<p>No, you cannot.</p>
<p>The token is not created immediately; the triggered ability has to go on the stack and then resolve first. And it isn’t even placed on the stack until after you finish resolving the Tresserhorn enter-the-battlefield ability.</p>
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<li>Handling Triggered Abilities</li>
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<p>603.2. Whenever a game event or game state matches a triggered ability’s trigger event, that ability automatically triggers. <strong>The ability doesn’t do anything at this point.</strong></p>
<p>603.3. Once an ability has triggered, its controller puts it on the stack as an object that’s not a card the next time a player would receive priority.</p>
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<p>So the 2/2 black Zombie creature token is not created until well after both the creatures have been sacrificed for Lord of Tresserhorn.</p>

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GendoIkari
<p>Let's say I have a <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Doomed%20Dissenter">Doomed Dissenter</a> on the battlefield.</p>
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<p>When Doomed Dissenter dies, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.</p>
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<p>Then I play <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Lord%20of%20Tresserhorn">Lord of Tresserhorn</a>.</p>
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<p>When Lord of Tresserhorn enters the battlefield, you lose 2 life, you sacrifice two creatures, and target opponent draws two cards.</p>
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<p>For the two creatures I must sacrifice, can I choose Doomed Dissenter, and then the Zombie token it creates? Do I need to choose two creatures that are on the battlefield before either one dies?</p>

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2022-01-05T17:09:37.613Z
Does this answer your question? [If I sacrifice a creature for a spell and it creates a token, can I sacrifice that token for the spell too?](https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/24670/if-i-sacrifice-a-creature-for-a-spell-and-it-creates-a-token-can-i-sacrifice-th)
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@Soulis not an exact duplicate (this is effect, that is cost) but the parts important to the question are the same. Close enough to close.
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When I play Lord of Tresserhorn, can I sacrifice Doomed Dissenter and its Zombie token?
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# When I play Lord of Tresserhorn, can I sacrifice Doomed Dissenter and its Zombie token?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-01-04)

Let's say I have a [Doomed Dissenter](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Doomed%20Dissenter) on the battlefield.

> When Doomed Dissenter dies, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

Then I play [Lord of Tresserhorn](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Lord%20of%20Tresserhorn).

> When Lord of Tresserhorn enters the battlefield, you lose 2 life, you sacrifice two creatures, and target opponent draws two cards.

For the two creatures I must sacrifice, can I choose Doomed Dissenter, and then the Zombie token it creates? Do I need to choose two creatures that are on the battlefield before either one dies?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Does this answer your question? [If I sacrifice a creature for a spell and it creates a token, can I sacrifice that token for the spell too?](https://boardgames.stackexchange.com/questions/24670/if-i-sacrifice-a-creature-for-a-spell-and-it-creates-a-token-can-i-sacrifice-th)  
> **username_2**: @username_1 not an exact duplicate (this is effect, that is cost) but the parts important to the question are the same. Close enough to close.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2022-01-04. Score: 12

No, you cannot.

The token is not created immediately; the triggered ability has to go on the stack and then resolve first. And it isn’t even placed on the stack until after you finish resolving the Tresserhorn enter-the-battlefield ability.

> 603. Handling Triggered Abilities
>
> > 603.2. Whenever a game event or game state matches a triggered ability’s trigger event, that ability automatically triggers. **The ability doesn’t do anything at this point.**
> >
> > 603.3. Once an ability has triggered, its controller puts it on the stack as an object that’s not a card the next time a player would receive priority.

So the 2/2 black Zombie creature token is not created until well after both the creatures have been sacrificed for Lord of Tresserhorn.


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