Modern Mardu Tokens
Modern forum
Posted on Nov. 13, 2014, 3:39 p.m. by Andrirox
How well do you guys think a modern W/B/R token deck would work? I'm thinking mostly like the modern event deck but with red to add in Young Pyromancer, Boros Charm, and Lightning Bolt. The pyros would go in for the Tidehollow Scullers making it 6 creatures in the deck meaning that most cards you play will leave you with and extra token, which will then get buffed up with Intangible Virtue. So my question is do you guys think this is viable in modern? I definitely am going to start playtesting is online and I will tell you guys how it goes!
MindAblaze says... #3
I've been considering a 
Control list that essentially does the same thing. You've got a great removal suite, hand disruption, and lots of little bodies to clog up the board. It only makes sense.
November 13, 2014 5:15 p.m.
MindAblaze says... #5
My question with this deck is always, is Phyrexian Arena good enough/required for card draw?
I'm thinking Bob is required.
November 13, 2014 5:22 p.m.
VampireArmy says... #6
Talked to token guru about this. It dilutes the deck quite a lot so in a sense it won't work the way you want it to. On the other hand, play out less like a control deck and more about aggression and you can get there. Young pyro isn't good for this as much add it looks like.
November 13, 2014 5:23 p.m.
VampireArmy says... #7
In the other hand mardu control had been using Pack Rat and Mutavault if you want straight tokens then there's really no true reason to include red. For the most part all you get is burn which doesn't matter with the amount of tokens you should be producing
November 13, 2014 5:26 p.m.
VampireArmy says... #8
Barring that rw soul sisters includes your strategy and there is a rwb deck around here you should try
November 13, 2014 5:28 p.m.
MindAblaze says... #9
I want to think Purphoros could be useful here, but a 4 mana spell that's not doing anything until the next turn seems annoying to me.
November 13, 2014 5:41 p.m.
VampireArmy says... #10
Calling in the expert xzzane if tokens is where you're going, he's your guy.
November 13, 2014 10:35 p.m.
APPLE01DOJ says... #11
Truthfully, I think Junk tokens is the strongest. Gives Access to Voice of Resurgence and Fists of Ironwood
November 14, 2014 1:43 a.m.
VampireArmy says... #13
You explained Mardu tokens better than I can. Other than that nothing really just alerting OP that you're probably the best Modern token player around.
November 14, 2014 2:53 p.m.
Ahh. Well red doesn't really do much for tokens. Young Pyromancer seems like a good card until you consider that tokens really don't play that many sorceries and instants. The way we curve out we typically play only 1 a turn. Tidehollow Sculler is the better choice for the 2 cmc spot for that reason. And Purphoros, God of the Forge is flavorful, but 1-he's dependent on having a token producer in hand that you can play next turn and 2-Often times an Elspeth, Knight-Errant will deal just as much damage, if not more, over the 2 turns that purphoros would take to use his effect. Between the mana fixing problems and everything else, it's just better to remain b/w.
November 14, 2014 2:58 p.m.
The best kind of deck for Dega is probably some Team Italia decks, otherwise known as dark boros. It's pretty much what you would imagine. Lilianas, Lightning Bolts, Bobs, Lightning Helix, discard suite, and I've seen a few list start to run Pack Rats because that card can get really out of hand if left unchecked.
Making a token variant might be viable, but I'm still not entirely sure how well that would work. I feel like the troubles that would arise from the splashing of red would outweigh the benefits of getting Young Pyromancer. I for one, would love to see how your testing goes because a format like modern allows for a lot of creativity. I mean a treefolk deck won an event recently so why not Dega Tokens?
Shill says... #2
I had a similar idea, please let me know how it goes
November 13, 2014 4:41 p.m.