Crafty Token Explosions

Commander / EDH Monti_Jones

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And another one! —Nov. 2, 2018

IN Song of Freyalise OUT Natural Affinity: Another card turning all creatures into mana dorks, so I got to play it. Has a limited timing window but works out ok, thanks to all the instant token spells. Affinity acctually only works with Jeskai Ascendancy as the other untaps are for nonland permanents, or even worse, untap all creatures, giving my opponents free mana.

you should replace Young Pyromancer with Weaver of Currents it almost pays for itself with it's mana output and makes a nice blocker. Druid of the Cowl is also another nice mana dork as you call it. having a Anointer Priest could also be good cause you could gain allot of life from the tokens that way if shit hits the fan you have a big cushion to sit on while you repair your situation. Hamletback Goliath is also another good card for tokens. while yes he is spendy at 7 mana he becomes a big whacker which can easily draw attention away from your main plan. Goblinslide can also work cause you can squeeze out one more token from your other non-creature spells that may or may not make tokens on their own. From Beyond is both a mana spitter and a token spitter. Deploy to the Front could be kinda good. yes it is a 7 mana sorcery but you could get upwards of 50+ tokens from it alone.

March 5, 2018 4:01 a.m.

Monti_Jones says... #2

@ticked-off-squirrel: Thank you for your input!

I like my spells cheap and powerful. If I have to pay 2 mana for a dork it has to do something more than just 1 mana. So Weaver of Currents and Druid of the Cowl are just not good enough for me. I even consider cutting Zhur-Taa Druid as the damage is negligible and he is only around for the cheesy druid kill if I have infinite untaps.

While lifegain can be nice I dont really need a card like Anointer Priest. The tokens can block most of the attackers and the extra life doesn't help me with winning faster.

Hamletback Goliath is just a fatty with way too high CMC. Sure he gets big, but still dies to a removal like any other creature.

I like Goblinslide but it does the same job Young Pyromancer does while costing mana. Young Pyro is a creature too so one more thing to play around with.

I tried From Beyond before and it was just too slow for me. It has to stick around for at least 3 turns to produce the same amount of tokens any other spell would do for the same mana cost. I'd rather cast Anointed Procession for my 4 mana and de facto halve the cost of my following token spells.

Deploy to the Front is the definition of a "win more" card for this deck. Most of the time 5 to 8 tokens are enough to get me infinite. While more tokens make things easier for sure that many are not necessary. But even if I would cast this, 7 mana is a hefty price. If I can't follow up immediately that same turn everybody and their mom will want wipe my board, most likely with a spell that's cheaper than 7 mana.

March 5, 2018 2:29 p.m.