Quote Originally Posted by Somensjev View Post
Just a quick rules question

In two headed giant, if i control a phyrexian swarmlord, and the opposing team has, say, four poison counters.
At my upkeep, do i get 4 or 8 tokens
When i first thought of it, i thought 8 tokens, since each opponent has 4 counters (even though they're shared), though i wasn't certain. After reading the relevant rules i could see, and the card text, i've gotten more confused (probably because of lack of sleep, more than anything else )

Could someone tell me how many tokens i would get, and possibly explain why. Many thanks.
You would get four. Much like your opponents share one life total, they share one poison pool. So, as Phyrexian Swarmlord checks for the total number of counters among players who are not your allies, it finds a grand total of four, and you get four bugs.