diff --git a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/ability/effects/ReplaceTokenEffect.java b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/ability/effects/ReplaceTokenEffect.java
index abf59ded62b..29deb8ad273 100644
--- a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/ability/effects/ReplaceTokenEffect.java
+++ b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/ability/effects/ReplaceTokenEffect.java
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ public class ReplaceTokenEffect extends SpellAbilityEffect {
             return in;
         }
         // we can merge the amounts without losing information
+        // which avoids creating identical prototypes for performance
         List<Integer> result = Lists.newArrayList();
         int sum = 0;
         for (int e : in) {