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Martial Coup

Card Name

Martial Coup

Mana Cost

X

Type

Sorcery

Rarity

Rare

rules Text

Create X 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens. If X is 5 or more, destroy all other creatures.

Flavor Text

Their war forgotten, the nations of Bant stood united in the face of a common threat.

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Explorer, Historic, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard

Rulings

(2/1/2009)
Martial Coup checks the number you chose for X, not the amount of mana you actually spent.
(2/1/2009)
You do what the spell says in order. If X is 5 or more, you'll put the Soldier tokens onto the battlefield, then you'll destroy all other creatures.
(2/1/2009)
No one can cast spells or activate abilities between the time the Soldier tokens are put onto the battlefield and the time all other creatures are destroyed. For example, you can't sacrifice one of those Soldier tokens to regenerate a Skeletal Kathari.