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Blade of Selves

$2.29

Noctis, Heir Apparent

$7.41

VerifiedFeb 26, 2026

Blade of Selves + Noctis, Heir Apparent

Overview

When Blade of Selves is attached to Noctis, Heir Apparent and Noctis attacks, Blade’s myriad creates tapped attacking token copies of Noctis that are not equipped with Blade (tokens don’t copy attachments) [Ruling 2015-11-04]. Each token entering the battlefield during combat will cause Noctis’s "enters during combat" triggered ability to trigger, letting you target an Equipment you control (such as Blade) and attach it to a creature you control . You may attach Blade to one of those token copies as those triggers resolve, but attaching Blade after a token has already entered attacking does not cause that token to produce additional myriad tokens that combat. Any Blade attached to a token will become unattached and remain on the battlefield when that token is exiled at end of combat .

Step 1

Start with Noctis, Heir Apparent on the battlefield and Blade of Selves attached to it (equipped) .

Step 2

You declare attackers; Noctis is declared as an attacker. Because Blade of Selves grants the equipped creature myriad, Blade’s granted triggered ability will trigger to create token copies for each opponent other than the defending player when that triggered ability resolves (the myriad trigger comes from being the equipped creature) [Ruling 2015-11-04].

Step 3

When Blade’s myriad trigger resolves, it creates tapped, attacking token copies of Noctis that are attacking the appropriate opponents or planeswalkers; those tokens do not have Blade attached because tokens copy only the printed characteristics of the creature and not attachments [Ruling 2015-11-04].

Step 4

Each token entering the battlefield during combat causes Noctis’s printed triggered ability (“Whenever a creature you control enters during combat, you may attach target Equipment you control to target creature you control.”) to trigger for that token entering .

Step 5

Those triggered abilities (one per token that entered, plus the trigger for Noctis itself entering if applicable) go on the stack. When you resolve a Noctis-entered-during-combat trigger, you may target Blade of Selves and attach it to a target creature you control, which can be one of the tokens or any other legal creature .

Step 6

If multiple Noctis triggers try to attach the same Equipment as they resolve one after another, the Equipment will move to whatever creature the resolving trigger attaches it to; an Equipment can’t be attached to more than one creature at a time so the last attachment determines which creature it’s attached to after those triggers resolve .

Step 7

Attaching Blade to a token after that token has entered attacking does not cause that token to generate myriad tokens during the same combat because myriad triggers when the creature attacks (the attack declaration has already occurred) and attaching later doesn’t retroactively produce attack events for that creature .

Step 8

At end of combat, Blade’s myriad-created tokens are exiled; when a token leaves the battlefield to a zone other than the battlefield it ceases to exist, and if Blade is attached to such a token it will become unattached and remain on the battlefield .

Resolution

Blade of Selves (equipped to Noctis) will create token copies of Noctis that enter the battlefield tapped and attacking and without Blade attached (tokens don’t copy attachments) [Ruling 2015-11-04]. Each token’s entry during combat triggers Noctis’s ability, and those triggers may target Blade to attach it to a creature you control (including a token) when the triggered abilities resolve . Moving Blade to a token after that token entered attacking does not retroactively cause that token to generate myriad tokens that combat. If Blade is attached to a token when that token is exiled at end of combat, Blade becomes unattached and remains on the battlefield .

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