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Noob question

If I have a Nest of Scarabs as well as a Festering Mummy on the board and I play a Plague Belcher , will I trigger Nest of Scarabs twice if I put the two -1/-1 counters from Plague Belcher onto Festering Mummy ? Or would it only trigger once because I am trying to put two -1/-1 counters on a 1/1 creature.

Not sure how trigger vs. damage stacks.

Thank you

Please tag all the cards you are asking about:

Festering Mummy

-1/-1 counters are not damage. Also, Baleful Ammit only lets you put one counter on a creature. Where are you getting the second -1/-1 counter from? Are you saying you want to use the trigger from Mummy to put another counter on Mummy? If so, that doesn't work.

If something does let you put 2 counters on a 1/1 creature (such as Plague Belcher) you can put both on a 1/1 creature and Nest of Scarabs will still see both were put onto the creature. Then, the creature will be a -1/-1 and will die due to having 0 or less toughness.

And, in that case, Nest still only triggers once. It just sees that you put 2 counters on it so you will get 2 Insect tokens.

Thank you for the info. Exactly what I was looking for

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And, in that case, Nest still only triggers once. It just sees that you put 2 counters on it so you will get 2 Insect tokens.

Of course, then Festering Mummy dies, puts a -1/-1 counter on something, and the Nest triggers a second time.