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Token Resource Volume #4: Leftover Night, The Final Token Resource!!

31 July 2010

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First of all, HUGE thankyou to all you guys that wished me luck on the California BAR exam! I finished it yesterday and my brain is de-gelatinizing as we speak.

This article is going to be like a junkyard of tokens. It is basically like the token swap meet, you have NO idea what you are going to find inside. No card too crappy, no token too obscure, I wanted to finish this series by either creating or finding every last remaining token that was feasible to do.

To everybody that made a request, thanks for the input, I made a list of requests before I started looking for the final round of art. If you made a request and it didn't get made, it was because I just flat couldn't find it, no other reason.

SPAWNWRITHE TOKEN## GREEN## Spawnwrithe TokenI got my hands on the original art for SpawnwritheMTG Card: Spawnwrithe, which I think is a great card by the way, and mocked up a usable little token template.SpawnwritheMTG Card: Spawnwrithe is dope. There are a number of creatures that do similar exponential-replication type effects, such as Sprouting PhytohydraMTG Card: Sprouting Phytohydra, ChronozoaMTG Card: Chronozoa, Mirror-Sigil SergeantMTG Card: Mirror-Sigil Sergeant, and Brood SliverMTG Card: Brood SliverSpawnwritheMTG Card: Spawnwrithe, however, is the only one who can do it quickly, which can get a very nasty ball rolling.
SNAKE TOKEN## Kamigawa Snake TokenHere is one of those crazy warrior clan snakes from Kamigawa. Orochi EggwatcherMTG Card: Orochi Eggwatcher, Orochi HatcheryMTG Card: Orochi Hatchery, and Sosuke's SummonsMTG Card: Sosuke's Summons all bring in multi-armed Japanese warrior snake dudes.
BIRD TOKEN## WHITE## Bird TokenI wanted to post a bird token with the classic token series, I just didn't find the right one until now.Emeria AngelMTG Card: Emeria Angel, Battle ScreechMTG Card: Battle Screech, and Jotun Owl KeeperMTG Card: Jotun Owl Keeper all flip pigeons like a young Mike Tyson...
DESERTER TOKEN## Deserter TokenI am posting this token under protest. Deserter token gets the silver medal for being the biggest pu--y in MTG, right after Norin the WaryMTG Card: Norin the Wary. There is no crying in Magic.Kjeldoran Home GuardMTG Card: Kjeldoran Home Guard needs to enforce much stricter discipline among its ranks...PS: If you are wondering who gets the bronze medal it's Saffi EriksdotterMTG Card: Saffi Eriksdotter.
CAMARID TOKEN## BLUE## Camarid TokenI bet eating a BBQ'd Camarid would be AMAZING. I would rock it with some lemon and drawn butter. You could like go to a nice French restaurant and pick out your own delicious man-sized warrior crustacean from the tank, all fresh.I would eat it with a bib, crying like Homer Simpson eating Pinchy. Sarpadian Empires, Vol. VIIMTG Card: Sarpadian Empires, Vol. VII and Homarid Spawning BedMTG Card: Homarid Spawning Bed ring the dinner bell.
KELP TOKEN## Kelp TokenThat's right... KELP TOKEN.I DARE you to claim not to have teh ph334r of Kelp Token. You know that gross feeling when a bunch of cold seaweed touches you at the beach? Getting blocked by Kelp token is like that times a billion. Even a zombie would think that's gross. Ph334r the Wall of KelpMTG Card: Wall of Kelp!!
STARFISH TOKEN## Starfish TokenThis may be the least intimidating Magic creature of all time.Spiny StarfishMTG Card: Spiny Starfish.
GRAVEBORN TOKEN## BLACK/RED## Graveborn TokenThe Graveborn are ok. Their biggest problem is that they are not tribal, they are "graveborn." Otherwise they might actually be legit in some kind of zombie-tribal-splash-red thing. "BlightningMTG Card: Blightning Zombies" (is it weird that I want to build that deck all the sudden?)Sek'Kuar, DeathkeeperMTG Card: Sek'Kuar, Deathkeeper and Balduvian DeadMTG Card: Balduvian Dead give "birth" to these things.
MINOR DEMON TOKEN## Minor Demon TokenStraight. Up. Boris DevilboonMTG Card: Boris Devilboon."So wait, I can pay split cost CMC 5 for a 2/2, then NEXT turn I can pay the smooth cost of only 2BR and tap him for a 1/1!? That's only 9 mana for a 1/1 creature! I'd be stupid NOT to run him!!"This is NOT to be confused with a Miinor Demon Token. (That is a 10/10 flying trample with protection from idiots.)
SNAKE TOKEN GB## MULTICOLOR## Blue/Green Snake TokenThese things come from Patagia ViperMTG Card: Patagia Viper, one of the "sacrifice it if you don't pay a certain color" Ravnica creatures, like Azorius HeraldMTG Card: Azorius Herald.Rumor has it that these were the developmental precursors to the evoke mechanic.
BIRD TOKEN WB## Blue/White Bird TokenVery few spells cause more frowns in multi-player than DovescapeMTG Card: Dovescape. Definitely ArmageddonMTG Card: Armageddon, maybe Winter OrbMTG Card: Winter Orb. Spells like these, which turn a game about playing spells into a game where you can't play spells, will not make you many friends (although they may win you the game.) Lotsa birds though...
ZOMBIE WIZARD TOKEN## Zombie Wizard TokenI'm not going to beat around the bush. The official Zombie Wizard is such a stupid dumb piece of stupid crap that it makes my eyes want to escape my eye sockets, pack up little eyeball sized hobo bindles of their belongings and ride the rails out East to start a new life where they never have to see such gay garbage ever again.The official token is a sniveling, hunchbacked, effeminate cartoon with a combination of gigantism and down syndrome.Lich Lord of UnxMTG Card: Lich Lord of Unx needed a better minion.PS: Seriously f--k that token.
SAND WARRIOR TOKEN## Sand Warrior TokenBack in the day, Hazezon TamarMTG Card: Hazezon Tamar used to be able to rally the nomad clans and bring in a posse of 1/1 scimitar wielding homies to do his dirt for him. The problem was, that all you had to do was kill the officer and the troops scattered.Oldest trick in the book.
SLIVER TOKEN 2## COLORLESS## Sliver Token 2.0I posted a Sliver token in my classic tokens article, but this one is WAY better in my opinion.It definitely conveys that meat-hook-terrifying-ness that a real sliver would have. It kind of looks like a Xenomorph alien, which is dope.Again, these babies come from Sliver QueenMTG Card: Sliver Queen and Brood SliverMTG Card: Brood Sliver.
SAND TOKEN ## Sand TokenThese sandy little devils come from Dune-Brood NephilimMTG Card: Dune-Brood Nephilim.
PEST TOKEN## Pest TokenI got your back birdseed, don't even trip! ;)I love the flavor text on Nuisance EngineMTG Card: Nuisance Engine. "Bolgri and the Long Day of Squashing." Priceless!
ASSEMBLY WORKER TOKEN## Assembly Worker TokenThese pop out of urza's-factory and, irony of ironies, are synergistic with Mishra's FactoryMTG Card: Mishra's FactoryThose boys just need their dad to come downstairs and be like "GOD DAMMIT URZA AND MISHRA I TOLD YOU TO SHUT UP AND STOP FIGHTING AND STOP STRIP MINING THE S--T OUT OF DOMINARIA. YOUR MOTHER AND I ARE TRYING WATCH TV." That always works for me and my sister...

The Token Resource Has Left The Building

That is the end of the token series!

I have plans to continue the "Proxy Vault" series and soon will be starting a new "how-to" series of articles called "Concepting 101" that will deal with concepting and creating cards from the ground up.

Stay tuned! As always, feel free to hit me up with any questions or comments about what kind of articles you want to see.

csmash says...

#1

Before the nephilim, there was Hazezon TamarMTG Card: Hazezon Tamar

4:48 a.m. on July 31, 2010

KrazyCaley says...

#2

SAND, baby.

6:53 a.m. on July 31, 2010

Snake Token is about to develop black powder and rapidly transform into a 6/1 with first strike.

10:34 a.m. on July 31, 2010

birdseed says...

#4

Yes! I am now satisfied haha. Love the snake and (especially) the assembly worker tokens too!

10:48 a.m. on July 31, 2010

sporkife says...

#5

Now I want to make a deck that uses PestilenceMTG Card: Pestilence or PyrohemiaMTG Card: Pyrohemia, Spiny StarfishMTG Card: Spiny Starfish, and Glare of SubdualMTG Card: Glare of Subdual to lock your face down. Sprouting PhytohydraMTG Card: Sprouting Phytohydra can play too.

5:23 p.m. on July 31, 2010

sporkife says...

#6

on an entirely different note, do you have a website with your art on it? this stuff is pretty awesome.

5:25 p.m. on July 31, 2010

miinor_threat says...

#7

@sporkife: I wish I that talented! None of this art was originally created by me. To make these proxies I scour the internet for royalty free art and tweak the color and saturation etc. in a few different programs. I put the Miinor Threat artist credit when I don't know the artist.

6:59 p.m. on July 31, 2010

birdseed says...

#8

The sand warriors fk sht up even at 1/1

2:06 a.m. on August 1, 2010

KrazyCaley says...

#9

Dave, the beauty of DovescapeMTG Card: Dovescape is that you can still cast spells. It just brings all the spells together into one beautiful Olympic Opening Ceremony.

3:41 a.m. on August 2, 2010

Zanven says...

#10

War Priest of ThuneMTG Card: War Priest of Thune exists to save me from the tyranny of Lightmine FieldMTG Card: Lightmine Field + DovescapeMTG Card: Dovescape combos.

4:03 a.m. on August 2, 2010

Ashkaan says...

#11

Great Job.. these are the best yet..

9:49 p.m. on August 3, 2010

jcdrummer says...

#12

I need a Miinor Demon Token so bad! Protection from Idiots would totally own.

6:31 p.m. on December 24, 2010

ascanio says...

#13

nice job thank you!it's a pity there isn't my fvourite token, the baby godsire

3:14 p.m. on May 9, 2011

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