Whenever a creature dies, the game has to “look back in time” to see if any leaves-the-battlefield abilities triggered. Sometimes you’ll have an instance where multiple creatures die at the same time; when this occurs, all of them will “see” each other leave the battlefield. This can allow a creature like Requiem Angel to trigger multiple times when it dies at the same time as a bunch of other creatures.

So, for instance, if you control a Requiem Angel and two Doomed Travelers, and your opponent casts Day of Judgment, you’ll get four Spirits: one for each of the Travelers’ own death triggers, and two from the Requiem Angel’s triggers (one for each Traveler that died along with the Angel).

Today’s Rules Tip written by
Jen Wong, Level 1 judge from Irvine, CA