A Modern White Token deck that splashes Blue and Black for flavor. It's designed to swarm the board with tokens so that you can summon a big, bad meanie, or potentially surprise your opponent by stealing away his own creatures to further fuel your dark ambitions.
This deck is flavored around a religious Human Order with some dark secrets. One secret is revealed when Beguiler of Wills is played, representing the Order's High Priestess; her followers perhaps aren't as free as they might first believe. The second secret is hinted at by Hanweir Militia Captain
/ Westvale Cult Leader
. It is revealed when five creatures (which you should hopefully have no problem attaining) are sacrificed to summon the Order's hidden, evil benefactor, Ormendahl, Profane Prince
.
Many of the cards are used to spawn a large amount of tokens: Anointed Procession, Doomed Traveler, Gather the Townsfolk, Westvale Cult Leader
, Lingering Souls, Beckon Apparition, Spectral Procession.
A good goal is to get Hanweir Militia Captain
transformed as soon as possible so that it can start generating even more tokens. Doomed Traveler helps this by providing a creature/token combo with a bit of staying power, meaning hopefully the board won't get cleared of creatures as easily and you can reach the four you need to create the Westvale Cult Leader
more consistently. Westvale Cult Leader
also gets more powerful the more tokens you have.
Altar's Reap allows you to leverage your army of human and spirit tokens to draw cards. For the Order, sacrificing body and soul can be a catalyst for greater power.
Intangible Virtue allows you to boost your tokens if needed, though the deck is built more around mass tokens rather than buffed up ones.
Beguiler of Wills is mostly included just for gimmicky fun. The Order's High Priestess can provide an interesting surprise for your opponent if you can get her out, though you'll have to leverage Mystic Gate to do so.
Godless Shrine and Marsh Flats help ensure you have White and Black versatility so you can use Altar's Reap, Beckon Apparition, and Lingering Souls with good consistency.
Wrath of God is there to prevent the tide turning against you creature wise, however it also combos with some other cards in the deck. If used in conjunction with Rootborn Defenses, your entire field of tokens has the potential to survive and can then go straight for your opponent's face. If used once Ormendahl, Profane Prince
has entered the battlefield, you can take care of many pesky defenders who might try to block him.
Westvale Abbey
can be used for colorless mana initially or the odd extra token if need be. But, of course, Ormendahl, Profane Prince
is the real star, who once flipped is there to just be a big, nasty, meanie.
This is the first deck I've made on my own, so please let me know where you think I can improve it! I'd appreciate it if suggestions could stick to the flavor described in the first big paragraph as much as possible though! Thank you! Budget isn't a primary concern, though I'm not made of cash. Just looking for a deck I can slowly build toward and that has a fairly consistent theme.
