Hello again my Magic aficionados! Let’s get spiritual with our next tip, shall we? I’m glad you were able to come to today’s sermon which covers handling triggered abilities. With Spirit Bonds on the board you might wonder how many tokens you’ll be able to get after a nontoken creature enters the battlefield under your control. The answer is one. Here is why:
– You cast a creature spell and it resolves, entering the battlefield
– Spirit Bonds‘ triggered ability goes on the stack
– The triggered ability resolves and you pay one white mana
– A single 1/1 flying Spirit token creature enters the battlefield under your control
As you can see, the Spirit Bonds ability only triggers once each time a nontoken creature enters the battlefield. It does not trigger because of the token and it doesn’t allow you to pay multiple white for more tokens- you may pay W, not WWW. And so the Lord said “let there be one Spirit token.”
Now, if you wanted more tokens, there are ways to do this. Let’s say multiple Spirit Bonds, or bouncing the same creature through Voidwalk. As long as the creature entering is a non-token and you’re paying the white mana for each trigger, you’ll be able to get another token- But again only one token per trigger.
Thanks for reading and may the holy Spirit token be with you.

Today’s Rules Tip written by Daniel Clarke