Parallel Lives
Parallel Lives: Enchantment, Innistrad. If an effect would create one or more tokens under your control, it creates twice that On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{G}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colour identity
- Green (G)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Innistrad (ISD)
- Released
- 2011-09-30
- Collector number
- 199
- Artist
- Steve Prescott
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About Parallel Lives
Parallel Lives is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare green enchantment from Innistrad (ISD), an expansion set released in September 2011. It is collector number 199 in that set, with art by Steve Prescott. It costs {3}{G} (three generic and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 6 sets, from Innistrad (2011) to Marvel Universe (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $34.35 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
If an effect would create one or more tokens under your control, it creates twice that many of those tokens instead.
"There will come a time when the only prey left will be each other." -Ulrich of Krallenhorde Pack
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $34.35 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Parallel Lives by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Parallel Lives
Parallel Lives has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Marvel Universe (MAR) #36 | Mythic | 2025 |
| Through the Omenpaths Bonus Sheet (OMB) #36 | Mythic | 2025 |
| Wilds of Eldraine: Enchanting Tales (WOT) #103 | Mythic | 2023 |
| Wilds of Eldraine: Enchanting Tales (WOT) #58 | Mythic | 2023 |
| Wilds of Eldraine: Enchanting Tales (WOT) #83 | Mythic | 2023 |
| Judge Gift Cards 2022 (P22) #3 | Rare | 2022 |
| Jumpstart: Historic Horizons (J21) #615 | Rare | 2021 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Parallel Lives, newest first.
- If you control two Parallel Lives, then the number of tokens created is four times the original number. If you control three, then the number of tokens created is eight times the original number, and so on.
- Everything that is specified by the effect creating the original token or tokens will also be true about the additional token or tokens created by Parallel Lives's replacement effect. For example, if an effect tells you to create a token "tapped and attacking," the additional tokens will also be tapped and attacking.
Similar cards
Other enchantment cards with a green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.