Xavier Sal, Infested Captain (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander) - Gatherer

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Xavier Sal, Infested Captain

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Card Name:

Xavier Sal, Infested Captain

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Types:

Legendary Creature — Human Fungus Pirate

Card Text:

, Remove a counter from another permanent you control: Populate. Activate only as a sorcery. (Create a token that's a copy of a creature token you control.)

, Sacrifice another creature: Proliferate. Activate only as a sorcery. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

P/T:

3 / 3

Expansion:

The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander

Rarity:

Rare

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Artist:

Bryan Sola

Rulings

11/10/2023	To proliferate, you can choose any permanent that has a counter, including ones controlled by opponents. You can choose any player who has a counter, including opponents. You can't choose cards in any zone other than the battlefield, even if they have counters on them.
11/10/2023	You don't have to choose every permanent or player that has a counter, only the ones you want to add another counter to. Since "any number" includes zero, you don't have to choose any permanents at all, and you don't have to choose any players at all.
11/10/2023	If a player or permanent has more than one kind of counter on it, and you choose for it to get additional counters, it must get one of each kind of counter it already has. You can't have it get just one kind of counter it already has and not the others.
11/10/2023	An ability that triggers "Whenever you proliferate" triggers even if you chose no permanents or players while doing so.
11/10/2023	Players can respond to a spell or ability whose effect includes proliferating. Once that spell or ability starts to resolve, however, and its controller chooses which permanents and players will get new counters, it's too late for anyone to respond.
1/12/2024	Populate doesn't target the creature token you're copying. You choose that creature token as you're taking the populate action. You can choose any creature token you control. If a spell or ability causes you to create a creature token and then instructs you to populate, you may choose to copy the token you just created, or you may choose to copy another creature token you control.
1/12/2024	If you choose to copy a creature token that's a copy of another creature, the new creature token will copy the characteristics of whatever the original token is copying.
1/12/2024	The new creature token copies the characteristics of the original token as stated by the effect that created the original token.
1/12/2024	The new token doesn't copy whether the original token is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras and Equipment attached to it, or any noncopy effects that have changed its power, toughness, color, and so on.
1/12/2024	Any enters-the-battlefield abilities of the copied token will trigger when the new token enters the battlefield. Any "as [this creature] enters the battlefield" or "[this creature] enters the battlefield with" abilities of the copied token will also work.
1/12/2024	If you control no creature tokens when you populate, nothing will happen.