<p>Yes you can. The only limit on enchantments is the same limit that all permanents have: the Legendary rule. You can only have 1 permanent in play of a given name if they are legendary.</p>

<p>However, even if you enchant a creature with the same enchantment, subsequent enchantments might not do anything. For example, you can only get lifelink once.</p>

<p>Take your Ethereal Armor example, the power/toughness bonus would stack, and presuming those are your only enchantments on the board, each would provide +2/+2 for a total of +4/+4.  However, granting the First Strike ability on the 2nd enchantment would do nothing, since that ability is already granted by the first enchantment.</p>

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There's also the World limit and various deck-construction limits.
ikegami
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You could get around the deck construction limits by using something like Clone.  So, for each clone-like card, you could have 4 more of a creature on the battlefield.
JonTheMon
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Also because I've seen this question come up more times than it should - no, giving something first strike twice does not give it double strike.
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JonTheMon
<p>Yes, though providing a rules reference isn't as easy as you think. There isn't a rule that explicitly says you can't enchant a single permanent with multiple copies of the same enchantment. Rather, since it isn't prohibited by the Rules, or specifically made not allowed by a card, you are allowed to do so.</p>

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Thanks so much! I couldn't find anything against it either, but it was sort of a house made rule that some of my friends played by.
Jason
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(re: the answer) Well, technically I'd say the rule that allows you to put enchantments on creatures doesn't give any restrictions. I bring this up because the rules of Magic generally work by starting from nothing and specifying what you _can_ do. So if you want to take some action in the game, there had better be a rule that allows you to do so. In this case, there is; there's a rule that lets you put an enchantment on a creature.
David Z
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@DavidZ - Rule 303 for enchantments, and the rest of the rules in general, are less about what you can do, and more about how you do it. After a description of how things work, there are a number of circumstances that delineate what can't happen.
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<p>Can I have duplicate enchantment auras on the same creature?
Example: I enchanted my Kor Spiritdancer with Ethereal Armor, can I cast another Ethereal Armor on her?</p>

<p>Yes or no, and what's the ruling reference?</p>

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Can something have multiples of the same aura?
Jason
# Can something have multiples of the same aura?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-01-02)

Can I have duplicate enchantment auras on the same creature?
Example: I enchanted my Kor Spiritdancer with Ethereal Armor, can I cast another Ethereal Armor on her?

Yes or no, and what's the ruling reference?

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-01-02. Score: 10

Yes you can. The only limit on enchantments is the same limit that all permanents have: the Legendary rule. You can only have 1 permanent in play of a given name if they are legendary.

However, even if you enchant a creature with the same enchantment, subsequent enchantments might not do anything. For example, you can only get lifelink once.

Take your Ethereal Armor example, the power/toughness bonus would stack, and presuming those are your only enchantments on the board, each would provide +2/+2 for a total of +4/+4. However, granting the First Strike ability on the 2nd enchantment would do nothing, since that ability is already granted by the first enchantment.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: There's also the World limit and various deck-construction limits.  
> **username_1**: You could get around the deck construction limits by using something like Clone.  So, for each clone-like card, you could have 4 more of a creature on the battlefield.  
> **username_3**: Also because I've seen this question come up more times than it should - no, giving something first strike twice does not give it double strike.  

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### Answer by username_4 on 2016-01-02. Score: 4

Yes, though providing a rules reference isn't as easy as you think. There isn't a rule that explicitly says you can't enchant a single permanent with multiple copies of the same enchantment. Rather, since it isn't prohibited by the Rules, or specifically made not allowed by a card, you are allowed to do so.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks so much! I couldn't find anything against it either, but it was sort of a house made rule that some of my friends played by.  
> **username_5**: (re: the answer) Well, technically I'd say the rule that allows you to put enchantments on creatures doesn't give any restrictions. I bring this up because the rules of Magic generally work by starting from nothing and specifying what you _can_ do. So if you want to take some action in the game, there had better be a rule that allows you to do so. In this case, there is; there's a rule that lets you put an enchantment on a creature.  
> **username_4**: @username_5 - Rule 303 for enchantments, and the rest of the rules in general, are less about what you can do, and more about how you do it. After a description of how things work, there are a number of circumstances that delineate what can't happen.  

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