---
name: "Parallel Evolution"
mana_cost: "{3}{G}{G}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Flashback"]
set: "TOR"
set_name: "Torment"
collector_number: "136"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Matt Cavotta"
oracle_id: "963cfdbe-775c-4267-a617-66f10e9d7f4f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/parallel-evolution-tor"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Parallel Evolution
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{G}{G}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Flashback

## Oracle Text
For each creature token on the battlefield, its controller creates a token that's a copy of that creature.
Flashback {4}{G}{G}{G} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Cackling Counterpart](/printing/cackling-counterpart-mm3.md) — Instant
2. [Parallel Lives](/printing/parallel-lives-isd.md) — Enchantment
3. [Self-Reflection](/printing/self-reflection-lci.md) — Sorcery
4. [Multiversal Recruitment](/printing/multiversal-recruitment-msc.md) — Sorcery
5. [Croaking Counterpart](/printing/croaking-counterpart-prm.md) — Sorcery
6. [Spitting Image](/printing/spitting-image-c16.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Torment (TOR) #136
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Matt Cavotta
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`