Black Tokens in Saskia
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Posted on Nov. 6, 2016, 8:55 p.m. by Phaetion
I already built a Saskia the Unyielding deck going tall but now I want to experiment with going wide. However, the problem is that is not the best contributor to tokens. What could I do to give black some more representation?
I have the following right now:
Zulaport Cutthroat, Blood Artist, and Falkenrath Noble
Cemetery Reaper, Grave Titan and Syphon Flesh
Army of the Damned (I had this already but the Triple- is offputting)
RazortoothMtg says... #3
Cryptbreaker, Abhorrent Overlord, Archdemon of Unx upgrades 1/1s, Army of the Damned, Balduvian Dead, perhaps Sek'Kuar, Deathkeeper, Bitterblossom, Bloodline Keeper Flip, Boggart Mob, Call the Bloodline, Curse of Shallow Graves, Dark Salvation, Empty the Pits, Sidisi, Undead Vizier, Endless Ranks of the Dead, Liliana, the Last Hope's ultimate, Flesh Carver, From Under the Floorboards, Ghoulcaller Gisa, Infernal Genesis, Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet, Marrow-Gnawer, Liliana's Reaver, Mardu Strike Leader, Midnight Ritual, Dread Summons, Noosegraf Mob, Overseer of the Damned, Pack Rat, Plague of Vermin, Xathrid Necromancer, Skeletal Vampire, Waste Not, Nested Ghoul.
Thats a bit of a mouthful.
November 6, 2016 9:15 p.m.
BearPunchMagic says... #4
Brutal Hordechief and Siege Rhino are probably my favorite black cards in my own Saskia tokens deck. Creakwood Liege is nice if you're looking for some tokens, and Whip of Erebos because lifegain is nice on that scale of damage.
November 6, 2016 9:16 p.m.
vryidr: Oops, I forgot about Brutal Hordechief. I'll slip that right in. Whip I would save for when I go tall. I get more life and use out of it that way. Not really sold on the Liege.
RazortoothMtg: That is a mouthful indeed. I'll sort through that.
Eiti3: Do you mind explainging what you said? I'm guessing the cards that produce Eldrazis are a nice fit?
November 6, 2016 9:40 p.m.
DrukenReaps says... #6
something I love running with tokens is Grave Pact, Butcher of Malakir, and/or Dictate of Erebos. even if you dont run sac outlets these are scary cards along side a bunch of small critters.
November 6, 2016 10:25 p.m.
MindAblaze says... #7
Prossh, Skyraider of Kher throws out a bunch of tokens, they're only 0/1s but they can be used for lots of things. I like using the Grave Pact route Bhaal666 suggested in my Prossh deck. That and Zulaport Cutthroat et al. Black has a lot of things to use tokens for I guess is what I'm saying.
November 6, 2016 11:39 p.m.
Sengir Autocrat and Marsh Flitter spawn tokens when they ETB.
Breeding Pit a nerfed but budget version of Bitterblossom.
Ophiomancer spawns a black snake on each maint. so you can sac one snake on every turn and keep getting it back. Great as blocker too.
Ogre Slumlord gives tokens whenever a noncreature dies.
Bloodghast, Gravecrawler, Bloodsoaked Champion, Reassembling Skeleton, Tenacious Dead can comeback from the graveyard.
Skirsdag High Priest requires a lot to spawn the token, but at least it's a fat one.
Both Teysa, Orzhov Scion and Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts spawn tokens, only the big one gives you black though.
Hanweir Militia Captain Flip it's white, but when transformed it spawns W/B tokens.
Westvale Abbey Flip requires a huge cost for spawning a token, but it can be transformed to a big demon.
November 7, 2016 1:28 a.m.
Ophiomancer is a really good one. Also no one in edh abuses Bridge from Below really but I use it with any infinite sac outlet such as Gravecrawler + Phyrexian Altar , it's a nice wincon searchable with Entomb.
November 7, 2016 1:31 a.m.
The big question is "do you need black token producers though?"
Rather than trying to force an effect in all your colours, why not just let each colour do what it does best. Black is great for tutoring and removal, so why not just use it for that and let the other, more token producing colours do that.
Or just play Darkest Hour. Bam, black tokens.
November 7, 2016 2:38 a.m. Edited.
Thanks for the comment guys! I'll have a deck up shortly.
Eiti3 says... #2
Black can offer great tokens with 1/1 Eldrazi Scions and 0/1 Eldrazi Spawns. Although, so does Red and Green. Blue too, but you know - you ain't running blue. Don't find to much with white.
November 6, 2016 9:13 p.m.