If a token is created that's a copy of Coal Stoker, the token wasn't cast, and Coal Stoker's ability won't trigger. Similarly, if an effect copies Coal Stoker while it's on the stack, the copy becomes a token, but the copy was created on the stack and not cast from your hand, so the ability won't trigger in that case either.
Coal Stoker's ability isn't a mana ability. It uses the stack and can be responded to.
If a nontoken creature enters the battlefield as a copy of this creature, the copy's enters-the-battlefield ability will still trigger as long as you cast the spell that became that nontoken creature from your hand.
Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.27. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.04 and $0.27 across 54 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from TSR — the lineup includes Foil and Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.
Card #159 of *Time Spiral Remastered*, the set that shipped alongside the March 2021 Time Spiral Remastered release.
Card type: Creature — Elemental, color identity red, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {3}{R} (4 converted).
Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, and Pauper.
EDHrec ranks this card #18,199 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Mark Zug. Rarix catalogs 838 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Mark Zug
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