<p>Yes, if you cast Cloudshift targeting your Zada, Hedron Grinder, Zada will make a copy of Cloudshift targeting each other creature you control, including tokens. Cloudshift says</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Exile <strong>target creature you control</strong>, then return that card to the battlefield under your control.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>So, any creature you control is a valid target.</p>

<p>Note that when the copies resolve, any creature tokens you control will be exiled and they will not return, because of rule <a href="http://mtgsalvation.gamepedia.com/Permanent">110.5g</a>:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>A token that has left the battlefield can’t move to another zone or come back onto the battlefield. If such a token would change zones, it remains in its current zone instead. It ceases to exist the next time state-based actions are checked; see rule 704.</p>
</blockquote>

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2016-03-31T22:32:33.427Z
2016-03-31T22:32:33.427Z
murgatroid99
<p><strong>Yes, a token creature counts as a creature.</strong></p>

<p>A creature token behaves the same as a creature card on the battlefield.</p>

<p>Since Zada, Hedron Grinder says "each other creature you control", it will include all creatures, whether represented by a token or by a card.</p>

<p>From the glossary in the comprehensive rules:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>A marker used to represent any permanent that isn’t represented by a card. </p>
</blockquote>

<p>And rule 110.5e:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>A token is subject to anything that affects permanents in general or that affects the token’s card type or subtype. </p>
</blockquote>

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2016-04-01T02:28:03.097Z
2016-04-01T02:28:03.097Z
GendoIkari
<p><a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Zada%2C%20Hedron%20Grinder">Zada, Hedron Grinder</a> copies instants and sorceries that target him only for all the rest of my creature that the intant or sorcery could target. If I cast <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Cloudshift">Cloudshift</a>, targeting Zada, would it create copies that target the token creatures I control?</p>

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Would a Cloudshift targeting Zada, Hedron Grinder also target tokens?
Patrick vD
# Would a Cloudshift targeting Zada, Hedron Grinder also target tokens?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-03-31)

[Zada, Hedron Grinder](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Zada%2C%20Hedron%20Grinder) copies instants and sorceries that target him only for all the rest of my creature that the intant or sorcery could target. If I cast [Cloudshift](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Cloudshift), targeting Zada, would it create copies that target the token creatures I control?

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-03-31. Score: 6 | Accepted answer

Yes, if you cast Cloudshift targeting your Zada, Hedron Grinder, Zada will make a copy of Cloudshift targeting each other creature you control, including tokens. Cloudshift says

> Exile **target creature you control**, then return that card to the battlefield under your control.

So, any creature you control is a valid target.

Note that when the copies resolve, any creature tokens you control will be exiled and they will not return, because of rule [110.5g](http://mtgsalvation.gamepedia.com/Permanent):

> A token that has left the battlefield can’t move to another zone or come back onto the battlefield. If such a token would change zones, it remains in its current zone instead. It ceases to exist the next time state-based actions are checked; see rule 704.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2016-04-01. Score: 2

**Yes, a token creature counts as a creature.**

A creature token behaves the same as a creature card on the battlefield.

Since Zada, Hedron Grinder says "each other creature you control", it will include all creatures, whether represented by a token or by a card.

From the glossary in the comprehensive rules:

> A marker used to represent any permanent that isn’t represented by a card.

And rule 110.5e:

> A token is subject to anything that affects permanents in general or that affects the token’s card type or subtype.


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