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13 months ago ::
May 24, 2012 - 9:52PM
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Date Joined:
Mar 21, 2011
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Simply: If a Commander dies, can its owner choose NOT to put him/her in the Command Zone, and instead exile with the Mimic Vat and then just activate it for a cost of 3, putting out a hasty 1 turn Commander token every turn?
If so, what happens to the imprinted Commander in the event the Mimic Vat gets destroyed?
Would it just go back to the Command Zone, and how much would it then cost to recast? I'm assuming just 2 extra, regardless of how many times the Vat was activated previously.
Even if all is legal...would that be considered too janky, even for Commander? LOL
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13 months ago ::
May 24, 2012 - 9:54PM
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Date Joined:
Oct 10, 2011
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Simply: If a Commander dies, can its owner choose NOT to put him/her in the Command Zone, and instead exile with the Mimic Vat and then just activate it for a cost of 3, putting out a hasty 1 turn Commander token every turn?
If so, what happens to the imprinted Commander in the event the Mimic Vat gets destroyed?
Would it just go back to the Command Zone, and how much would it then cost to recast? I'm assuming just 2 extra, regardless of how many times the Vat was activated previously.
Even if all is legal...would that be considered too janky, even for Commander? LOL
Nope it would not go back to the command zone. Since you choose to allow it to be exiled once it is exiled it stays exiled barring external shenanigans such as riftsweeper. Destroying the mimic vat does not change which zone the card is in.
Protip don't ever mimicvat your commander if you ever want to cast him again.
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13 months ago ::
May 24, 2012 - 10:21PM
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Mar 21, 2011
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Okay...I can see how that would be a high-risk tactic if the opponent has any artifact hate in their deck, ie. any number of red, green, or white spells.
Thanks for the quick answer!
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13 months ago ::
May 26, 2012 - 2:19AM
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Out of interest, I take it the tokens wouldn't count toward commander damage either?
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13 months ago ::
May 26, 2012 - 2:24AM
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Mar 21, 2011
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I don't see why they wouldn't, seeing as how they're still your Commander...just an imprinted copy.
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13 months ago ::
May 26, 2012 - 9:48AM
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Apr 28, 2008
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903.3. Each deck has a legendary creature card designated as its commander. This designation is not a characteristic of the object represented by the card; rather, it is an attribute of the card itself. The card retains this designation even when it changes zones. Example: A commander that's been turned face down (due to Ixidron's effect, for example) is still a commander. A commander that's copying another card (due to Cytoshape's effect, for example) is still a commander. A permanent that's copying a commander (such as a Body Double, for example, copying a commander in a player's graveyard) is not a commander.
So no, your token copies will not count towards the 21 total.
Everything Mown does is elegant.
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13 months ago ::
May 26, 2012 - 11:41AM
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The Commander rule says that you may replace any instance of "exile" or "go to the graveyard" for "going to the command zone". However, if you do choose to exile your commander (mimic vat) you'd have to use something else that interacts with exile in order to bring him/her back. From the top of my mind the only thing that'd work would be Misthollow Griffin  , but it's not legendary
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13 months ago ::
May 26, 2012 - 12:31PM
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Apr 28, 2008
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Your options are Riftsweeper  , Pull from Eternity  and Mirror of Fate  . You can also restart the game with Karn, as always.
Everything Mown does is elegant.
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13 months ago ::
May 29, 2012 - 1:25PM
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May 18, 2010
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Mimic vat  reads that when you replace imprinted cards, the current one goes to the graveyard. So, if my general is on my vat, and I put another creature on it, do I now have the option to put my general back in the command zone, since it's being sent to the graveyard as part of Mimic vat's trigger?
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13 months ago ::
May 29, 2012 - 2:15PM
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Yes.
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