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Chatterfang, Squirrel General

$4.86

Pitiless Plunderer

$1.67

AI DraftFeb 26, 2026

Chatterfang, Squirrel General + Pitiless Plunderer

Overview

When a Pitiless Plunderer trigger creates a Treasure token, Chatterfang’s replacement effect causes that token creation to produce the Treasure token and an additional 1/1 green Squirrel token (one Squirrel per token that would be created) because Chatterfang applies to tokens created under your control and the official ruling confirms Chatterfang applies to Treasure tokens and to tokens created by abilities you don’t control as long as they’re created under your control (Ruling [2021-06-18]; Ruling [2025-01-24]).

Step 1

A creature you control dies (is put into its owner’s graveyard); that event is observed by the game and any triggered abilities that watch for creatures dying (like Pitiless Plunderer) will trigger and be put on the stack after state-based actions are checked .

Step 2

Pitiless Plunderer’s triggered ability is on the stack with the text 'create a Treasure token' (the trigger is 'Whenever another creature you control dies, create a Treasure token').

Step 3

When the triggered ability resolves it attempts to create a Treasure token under your control; Chatterfang’s replacement effect applies to that token-creation event because it replaces any event that would create one or more tokens under your control .

Step 4

Because Chatterfang’s ability replaces 'create one Treasure token' with 'create that Treasure token plus that many 1/1 green Squirrel creature tokens', you receive the Treasure token and one 1/1 green Squirrel token (Ruling [2021-06-18]; Ruling [2025-01-24]).

Step 5

If multiple Pitiless triggers resolve (for example, multiple creatures died and Pitiless triggered for each), each trigger’s resolution is a separate token-creation event; Chatterfang applies to each event separately, producing a Treasure and a Squirrel for each trigger (Ruling [2018-01-19]; Ruling [2021-06-18]).

Step 6

If an effect would create multiple tokens simultaneously (not typical for Pitiless but possible from other sources), Chatterfang sees 'one or more tokens' being created in that single event and produces that many Squirrels equal to the number of tokens created by that event .

Resolution

Each time a Pitiless Plunderer trigger you control resolves and would create a Treasure token under your control, Chatterfang’s replacement effect applies and you get that Treasure token plus a 1/1 green Squirrel token. If multiple such triggers/effects create multiple tokens at once, you get that many Squirrels in addition to the tokens created (Ruling [2021-06-18]; Ruling [2025-01-24]).

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