Rule evolution
Rule 111.12
Previously numbered 111.11.
Earliest archived Rules release: 2022-11-18 · 1 wording revision · 1 renumbering
Added111.11Details
If an effect instructs a player to create a token that is a copy of a nonexistent object, no token is created (see rule 707, “Copying Objects”). This does not apply to an effect that would use the last known information of an object. Example: Mimic Vat has a triggered ability whose effect gives you the option to exile a card and an activated ability that says “Create a token that’s a copy of a card exiled with Mimic Vat. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step.” If no card has been exiled with Mimic Vat’s triggered ability, no token is created.
Renumbered
111.11→ 111.12DetailsPreviously
1. Game Concepts
111. TokensThen
1. Game Concepts
111. TokensIf an effect instructs a player to create a token that is a copy of a nonexistent object, no token is created (see rule 707, “Copying Objects”). This does not apply to an effect that would use the last known information of an object. Example: Mimic Vat has a triggered ability whose effect gives you the option to exile a card and an activated ability that says “Create a token that’s a copy of a card exiled with Mimic Vat. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step.” If no card has been exiled with Mimic Vat’s triggered ability, no token is created.
Wording changed111.12Details
If an effect instructs a player to create a token that is a copy of a nonexistent object, no token is created (see rule 707, "Copying Objects"). This does not apply to an effect that would use the last known information of an object. Example: Mimic Vat has a triggered ability whose effect gives you the option to exile a card and an activated ability that says "Create a token that's a copy of a card exiled with
MimicthisVatartifact. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step." If no card has been exiled with Mimic Vat's triggered ability, no token is created.