It’s pretty basic. When a creature is put into a graveyard, the player who controls mimic vat gets to choose whether or not he wants to imprint said card onto his mimic vat. If he chooses to do so then he can pay 3 mana to make a copy of whatever is imprinted.
What happens if Mimic Vat is destroyed?
If your Mimic Vat is destroyed while your commander is exiled by it, then it’s stuck in exile. This is the same both before and after the new rule change.
Can I Mimic Vat commander?
Yes, you can send your commander back to the command zone when it’s exiled with Mimic Vat, but if you do this then you won’t be able to make any token copies of it. The last card exiled by Mimic Vat has to actually be in exile for it to be able to create copies of that creature.
Is Mimic Vat a replacement effect?
Exiling with mimic vat is not a replacement effect, it is a triggered ability, while the Command Zone rule IS a replacement effect. Since the Command Zone rule keeps the general from going to graveyard, Mimic Vat doesn’t trigger at all.
Does Mimic Vat stop death triggers?
If it was a non-token creature at the time it died, Mimics Vat will also trigger at the same time and go on the stack. The active player decides the order in which they are put on the stack, but either way, both effects will resolve unless countered.
What is imprint MTG?
Imprint (Obsolete) 502.34a Imprint is an activated or triggered ability, written “Imprint — [text],” where “[text]” is a triggered or activated ability. Cards that are in the removed-from-the-game zone because they were removed from the game by an imprint ability are imprinted on the source of that ability.
Does Mimic Vat stop triggers?
Is imprint a trigger?
502.34a Imprint is an activated or triggered ability, written “Imprint — [text],” where “[text]” is a triggered or activated ability. Cards that are in the removed-from-the-game zone because they were removed from the game by an imprint ability are imprinted on the source of that ability.
Is panoptic mirror banned?
Legal in Penny
Legal in VintageLegal in DuelLegal in ModernLegal in Legacy
Panoptic Mirror/Legality
What happens if no card is exiled with mimic VAT?
If no card has been exiled with Mimic Vat by the time the ability resolves, no token will be created. If the exiled card has in its mana cost (such as Protean Hydra), X is considered to be 0.
What happens when mimic VAT is put into the graveyard?
For example, if a nontoken artifact that’s become a creature is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Mimic Vat’s first ability triggers and you may exile that card. The token created by the second ability will be a copy of whatever card is exiled with Mimic Vat at the time the ability resolves.
What happens if you create a token with mimic VAT?
If the token is a copy of a noncreature card, it will still have haste, though that won’t matter unless that token somehow becomes a creature. You may activate the second ability even if no card has been exiled with Mimic Vat. If no card has been exiled with Mimic Vat by the time the ability resolves, no token will be created.
