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Question:

*MTG* join the ranks card, how many times do they trigger an allies ability when entering the Battlefield?

For instance, if i have Halimar Excavator on the battlefield then i play Join the Ranks, putting two soldier ally tokens into play. does it trigger the halimar excavators ability once, for two so Mill 3 cards, or activate twice so mill 2 then mill 3?Please help!

Answer:

Two Allies come into play at the same time, triggering the ability twice. When the trigger resolves, it counts the number of Allies you control and mills for that much. Assuming nothing happens to your Allies in between the abilities resolving, it will first mill three, then another three.
Each triggered ability triggers once every time its trigger condition is met. So the Allies will trigger once for each Ally, not just once per turn.
it activates twice

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