Maybeboard


This animal token deck is a relentless force that overpowers opponents through sheer numbers. It starts by casting creatures and spells that generate an army of adorable yet deadly rabid rabbits and other animal or insect tokens. There is support from a few Hobbits and spells that create food tokens.

The plan is to rapidly generate and multiply all tokens with cards like Parallel Lives, Doubling Season, For the Common Good, and Second Harvest. As the battlefield swarms with tokens, there are a few anthems like Intangible Virtue or Pollen-Shield Hare and powerful buffs like Overwhelming Encounter to turn all tiny critters into massive threats. With huge numbers and boosted strength, the tokens overrun the opponents.

The commander Baylen, the Haymaker can also grow significantly to become a threat with trample, who can kill an opponent with commander damage. His abilities provide mana ramp and card draw.

All animals but no squirrels?

Yeah, this deck theme is animals, mostly from Bloomburrow, but I omitted squirrels and squirrel token makers on purpose. I plan to build a special deck just for them. Yes, I do count insects as animals – hornets and spiders are even furry! I also created my custom token cards with Bloomburrow style for this deck theme, for example, Food tokens are Carrots and vegetables, and so on...

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Other Token makers and token doublers in Maybeboard

These are great and strong, but they do not create animals, thus they do not fit with the deck animal theme. Maybe I will test some of these, from time to time:

Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon, Ancient Copper Dragon, Elemental Mastery, Fable of the Mirror-Breaker  , Krenko, Mob Boss, Illustrious Wanderglyph, Myrel, Shield of Argive, Peregrin Took, Professional Face-Breaker, Provisions Merchant, Rhys the Redeemed, Roxanne, Starfall Savant, Sylvan Offering, Tempt with Vengeance, Thousand Moons Smithy  , and Tireless Provisioner. Other token doublers: Academy Manufactor, Anointed Procession.

Possible Combos (BUT I am NOT using most of these cards in the current version of the deck):

Update 1 - September 2024

After the first three games, I realised that I needed more token makers and more interaction, so I replaced:

Maybe-board: Added Aura Mutation, Domri, Anarch of Bolas, Ezuri's Predation, Hornet Queen, Hour of Reckoning, Rootborn Defenses, Settle the Wreckage, and Signal the Clans.

Update 2 - October 2024

I replaced:

Maybe-board: Added Comeuppance, Clever Concealment, and Druid's Deliverance.

Update 3 - October 2024

I removed the combo cards Basking Broodscale + Rosie Cotton of South Lane and replaced them with Rootborn Defenses and Aura Mutation.

Then I also replaced:

  • Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon because she does not fit the animal theme, builds too slowly, and she and her tokens did not last much, usually – for Crack Open that is very useful in my meta, and it ramps me with a treasure token
  • Dragonlair Spider that seemed like a great fit, but I never had a chance to cast it in multiple games – it was just a dead card in my hand due to high mana cost - for Dawn's Truce
  • Pollen-Shield Hare that was just another anthem for an empty board too often – for For the Common Good
  • Sevinne's Reclamation for Bala Ged Recovery   because I needed one more land more often than bringing back something from my graveyard
  • Swarmyard for Plaza of Heroes because it can make color mana and protect my commander or other legends
  • Toski, Bearer of Secrets for Skyshroud Claim because though Toski seemed like a great fit that will draw me a lot of cards when my tokens deal damage, but often I had not enough creature tokens or didn't want them die, and he always got blocked, and I need more mana ramp.

Maybe-board: Added Electrickery against other token decks, especially decks with Arabella, Abandoned Doll, which I also consider testing in this deck later.

Update 4 - January 2025

I replaced:

Maybe-board: Added Battle for Bretagard, Bumbleflower's Sharepot, and Phabine, Boss's Confidant.

Update 5 - December 2025

To be more on the animal theme, I replaced:

Maybeboard: Added Hornet Nest, Safewright Quest as another ramp option, and Repel Calamity to deal with massive threats.

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