Expansion Algorithm

Expansion Algorithm

X

Sorcery

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Proliferate X times. (To proliferate, choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

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Rulings (6)

When you 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.

03/20/2026

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.

03/20/2026

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.

03/20/2026

If you proliferate multiple times, you don't have to choose the same set of players and/or permanents to get additional counters each time.

03/20/2026

You don't have to choose every permanent or player that has a counter—only the ones you want to add counters 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.

03/20/2026

While proliferating multiple times, players can't respond between proliferating the first time and proliferating the second time, and so on.

03/20/2026

Legality by format

Brawl Not legal
Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Legacy Legal
Modern Not legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Old School Not legal
Pauper Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Premodern Not legal
Standard Not legal
Vintage Legal
Block Constructed Not legal
Extended Not legal
Frontier Not legal
Tiny Leaders Not legal