Elspeth, Storm Slayer’s Token Doubling Effect Did Not Trigger with Shiko, Paragon of the Way
During a game in MTG Arena, I had Elspeth, Storm Slayer on the battlefield. Her static ability states:
“If one or more tokens would be created under your control, twice that many of those tokens are created instead.”
While Elspeth was on the battlefield, I cast Shiko, Paragon of the Way, and chose Screaming Nemesis in my graveyard.
Shiko’s ability should create one token copy of Screaming Nemesis. With Elspeth’s doubling effect, I expected two token copies to be created.
However, only one token was created.
It seems that Elspeth’s doubling effect did not apply in this interaction, which appears to be a bug.
Please investigate this issue. Thank you!
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Shiko does not create a token. Instead you get a spell that is not represented by a card. If that spell is a permanent spell, then it becomes a token when entering the battlefield. This is not the same a creating a token, which is what Elspeth's effect os looking for.