#token decks

[roguedeck]

You should be playing #11 - Furystoke Giant

People love token decks. Elves. Saprolings. Soldiers. Spirits. Rats. Zombies. Goblins. If you can name some random, imaginary dorkus, I'm sure someone has built a deck around them.

Tokens have a lot of advantages. They often give you more bodies than cards used to play them. They allow AOE abilities to scale quickly. And I think people get an emotional thrill about overloading the board with anything.

It just makes you feel accomplished.

What tokens aren't good at, however, is winning the game. Unless you have an effectively infinite amount of tokens, you don't have enough.

That's why token decks need finishers. You've got your standard issue Craterhoofs. Purphoros can come in from a direct damage position. Even things like Intangible Virtue or Cathar's Crusade can make your dorks into some type of a threat.

But my favorite thing to do with tokens is to turn them all into shocks with Furystoke Giant.

Now you might be asking yourself, "Self, isn't it simply better to end the game with a Craterhoof Behemoth?" To which you should be answering, "Not always."

So what advantages does a 5 mana value 3/3 have over one of the most dominant closers in EHD? Let us count the ways:

Furystoke doesn't require combat. This means you can get around Propaganda and Ghostly prison. It also means you don't have to trade your board position if you can't kill everything at once.

Furystoke is both a win condition and a control piece. Maybe you can't take a player/the whole table out right now. Furystoke can leverage your otherwise useless bodies into a one-sided wrath.

Or a combination of both. Have you ever dropped a Craterhoof, killed off two players and then died to the crackback from player three? Furystoke lets you kill who you can and cripple everyone else.

Furystoke isn't Green. This is a pretty important distinction when you are playing Boros, Izzet, or Rakdos.

You can get multiple uses out of a single Furystoke. With an instant speed sac outlet, you can even wrap/murder during your opponents turns. And have you seen the number of combos with Persist?

Generally, you get one attack step with Craterhoof. Most of the time, that is enough, but what happens when it isn't? With Furystoke, if you have a method of untapping your creatures (hi there Intruder Alarm) you can get significant value from a single Furystoke etb.

Is Furystoke better than Craterhoof? His price tag says no, but in practice those cards are much more similar than you'd expect.

Pairs nicely with:

Elspeth, Sun's Champion

Grumgully the Generous

Puppeteer Clique

Pawn of Ulamog

Skirk Prospector

Young Pyromancer

Sunstrike Legionnaire

Midnight Guard

Bitter Blossom

Monestary Mentor

Rhythm of the Wild

#commander #edh #mtg edh #mtg commander #magic the gathering #win conditions #token decks #shadowmoor

[princessxombie]

Listen, if you can’t get the necessary magic card tokens in packs, homemade is fine. @mtgtips

#magic the gathering #mtg #tokens for my commander deck #Cadira Caller of the Small #my deck makes so many bnuys

[dogwooddoggy]

magic the gathering girlies please tell me your stupid decks for your favorite formats I need enrichment and someone to talk about my decks to

#mtg #mtgcommunity #magic the gathering #magic the card game #lgbtq #trans girl #trans woman #pls i'm just so trans and so gay with such a dumb little attraction to mill and rat tokens #i need someone to talk to about it #to find me hot for my mtg deck building fuckery

[haaaaaaaaaaaave-you-met-ted]

Squirrel Token by Dan Watson

#Magic the Gathering #MtG #MtGPIP #Universes Beyond #Fallout #Fallout Commander Decks #Squirrel Token #Fantasy #Sci-Fi #Mutant #Art #Dan Watson #Wizards of the Coast

[enpr-ss]

Etho made the advancement [Calling Cards]

cubfan135 made the advancement [Calling Cards]

#etho #ethoslab #cubfan135 #decked out 2 #hermitcraft #fake decked out advancements #enpr-ss #alternative names: called it | call your cards #the triple pun of called it #a calling card (token signature move) #and calling in poker #I think etho was the first to do it #when he spoke loot n scoot into existence back in phase 3 #but then cubfan135 spoke bounding strides into existence PERFECTLY #bounding strides seems to be most frequent target of this

[leafdrake-haven]

Ok so I’ve been low key trying to put together some sort of modern drake deck because I hate winning and I love pain (and drakes). Izzet makes the most sense but today I was playing with Jeskai. Which made me intrigued…. With making a drake typal deck for commander in Jeskai colors xD

Pros to making a Jeskai drake typal commander deck: Can have all the good Izzet drakes plus thunderclap wyvern plus white buff spells.

Cons to making a Jeskai drake typal commander deck: Not a great commander for it, when we INEVITABLY get a drake typal commander (or second one if you count Alandra) it will likely be mono blue or Izzet colors so I would probably have to take it apart for that.

Drakes are relatively cheap tho and I like them (duh) so I might do it ~anyway~

Right now my two top contenders for the deck leader are:

Now Akim. People who play with me are laughing that I’m choosing a commander that cares about and makes tokens xD I think this works really well with drake tokens tho since they’re fairly small, doublestrike is nice. Downside is really only Alandra and Talrand reliably make drake tokens. It’s commander so I could afford probably to add Drake Haven and Roost of Drakes but I don’t know how much discard/cycle and kicker I’d actually be doing. Also that’s still only 4/100 cards reliably or semi-reliably making drake tokens. I could, however, add a lot of creature copy spells in here and make copies of drake creatures and that might help cover for it. Plus many copies of thunderclap wyvern, tideskimmer, or storm skreelix could be very handy.

Dear Narset. I want her strictly for her first line of text and that’s it. Drakes with prowess. That’s the deck. Don’t get me wrong, her second ability would be helpful too but I feel like I’d rarely attack with her just so my drakes could always have prowess.

So yeah. These are my ideas so far. I’m sure there are other potential Jeskai commanders for drakes but in my brief perusal these seemed the best :3

Tagging local Jeskai deck aficionado @connoissuer-of-fine-vines

#tabby talks #tabby’s decks #mtg drakes #deckbuilding #I love my Alandra deck so much #but it doesn’t hurt to have MORE drake decks 😅 #Collin don’t make fun of me for potentially making a token deck again

[quicktimeeventfull]

concept: the whole kira investigation is just a ttrpg light invented from scratch. it’s very cool in theory but there so many overlapping rules that it’s basically unplayable. misa and L are the only people who actually know what’s going on & that’s because they’re both head over heels for him and therefore spent a solid weekend highlighting the three hundred page PDF he sent everyone. L’s character dies in the first half but he creates a new one and comes back as mikami.

#death note #you use three dice & a deck of tarot cards & a set of tokens #there’s mechanic where players can share tokens amongst themselves but ONLY if they don’t get caught #if you get caught you need to draw three cards & make a saving throw with either your own d6 or the d6 of your partner depending on #whether you have an even or odd number of tokens and if you’ve drawn from the major arcana in the past thirteen turns #its partnered but the partners aren’t necessarily allied its more related to his Ethical Harmony mechanic #where Sacred actions (not synonymous with good) need to be balancd with Profane actions #matsuda and ide are partnered and constantly metagaming bc they genuinely do not understand how to not metagame if you’re actively trading #physical resources out of character #L and misa are partnered and they’re very good at it #light runs a little minigame for misa & L at some point thats a murder investigation in america #L makes a delightfully cringy character he loves & misa #reuses a beloved NPC from the main campaign #.txt

[mtg-cards-hourly]

Elemental

Artist: Svetlin Velinov TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

#mtg #magic the gathering #tcg #$0.42 #svetlin velinov #elemental #duel decks: merfolk vs. goblins tokens #token #creature

[patokascribbles]

second round of shitty mtg proxies because i built a new deck on moxfield lol

#mtg proxy #mtg commander #mtg art #magic the gathering #my art #patokas scribbles #haha #11 down #88 to go #oh boy #btw this is a Xyris card draw/token deck lol

[zerointel]

where are the queer magic fans. like who wants to talk about lord skitter and infinite rat loop deck with me.

#magic the gathering #mtg #no im not joining random magic discords theres im shy #lord skitter my beloved #i love token decks so much #token and food decks are my favorite things rn #im so honored that i physically have lord skitter and his butcher irl #all cuz of the draft i joined when eldraine came out #wilds of eldraine #is my favorite set so far #i looove the fairytale style #im a black card user sorry #at least im not a green deck user…… #okay back to sleep zzz

[roguedeck]

It took a minute, but people finally realized Jahiera, Friend of the Forest is cracked.

Who would have thought that turning easy-to-produce junk into mana would lead to anything fair. There isn't even a limitation on the token type. Creature, non-creature, artifact -- it's all going to power out the next phase.

Coming up with tokens is pretty easy already, but since we want to pick a background anyway, let put a token maker into the command zone with Feywild Visitor.

The rest of the deck is incredibly flexible. Making tokens, doubling tokens, and getting benefits from tokens is second nature in Simic - the Strixhaven commander deck was built on that theme (and you'll want to use a good number of those cards in here).

Ultimately, this pairing plays like an old-school Edric, Spymaster of Trest deck. You want to play early fliers like Spectral Sailor, Ice-Fang Coatl, and Esior Wardwing Familiar. With your evasive beaters on turn one and two, you play out your commanders and the engine is live.

Then you start dropping bombs.

Maybe you want to draw a bunch of cards. Cast a Stroke of Genius for a billion.

Need to end the game in a hurry? Avenger of Zendikar has your back.

Simic isn't particularly known for it's board wipes, but Distorting Wake does a pretty good Cyclonic Rift impression.

Just make sure you bring some haste enablers like Lightning Greaves or Thousand-Year Elixir. You don't want to wait an entire turn cycle to get use from your tokens.

In addition to all the evasion and token generation, Simic can easily lean into landfall. Meloku is the glue that holds all of it together. Meloku is powerful enough that you'd sacrifice your land drop to make a flier, but with Jaheira around, you don't lose any mana advantage.

While not quite secret Commanders, Ashaya Soul of the Wild and Yedora Grave Gardener give extra oomph to Meloku. You get to reuse your EtBs, retrigger landfall, and make combat miserable for your opponents all for the low, low cost of playing amazing creatures.

It's not often I'd consider a simple utility piece a cornerstone card, but in this deck Meeting of Minds represents amazing power (and it is incredibly underplayed across the board right now, so I want to talk about it).

I already think people need to play more cheap, instant-speed card draw. And it doesn't get much cheaper than free.

Meeting of Minds is also great in this particular deck because it allows you to get use from your tokens even if they don't have haste. Unlike casting your other "fair" spells, convoke can be used the turn the creature (sic. token) comes into play.

Every deck needs a way to win the game. While this deck is thoroughly capable of dropping big bangers to win the traditional way, sometimes you have to fight through Propagandas or other nightmares that make combat difficult. That's why I always like having a backup plan.

Throne is that fallback that doesn't require you to do anything special. You are going to create a ton of creatures. You are going to tap them every turn. That becomes a self-perpetuating growth engine that transforms Throne into a must-deal with clock.

With Feywild Visitor in the command zone, it isn't hard to make tokens - but it can sometimes feel slow and clunky. Since both commanders cost 3, you often won't get the engine going until turn four.

But you don't have to rely only on Faerie Dragons to jump-start your mana production. Jaheira works with any token you produce. There are a ton of ways to get tokens down without having to set up the engine and attack.

Tireless Provisioner is probably the best since you can use the treasures for mana if your other pieces aren't online yet. Tireless Provisioner (and his good friend the Tracker) also connect your token and landfall themes.

Make it a priority to get incidental tokens early on. Gala Greeters and Lonis Cryptozoologist are 2-drops make tokens as you build out your board. Even a lowly Hard Evidence becomes an all-star when it makes two Moxes for a single blue mana.

Every deck needs graveyard hate - so go ahead and make it synergistic. Night Soil is a goofy-yet-underplayed card that can absolutely wreck graveyard focused decks.

Getting a Mox/token for your effort is just golden.

#commander #edh #mtg #mtg commander #elder dragon highlander #simic #simic great stuff #jaheira friend of the forest #feywild visitor #token decks #big mana

[voice-of-dissent]

local former magic player saying they want to play edh again absolutely livid to learn that to play magic they have to leave the house and find people to play with

#i couldn't decide between krenko and feather so I'm bringing both and an entire separate deck box full of goblin tokens

[haaaaaaaaaaaave-you-met-ted]

Elemental Token by Svetlin Velinov

#Magic the Gathering #MtG #MtGDDT #Duel Decks: Merfolk vs Goblins #Elemental Token #Crab #Fantasy #ARt #Svetlin Velinov #Wizards of the Coast

[iridescentholly]

I want you my loyal followers to know I won a weekly pauper mtg event with a deck using this card

#mtg #fully off meta Orzhov tokens deck! #mtg pauper

[kristylae]

Meant to post this the other day. But I got the fallout magic decks.

And I love the cards in them. So many references that are great. Was expecting it to mostly be 3, 4, and 76 but no, there's alot to the black Isle and obsidian ones. And even a tactics card. Which I never expected to happen. Like they reference Ian from 1, and how bad he was at aiming by letting you do damage to yourself and an opopnent whenever he attacks.

Already broke apart the Hail Caesar (which should have been called True to Caesar btw) to make one for House and one for Caesar.

House is mostly done, pending a few tweaks. Focused on artifact creatures, treasure tokens, and dice rolls. Caesar is more lots of creatures, token and non token.

Already have ideas for a Sarah Lyons deck. And a Piper deck. But I want to focus on the current two first.

#fallout #magic the gathering #mtg #main issue i have is the token art being pretty much the same in all decks #Maybe give Li a different robot than a securitron for her tokens

[marblebees]

I’ve been painting some Bugs for my MTG Commander deck, thought itd be fitting if my Insect Typal deck would use Insectoid Tokens

#i kept wanting to do different insects but they specifically dont make flying insect tokens in my deck so 😶 #scarab and Cicada Nymph lmao