![]() ![]() The last ability will trigger, at most, once per combat damage step per. That means (1) the ability won't trigger at all unless you control an artifact as your upkeep begins, and (2) the ability will do nothing if you don't control an artifact as it resolves. Even in a duel, if you can get your artifact creatures to deal damage at different times, such as by giving some of them first strike or double strike, you’ll get two corresponding card-draw triggers. Thopter Spy Network's first ability has an intervening ‘if' clause. You can do the same in a free-for-all multiplayer game by attacking two different players. NEC: 98 Y: 0: 0.10 TIX: Thopter Spy Network. BRC: 97 Y: 0: 0.10 TIX: Thopter Spy Network. NEC: 98 N: 0: 0.10 TIX: Thopter Spy Network. ![]() This means that if you attack with two Thopters, you can assign one Thopter’s damage to Head A, assign the other’s damage to Head B, and draw two cards. At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control an artifact, create a 1/1 colorless Thopter artifact creature token with flying. BRC: 97 N: 4+ 0.07 TIX: Thopter Spy Network. For example, in Two-Headed Giant (which you may have played at your last prerelease), although both heads share a life total, they’re still two separate players. Worry not, though, for there are ways around this card-drawing restriction… such as by spying on multiple opponents at once. Rather, the Network will trigger once for each time that “one or more artifact creatures you control deal combat damage to a player…” and since all attacking creatures deal combat damage at the same time, no matter whether you’re attacking with one, two, or twenty Thopters, you’re only going to get to draw one card off spying on your opponent. As great as it would be if the Network upgraded all your Thopters into Thieving Magpies, that’s sadly not the case. Geek out and get the best value on Magic Origins Thopter Spy Network - Foil for only CAD 4.21 at Dollys Toys and Games. GOOD (GD): has seen heavy play with quite a bit of whitening, surface wear and may exhibit minor creases, dirt and/or bent surfaces generally needs to be used in a colored sleeve for competitive play. Series:Promo - Pre-Release for Mirrodin Beseiged - 2 Febraury 2011. That second ability warrants further investigation, though. Item: Magic the Gathering -Thopter Assembly - Foil. What happens when you get a bunch of Thopter tokens together? Why, they form a Thopter Spy Network, of course! Although it’s not an artifact itself, this card is great at supporting artifacts, being able to deploy a new addition to your ranks each turn (assuming you already have one…and if you’re playing the Network in your deck, you do have one, don’t you?), and also drawing you a bunch of cards. ![]()
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