Junk Kamikaze Tokens (Advice Wanted!)

Modern* evil_monkey

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Updates —Jan. 14, 2013

-4 Midnight Haunting -4 Gather the Townsfolk
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+4 Bone Splinters +4 Murder Investigation

The changes are going to help my curve get cheaper, provide additional removal, and synergies my deck better. I'm seeing several good plays with Murder Investigation for this deck. E.G. Enchant Thragtusk and sac him to Bloodthrone Vampire (hopefully Blood Artist is out to trigger), refill board to do even more sacrificing. If Parallel Lives is in play this will net me 10 tokens in total. I can also use the investigation to sac a pumped Bloodthrone Vampire for even more shenanigans. Tell me what you think guys!

Azryel007 says... #1

Intangible Virtue would be good, i know you plan to make your tokens die but they can defend and attack for you if the occasion arises!

November 24, 2012 10:26 p.m.

evil_monkey says... #2

It's a good suggestion and something I've been considering, I'm just not sure what I would take out for it. Any ideas?

November 24, 2012 11:06 p.m.

primigenius says... #3

i've already seen a lot of token decks, and what i can conclude is that there are 2 cards you will really not want to use Parallel Lives and Growing Ranks, they're simply bad choices, and use the slot of a Garruk/Sorin ,another problem here is your weakness without the artist to cards like Detention Sphere and -sever the bloodline, and the easiest solutions are ultimate price and victim of night, both them useful to avoid those threats and beautyful removal if you need them.

November 24, 2012 11:33 p.m.

evil_monkey says... #4

The difference between these tokens and others however is to try and have a sac outlet available so if something like sever or detention sphere comes up I can respond by sac'ing and getting value with Blood Artist. Parallel Lives doubles that punishment. I didn't include growing ranks because it was too slow. Sorin, however could be really good here.

November 24, 2012 11:47 p.m.

primigenius says... #5

actually i said you are weak to those cards without the Artist xD. and again i think you must add some removal Victim of Night/Ultimate Price/Abrupt decay. im any distribution you feel right.

November 25, 2012 6:19 p.m.

evil_monkey says... #6

Oh I see. What are your thought on Barter in Blood ?

November 25, 2012 7:21 p.m.

Vendari says... #7

card:Altar's Reap

December 2, 2012 5:39 p.m.

evil_monkey says... #8

That is definitely a good idea for some draw power. I will do some looking and see what I can do to make some space.

December 3, 2012 11:29 a.m.

JakeRafferty says... #9

December 9, 2012 7:37 p.m.

darklordnot says... #10

consider Rancor with the bloodthrone then it will take much less tokens needed to win, also you sould maindeck 1or 2 sorin and 2 or 3 garruk. Sorin for more tokens, but garruk in this deck, he gives you tokens, gives you a sac outlet, and a tutor for the artist. definately maindeck.

I agree with JakeRafferty Bone Splinters should at least be a sideboard card.

Dont give up on this deck i feel it could go really far

December 10, 2012 9:37 p.m.

evil_monkey says... #11

Alright, so based on the suggestions, I'm thinking of cutting Midnight Haunting and Parallel Lives to make room for 1x Sorin, Lord of Innistrad , 2x Garruk Relentless  Flip , and 4x Bone Splinters . I am also thinking about cutting Increasing Devotion and Thragtusk to 2-ofs to make room for 3x Rancor further reducing my curve. I am also thinking about moving Killing Wave to the sideboard in lieu of a less situational removal and saving Killing Wave for matches that produce more creature heavy board states to increase the effectiveness of Killing Wave . Thoughts?

December 10, 2012 9:47 p.m.

Wannabehero says... #12

If you cut the Parallel Lives , you are pretty much just keeping the green in for thrags and Garruks. The thing is, with Sorin, Lord of Innistrad in your deck, as well as Blood Artist and Bloodthrone Vampire , you might consider dropping green and switching the Thrags to Bloodline Keeper  Flip . While less powerful in a vacuum than Thragtusk , with all the other vamps, plus Sorin, you could much more realistically hit that magic pump and then stuff can get pretty crazy.

The synergy of Bloodline Keeper  Flip with Sorin, Lord of Innistrad is just nutty. I can't wait for gatecrash and the boros lands to shore up the last of my B/W/R Vampire deck.

December 11, 2012 11:43 p.m.

blastizard says... #13

@Wannabehero; Bloodline Keeper  Flip is a great card with helping out vampires, but if he's just making tokens to sac to his Bloodthrone Vampire its not really worth it. Why pump up your token vampires if you're just gonna sac them. Sure it also helps out Blood Artist and Bloodthrone Vampire but if someone really wanted to they could easily get rid of them. Also as soon as Sorin, Lord of Innistrad hits the field he's gonna become a giant target. So other than being a beefed up blocker, there's better cards that could go in instead.

December 12, 2012 12:03 a.m.

Blazer4500 says... #14

i would drop 1 Increasing Devotion , 1 Killing Wave , 1 Midnight Haunting for 3 Intangible Virtue and put 1 Thragtusk and 1 Lingering Souls in the sideboard for two Sorin, Lord of Innistrad

December 27, 2012 2:04 p.m.

wvrdragon says... #15

I would throw in some populate like, Eyes in the Skies

December 27, 2012 2:15 p.m.

evil_monkey says... #16

Thanks for all the suggestions guys. I will be doing some playtesting soon and let you know what changes I have made with your recent suggestions in mind!

January 2, 2013 9:22 p.m.