{"id":4354,"date":"2014-09-02T07:00:55","date_gmt":"2014-09-02T14:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/?p=4354"},"modified":"2015-02-05T15:49:39","modified_gmt":"2015-02-05T23:49:39","slug":"4354","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/2014\/09\/4354\/","title":{"rendered":"Spirit Bonds: One Per Customer!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p><img  style='float:right'  class='lems-mtg-cardimg' src='http:\/\/gatherer.wizards.com\/Handlers\/Image.ashx?size=small&type=card&name=Spirit Bonds'><\/p>Hello again my Magic aficionados!  Let\u2019s get spiritual with our next tip, shall we? I\u2019m glad you were able to come to today\u2019s sermon which covers handling triggered abilities. With <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/wp-content\/plugins\/lems-mtg-helper\/lems-mtg-helper-cardfinder.php?find=Spirit+Bonds&width=223&height=310\" class=\"jTip\" name=\"\">Spirit Bonds<\/a> on the board you might wonder how many tokens you\u2019ll be able to get after a nontoken creature enters the battlefield under your control.  The answer is one. Here is why:<br \/>\n&#8211;      You cast a creature spell and it resolves, entering the battlefield<br \/>\n&#8211;      <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/wp-content\/plugins\/lems-mtg-helper\/lems-mtg-helper-cardfinder.php?find=Spirit+Bonds&width=223&height=310\" class=\"jTip\" name=\"\">Spirit Bonds<\/a>&#8216; triggered ability goes on the stack<br \/>\n&#8211;      The triggered ability resolves and you pay one white mana<br \/>\n&#8211;      A single 1\/1 flying Spirit token creature enters the battlefield under your control<br \/>\nAs 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\u2019t allow you to pay multiple white for more tokens- you may pay W, not WWW. And so the Lord said \u201clet there be one Spirit token.\u201d<br \/>\nNow, if you wanted more tokens, there are ways to do this. Let\u2019s say multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/wp-content\/plugins\/lems-mtg-helper\/lems-mtg-helper-cardfinder.php?find=Spirit+Bonds&width=223&height=310\" class=\"jTip\" name=\"\">Spirit Bonds<\/a>, or bouncing the same creature through <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/wp-content\/plugins\/lems-mtg-helper\/lems-mtg-helper-cardfinder.php?find=Voidwalk&width=223&height=310\" class=\"jTip\" name=\"\">Voidwalk<\/a>. As long as the creature entering is a non-token and you\u2019re paying the white mana for each trigger, you\u2019ll be able to get another token- But again only one token per trigger.<br \/>\nThanks for reading and may the holy Spirit token be with you.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s Rules Tip written by Daniel Clarke<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello again my Magic aficionados! Let\u2019s get spiritual with our next tip, shall we? I\u2019m glad you were able to come to today\u2019s sermon which covers handling triggered abilities. With on the board you might wonder how many tokens you\u2019ll be able to get after a nontoken creature enters the battlefield under your control. 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