Mirror March is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
Whenever a nontoken creature you control enters, flip a coin until you lose a flip. For each flip you won, create a token that's a copy of that creature. Those tokens gain haste. Exile them at the beginning of the next end step.
Complete guide
Mirror March is a high-stakes enchantment that can turn a single creature into an overwhelming army in the blink of an eye. By relying on the luck of a coin flip, players can generate an explosive board state that demands an immediate answer from opponents. Whether you are seeking extra enters-the-battlefield triggers or a massive combat phase, this card delivers high-variance excitement.
Multiplying Your Ranks
Whenever a nontoken creature enters the battlefield under your control, Mirror March triggers. You begin flipping a coin and continue to do so as long as you win. For every win, you create a token that is an exact copy of the creature that just entered. These tokens gain haste, allowing them to attack immediately, but they are temporary and must be exiled at the beginning of the next end step.
Step-by-Step Resolution
First, the nontoken creature enters the battlefield, putting the Mirror March trigger on the stack. When the trigger resolves, you start the flipping process. It is important to note that all tokens created by this process enter the battlefield at the exact same time after you have finished all your flips. If the original creature had any enters-the-battlefield abilities, each token's version of that ability will trigger once they all arrive.
Understanding Copy Characteristics
The tokens created are copies of the creature as it exists on the battlefield, but they only copy the 'copiable values' (usually what is printed on the card). They do not copy counters, Auras, or Equipment attached to the original. If the original creature leaves the battlefield while the Mirror March ability is still on the stack, the game uses its 'last known information' to determine what the tokens should look like.
Timing and Strategy
Because the tokens are exiled at the beginning of the next end step, you usually want to play your creatures during your pre-combat main phase to maximize their haste. If you happen to flash a creature in during an opponent's end step, the tokens will persist through the next turn and only be exiled at the end of that following turn.
Interaction examples
Warstorm Surge
Fiery EmancipationWhen a creature enters, Mirror March triggers. If you win three flips, three tokens enter simultaneously. Warstorm Surge will trigger for the original creature and each token. With Fiery Emancipation on the board, each instance of damage dealt by these triggers will be tripled, potentially ending the game instantly.
CopyIf you play a creature that is already a copy of something else, Mirror March recognizes those copied attributes. Each token generated by the coin flips will enter as a copy of whatever the original creature was copying at the time it entered the battlefield.
If you win five coin flips, you create five tokens. These tokens are all exiled at the start of the next end step. If you have no way to sacrifice them for value, ensure you attack with them during your combat phase to make use of the haste granted by the enchantment.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Mirror March
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
All of the tokens enter the battlefield at the same time.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
Each token copies exactly what is printed on the creature and nothing else (unless that creature is copying something else; see below). It doesn’t copy whether that creature is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras and/or Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that changed its power, toughness, types, color, and so on.
Card named in this ruling
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
If the copied creature is copying something else, each token enters the battlefield as whatever that creature is copying.
Card named in this ruling
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
If the copied creature has
in its mana cost, X is 0.No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
If the entering creature leaves the battlefield before Mirror March’s ability resolves, use that creature’s last known existence on the battlefield to determine the token’s characteristics.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #6· Wizards of the Coast
Any enters-the-battlefield abilities of the copied creature will trigger when the token enters the battlefield. Any “As [this creature] enters the battlefield” or “[This creature] enters the battlefield with” abilities of the copied creature will also work.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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