Token of My Esteem

Casual Casual Forcefeed Tokens

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Creature (24)

• 4x Blood Artist
• 3x Goblin Sharpshooter
• 4x Hunted Phantasm
• 3x Izzet Staticaster
• 1x Suture Priest
• 3x Suture Priest
• 2x Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor
• 4x Varchild's War-Riders

Land (22)

• 2x Blood Crypt
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x City of Brass
• 2x Crosis's Catacombs
• 4x Forbidden Orchard
• 2x Gemstone Mine
• 1x Holdout Settlement
• 2x Mana Confluence
• 2x Polluted Delta
• 2x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Watery Grave

Enchantment (8)

• 4x Illness in the Ranks
• 4x Trespasser's Curse

Artifact (3)

• 1x Basilisk Collar
• 2x Ratchet Bomb

Instant (2)

• 2x Swan Song

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Mogg Infestation

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Maybeboard

Creature (9)

• 2x Blood Seeker
• 1x Goblin Chainwhirler
• 1x Minister of Pain
• 1x Plague Engineer
• 1x Plague Mare
• 1x Questing Phelddagrif
• 1x Rampaging Ferocidon
• 1x Twilight Drover

Enchantment (10)

• 1x AEther Flash
• 1x Burning Sands
• 1x Engineered Plague
• 1x Leyline of Singularity
• 1x Mantle of Leadership
• 1x Path of Mettle  ^Flip
• 1x Screams from Within
• 1x Tainted AEther
• 1x Tombstone Stairwell
• 1x Virulent Plague

Artifact (3)

• 1x Dowsing Dagger  ^Flip
• 1x Portcullis
• 1x Powder Keg

Instant (7)

• 1x Batwing Brume
• 1x Echoing Truth
• 1x Electrickery
• 1x Mercy Killing
• 2x Touch of Moonglove
• 1x Zealous Persecution

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Alliance of Arms
• 1x Ravenform

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One of my favorite things to do when building decks is to turn drawbacks into advantages. This deck focuses on giving my opponents creature tokens then punishing them for taking advantage of my kindness. Muahaha...

There are several cards throughout Magic's history that give opponents creature tokens. Unfortunately, the one that inspired me the most, Questing Phelddagrif, didn't make the final cut. But the ones that did are Forbidden Orchard, Varchild's War-Riders, Hunted Phantasm, Swan Song, and Mogg Infestation.

Now, what to do with all these tokens my opponents are getting? Fortunately, all but the Swan tokens are weak 1/1s. An ideal first turn for me is playing a Forbidden Orchard, tapping it for black mana, then dropping an Illness in the Ranks on the board, killing the Spirit token and any future tokens my cards can produce. Goblin Sharpshooter and Izzet Staticaster do the trick as well, potentially wiping out several tokens in a single turn or all of my opponent's creatures with a Basilisk Collar. Ratchet Bomb is great removal as well, wiping out all tokens without the need for charge counters.

With all the creatures that will be entering the battlefield and dying, Suture Priest and Blood Artist are there to whittle away the life totals of my enemies. If that fails, I still have the 3/4 trampler I played on turn 2 or the 4/6 unblockable I played on turn 3.

Date added	11 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Casual legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 32 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.21
Tokens	Bird 2/2 U, Goblin 1/1 R, Spirit 1/1 C, Survivor 1/1 R
Folders	The Original Eight