Creature Token Storm

Modern pumpkins7

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Update —Aug. 28, 2014

I've since removed some of the old cards and added new ones to help create more synergy within this deck. The newest editions are Hero of Bladehold, Rise of the Hobgoblins, Odric, Master Tactician, and Captain of the Watch. I'm unsure as to how beneficial Captain of the Watch is to the deck, just because of it's high CMC. I also have my doubts about Jotun Owl Keeper but that card has been with this deck since the beginning and I'm having a hard time finding a card to replace it and is more fitting to the flow of the deck. Please give any opinions, suggestions, or criticisms. Thanks!

PercivaL says... #1

Instead of Disenchant you might want to play Sundering Growth . It has basically the same costs for you since you play nothing but plains and it gets you another token in case you already have one.

I admit I didn't give your deck too much thoughts since I lack the time right now, but I guess I'll do that tomorrow. I have a token deck myself (and it did fairly well in over 100 games till now) in case you need some ideas or cards for yours. But I am afraid it's a nearly creatureless W/G... so it might not be what you are looking for ( Got A Huge Weenie)

As to what you said in your description box concerning the card limit... yes, you are not required to play with only 60 cards... but unless you play decks with cards like Battle of Wits , 60 cards is what you should aim for. If you really put some serious thoughts into your deck, then it is a well planned deck that wants to draw certain cards and combos as fast as possible.. each card above 60 reduces the chance of getting these cards and that is why nearly all tournament decks I have seen so far never exceeded the minimum required amount of cards.

August 24, 2014 7:16 p.m.

dirgy says... #2

This'll be my first comment on someone's deck, so it may not be as good as I'd hope for it to be, but here goes!

On the maybeboard: I'm not sure how to feel about the white ramp cards. Your average CMC is around 2-3, and since you should generally start out with 3 or 4 lands in your opening hand, that shouldn't be an issue. If you do find it to be a constant issue, you might want to swap out some higher-cost cards for quicker drops. But since you mentioned your idea is to keep going and get fatties from Cathars' Crusade , there should be some mid- to late-game consideration as well.

Minor lifegain like Soul Warden generally isn't the best since it doesn't trigger a lot, but since your whole idea is pumping out a token army, I think that's a pretty good idea. I'd say to run more than 1 though, since it's a good lifegain you'd want consistently.

Hero of Bladehold and Brimaz, King of Oreskos are both pretty rad to run in this, but since you mentioned price, there are less expensive options to consider.

Card suggestions:Cards like Angelic Skirmisher and Odric, Master Tactician will help to dominate combat, and with the amount of creatures you'll have on-board, it'll get pretty intimidating.

Control and elimination like Oblivion Ring and Hour of Reckoning will help to keep your opponent's threats down or dead while keeping yours very much alive.

Captain of the Watch produces tokens and buffs them, and can pair really well if you find Soldier token producers like Captain's Call . Darien, King of Kjeldor + Soul Warden will pretty much negate any damage you take, and produce Soldier tokens as well for Captain of the Watch . Akroan Horse gives your opponent(s) a 0/4 defender, but will give you and anyone else playing 1/1 soldiers each upkeep, which will be pumped so quickly with Cathars' Crusade the 0/4 won't be a problem. Ornitharch will either give you a flying 5/5 or a flying 3/3 and two flying 1/1 tokens.

Crusader of Odric is worse than Geist-Honored Monk , but if you produce a bunch of tokens, will be much more effective than other creatures.

Buffers like Celestial Crusader or Kongming, "Sleeping Dragon" might be something to consider, but they might be better as sideboard than mainboard.

If your opponent's running a lot of destruction or you just keep losing your tokens, Requiem Angel could help you out a lot by replacing them all with 1/1 flyers.

On cards in deck:Voice of All would be better replaced with something fitting tokens. It's good in that it protects itself from a color, but it doesn't fit the token idea of the deck. It's better (in my experience) to streamline your deck to fit one or two ideas and focus entirely on those, and sideboard in responses like artifact/enchantment destruction (or run a few in mainboard maybe), or cards like Voice.

I'm not too sure about any of the instants you have mainboarded. I would sideboard the Celestial Flare s and maybe two of the Disenchant s (but leave the others in just in case?), and add in some spells that will give you tokens, like Captain's Call and Conqueror's Pledge , and something to eliminate their creatures they might not be attacking with, like Swords to Plowshares or Hour of Reckoning .

I love Spectral Procession , Rise of the Hobgoblins , and Cathars' Crusade , and I'm liking Jotun Owl Keeper as well.

The deck sounds pretty rad, though!

(Also I'd keep down to 60 cards, so you can draw what you need quicker)

August 24, 2014 7:53 p.m.

pumpkins7 says... #3

PercivaL: Good call replacing disenchant with Sundering Growth . I will definitely do that. I looked at your token deck, pretty awesome I must say. Most other token decks I came across were also G/W, and I thought about going that direction with this deck, but ultimately decided against it. But, seeing as yours is G/W, then I have a suggestion for you, the card that almost made me go G/W; Emmara Tandris And I see the logic in keeping the spell count low. I Think I'll stick to it. Thanks for looking! let me know if you think of anything else.

diiirge: Thanks for the criticism and suggestions! I wasn't really sure if keeping those instants were worth it and I think you're right and would be much better suited with some different token generating creatures or spells. I will, however, swap out the 4 Disenchant with 4 Sundering Growth and keep them as I've tried running this deck without them before and ended up kicking myself for doing so. Captain of the Watch is an awesome card that I'd love to incorporate, although I am skeptical of it's high CMC. But cards like Hour of Reckoning and Odric, Master Tactician I think would be some really powerful cards to drop at a time when I have enough tokens to go in for the kill. I also like the Darien, King of Kjeldor + Soul Warden combo as a good side board combo and maybe even main board if I find I can afford the space.

All in all, those were some awesome suggestions and your comment is just the kind of advice I was hoping to receive. I'd say that was a great first comment. Thanks a lot and I'll let you know how it works out once I order and replace some of the cards!

August 24, 2014 9:43 p.m.

pumpkins7 says... #4

And I think I'll be taking Voice of All out as well. I think you're right that there are cards better suited for this deck. The Twilight Drover s activated ability makes using tokens as shields just as effective as having Voice of All as a shield.

August 24, 2014 9:47 p.m.