PRINTINGS · 3
ENCHANTMENT — AURA
Splinter Twin
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has ": Create a token that's a copy of this creature, except it has haste. Exile that token at the beginning of the next end step."
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Comments & Rulings · 14
- Wizards of the Coast2010-06-15 · official rulingSplinter Twin grants an activated ability to the enchanted creature. That creature's controller (who is not necessarily the Aura's controller) can activate it. The creature's controller is the player who gets the token.
- Wizards of the Coast2010-06-15 · official rulingThe token will not be kicked, even if the creature it's copying was.
- Wizards of the Coast2010-06-15 · official rulingIf the enchanted creature is copying something else when the ability resolves (for example, if it's a Renegade Doppelganger), then the token enters as a copy of whatever the enchanted creature is copying, plus it has haste.
- Wizards of the Coast2010-06-15 · official rulingIf the token isn't exiled when the delayed triggered ability resolves (due to Stifle, perhaps), it remains on the battlefield indefinitely. It continues to have haste.
- Wizards of the Coast2010-06-15 · official rulingIf the enchanted creature has in its mana cost (such as Protean Hydra), X is considered to be zero.
- Wizards of the Coast2010-06-15 · official rulingThe token is exiled at the beginning of the next end step regardless of who controls it at that time, or whether Splinter Twin or the enchanted creature is still on the battlefield at that time.
- Wizards of the Coast2010-06-15 · official rulingIf the enchanted creature is a token, the new token copies the characteristics of the original token as stated by the effect that put it onto the battlefield, plus it has haste.
- Wizards of the Coast2010-06-15 · official rulingAny "enters" abilities of the enchanted creature will trigger when the token is put onto the battlefield. Any "as [this creature] enters" or "[this creature] enters with" abilities of the enchanted creature will also work.
- Wizards of the Coast2010-06-15 · official rulingIf you activate the ability and the enchanted creature leaves the battlefield before the ability resolves, you still get a token. The enchanted creature's last existence on the battlefield is checked to see what it was (specifically, if it was itself or if it was copying something else).
- Wizards of the Coast2010-06-15 · official rulingIf the ability is activated during a turn's end step, the token will be exiled at the beginning of the following turn's end step.
- Wizards of the Coast2010-06-15 · official rulingThe token that's put onto the battlefield copies exactly what's printed on the enchanted creature (unless that creature is copying something else or it's a token; see below), plus it has haste. It doesn't copy whether the enchanted creature is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras attached to it, or whether it's been affected by any noncopy effects that changed its power, toughness, types, color, or so on. In particular, it doesn't copy the ability granted to the enchanted creature by Splinter Twin.
- Wizards of the Coast2013-07-01 · official rulingIf the enchanted creature is legendary, you will have to put either the original creature or the token into the graveyard as a state-based action.
- Wizards of the Coast2016-01-18Splinter Twin was banned in modern on January 18, 2016. We also look for decks that hold a large enough percentage of the competitive field to reduce the diversity of the format. Decks that are this strong can hurt diversity by pushing the decks that it defeats out of competition. In the interest of competitive diversity, Splinter Twin is banned from Modern.Indexed from B&R Announcement—January 18, 2016.
- Splinter Twin was unbanned in modern on December 16, 2024. Answers exist that once didn't, including several zero-mana cards that can keep you alive if the opponent decides to tap out for their four-mana enchantment. Splinter Twin is symbolic of an era of Modern that people look back on fondly, and it is now free.Indexed from Banned and Restricted Announcement – December 16, 2024.