W/B Beginner: Advanced Tokens

by Muktol on 01 March 2018

Main Deck (61 cards)

Sideboard (10 cards)

Sorceries (4)

Instants (6)

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Deck Description

[u]Basic Idea[/u]
The decks of the Advanced series are intended for players that already have mastered the basic rules, and are fit for some more powerful and complex decks.
W/B tokens is a solid modern deck and, after looking at some primers, I saw that the cards where straight forward in it's tactics and thus the could be made beginner friendly. As I already had a orzhov beginners deck that was built with simplicity in mind I decided to make this a more advanced beginners deck.

[u]Cardpool and Budget[/u]
I decided to stay modern legal, with a budget of 45-55$ (Estimated mid value)

[u]Upgradeability/ Room for improvements[/u]
This deck is bound to a general strategy, named "Swarm", where you generate a large number of weak creatures to overrun your opponent with mass rather than class.
As this is a general strategy, in opposite to concentrating on a certain keyword or tribe, it should be easy to improve the cards uses in this deck and to keep the deck up to date. New editions will often contain cards that can be fitted into this deck.

[u]Tests[/u]
At the moment this deck exists only on this site and has never been played against another deck.
I'm open to all suggestions and ideas that may help to improve this deck.

How to Play

Token decks seek to create creature tokens to overpower their opponents in combat. Because token-producing cards can create a large number of tokens for a low cost, this can allow tokens players to spend very few cards and resources to establish a much larger board presence than their enemies. Token decks often contain a mixture of cards that create tokens, cards that duplicate tokens, and cards that amplify their power.

The basic idea of this deck is straight forward: Play some token-producing spells, drop Honor of the Pure/ Intangible Virtue and swing for damage.
Zealous Persecution is a very versatile spell as it can be used in offence and defence while Rootborn Defenses has a more defensive nature.
Duress gives you an idea of what you're up against and can remove non-creature threats from your opponents hand while Go for the Throat will handle the rest.

Deck Tags

  • Modern
  • Orzhov
  • Beginner
  • Midrange
  • Token
  • Untested

Deck at a Glance

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Mana Curve

Mana Symbol Occurrence

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Deck Format


Modern

NOTE: Set by owner when deck was made.

Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Legal in Modern
  • Legal in Vintage
  • Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for W/B Beginner: Advanced Tokens

This looks very similar to a WB Tokens deck I ran at FNM's in 2015. Obviously it's been a while and the format's meta changed some, even before Jace and Bloodbraid's unbanning, so it's horribly out of date. Without having access to the actual deck (I'm currently not at home), here's an updated list that still needs play testing:

https://www.mtgvault.com/dedwards/decks/orzhov-tokens/

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Posted 02 March 2018 at 13:26

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Thanks for the answer. Sorry for my late reaction, somehow I didn't get/see/realize the notification message.
I didn't include Spectral Procession because I'm not sure if I can get the required {W}{W}{W} on the table fast enough..and you don't want to cast this with anything else I think.
Beckon Apparition can be a good card, tough it adds "only" one flying token. I can't estimate how important the removal of a card from the graveyard will/can be for a beginner-deck.
Harsh Sustenance is definitely a card I will add, maybe instead of Timely Reinforcements.
The problem I run into with most of the budget decks is that the dual-lands are rather expensive. So either keep it mono-coloured or near that or reduce the power of the rest of the deck to make it more stable to play in therm of the mana-base.

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Posted 13 March 2018 at 08:31

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Looks like Isolated Chapel is getting a reprint in Dominaria, so that should bring the price down some.

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Posted 13 March 2018 at 08:41

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That would be good news. I was thinking of adding simple search-lands like Terramorphic Expanse or Evolving Wilds tough that would slow the deck down a ?little? bit.

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Posted 13 March 2018 at 08:48

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If you do go with the fetches, Evolving Wilds would be the better of those two because it's what's used so often in Standard. Don't want to introduce the 'exact same card, but different name' thing too early. Another option that I've come tolike are the Panorama (Esper Panorama for WB). Sure, it may cost extra mana to search, but it's an untapped source that can add {C}.

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Posted 13 March 2018 at 09:56

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Ok, 2 suggestions, just for the sideboard. Doom Blade, nice alternative to Go for the Throat if you play an artifact deck, and Anointed Procession, I know it can be a little pricey and you want to keep this cheap, but it can be really handy to double your token production, especially if your opponent manages to catch you with a board wipe and you need to bounce back quickly.

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Posted 13 March 2018 at 13:08

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Thank you for your suggestions. I added 4 Doom Blade instead of Go for the Throat which also enabled me to add a 3rd Isolated Chapel.
Even if Anointed Procession is the cheapest of all token-doublers it still rather expensive. Also I would need 2-3 of them in the deck to (more or less) constantly draw one. At the moment I see no chance to sueeze ithat in, perhaps when Isolated Chapel, or any other card, becomes cheaper. Lets see what Domria and the new Core Set will do to the prices.

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Posted 13 March 2018 at 18:31

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