cost<\/strong> of <strong>permanents<\/strong> you control. <strong>Lands<\/strong> don&#8217;t have a <strong>mana cost<\/strong>, so they don&#8217;t count toward <strong>devotion<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"10_Can_a_Swamp_Be_Next_to_a_Desert\"><\/span>10. Can a Swamp Be Next to a Desert?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>While this question pertains to real-world geography, in the context of the game, <strong>swamps<\/strong> and <strong>deserts<\/strong> can coexist on the battlefield as different types of <strong>lands<\/strong>, each with its unique properties and effects.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"11_Do_Aura_Curses_Count_Towards_Devotion\"><\/span>11. Do Aura Curses Count Towards Devotion?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Yes, <strong>curses<\/strong> count towards <strong>devotion<\/strong>. They&#8217;re <strong>permanents<\/strong> you control with <strong>pips<\/strong> that count.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"12_Does_Gray_Merchant_of_Asphodel_Count_Itself\"><\/span>12. Does Gray Merchant of Asphodel Count Itself?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Yes. For the &#8216;enter the battlefield&#8217; trigger of <strong>Gray Merchant of Asphodel<\/strong>, it will &#8220;see&#8221; itself enter, so its <strong>BB<\/strong> in the casting cost will count towards your total <strong>devotion<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"13_Do_Flipped_Cards_Count_for_Devotion\"><\/span>13. Do Flipped Cards Count for Devotion?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>A double-faced card that is &#8220;night&#8221; side up will not increase your <strong>devotion<\/strong> to any color, because it has no <strong>mana cost<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"14_Do_Non-Basic_Lands_Count_as_Swamps\"><\/span>14. Do Non-Basic Lands Count as Swamps?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>For a card to be a <strong>swamp<\/strong>, it has to have &#8220;<strong>swamp<\/strong>&#8221; on the type line. For it to be nonbasic, it has to lack the supertype &#8220;<strong>basic<\/strong>&#8221; on the type line.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"15_Does_Urborg_Count_as_a_Swamp\"><\/span>15. Does Urborg Count as a Swamp?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth<\/strong> isn&#8217;t a <strong>Swamp<\/strong> while it&#8217;s not on the battlefield. Land cards not on the battlefield aren&#8217;t <strong>Swamps<\/strong> while <strong>Urborg<\/strong> is on the battlefield.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do Copy Tokens Count Towards Devotion? Copy tokens can indeed count towards devotion, but this is contingent upon the specific mana cost of the original card being copied, as well as the manner in which the token was created. This means that for a copy token to contribute to your devotion, it must have a &#8230; <a title=\"Do copy tokens count towards devotion?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gameslearningsociety.org\/wiki\/do-copy-tokens-count-towards-devotion\/\" aria-label=\"More on Do copy tokens count towards devotion?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gameslearningsociety.org\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gameslearningsociety.org\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gameslearningsociety.org\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gameslearningsociety.org\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gameslearningsociety.org\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gameslearningsociety.org\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80059\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gameslearningsociety.org\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gameslearningsociety.org\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gameslearningsociety.org\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}