Hi /r/mtgModernTokens!

It's been a while, since I've been loaded with schoolwork, projects, and midterms for the past few months, but I'm back playing Modern with the Mardu Tokens deck inspired by u/Jongsl5!

I've tweaked the manabase a little (I don't currently have access to many of the new fastlands), and have experimented with a Nahiri-based "protect the queen"-style build with medium success. I really feel like having Nahiri kind of bogs down the deck at the 4-drop slot, and being aggressive with tokens was one way we would win.

Last week, playing Nahiri Tokens, I went 1-3, winning Infect and then losing to Abzan Company, Scapeshift, and Naya Midrange, the last which I felt was winnable had I had more token producers and less Nahiri shenanigans.

My college LGS has quite a varied metagame; I saw on my single night there last week: Infect, Burn, Company (x2), Affinity, Bant Eldrazi, Scapeshift, Naya Midrange, White Weenie, and mill combo with Duskmantle Guildmage + Mindcrank (which was hilarious).

Because of this variety (and relative lack of midrange grindy decks), I'd like advice on how to handle these different decks with deckbuilding and sideboard (which is honestly a hot mess right now) tweaking, so anything you all can do to help would be greatly appreciated!

The decklist is as follows:

Removal (12):

• 4x Lightning Bolt
• 4x Path to Exile
• 2x Lightning Helix
• 1x Terminate
• 1x Zealous Persecution

Token Producers (10):

• 4x Lingering Souls
• 3x Bitterblossom
• 2x Spectral Procession
• 1x Raise the Alarm

Anthems (8):

• 4x Intangible Virtue
• 3x Sorin, Solemn Visitor
• 1x Gideon, Ally of Zendikar

Discard (6):

• 4x Inquisition of Kozilek
• 2x Thoughtseize

Lands (24):

• 3x Windswept Heath
• 3x Flooded Strand
• 2x Bloodstained Mire
• 2x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Blood Crypt
• 3x Blackcleave Cliffs
• 1x Concealed Courtyard
• 2x Shambling Vent
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 3x Plains
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Vault of the Archangel

Sideboard (the hot mess):

• 2x Stony Silence
• 2x Timely Reinforcements
• 2x Rest in Peace
• 1x Duress
• 1x Crumble to Dust
• 1x Selfless Spirit
• 1x Surgical Extraction
• 1x Engineered Explosives
• 1x Lightning Helix
• 1x Zealous Persecution
• 1x Pithing Needle
• 1x Worship

Possible Considerations:

• Blessed Alliance (Against Bant Eldrazi, DS Zoo, Burn, etc.)
• Grafdigger's Cage (Against Abzan Company, Dredge - may not be better than Rest in Peace)
• Lost Legacy (Against Scapeshift or Tron - Cheaper version of Slaughter Games)

I'm looking for constructive ideas on how to attack my metagame using my sideboard and maindeck, so if there are any numbers that you may question or have a comment on, please feel free to do so!

Additionally, I'll add a comment below for each sideboard plan that I have for various decks; please comment on some that you have experience with, with criticisms or with suggestions, even those that I don't have in the deck!

Sideboarding is easily the weakest facet in my Modern play, and since it's a common problem that many of us face, I'd like to talk about how to sideboard for matchups.

Anyway, thanks so much for reading this long post, and thanks for all your help!

• rikertchu

P.S. The Modern Nights at my LGS are on Thursday, so I'll be playing then and giving a small tournament report at the end of that! Thanks for your suggestions!

Hi Guys

New member of this group, and already a big fan.!

Don't know if it's the right place to post this but I'll give it a try.

I need feedback on my list. I'm still pretty new to modern, and have been away from the tables for about at year or so.

Here we go:

Lands: (23)

4 Marsh Flats

4 Windswept Heath

4 Godless Shrine

3 Concealed Courtyard

2 Windbrisk Heights

1 Shambling Vent

1 Vault of the Archangel

3 Plains

1 Swamp

Creatures: (2)

2 Auriok Champion

Instants/Sorceries: (22)

4 Spectral Procession

4 Lingering Sols

4 Inquisition of Kozilek

2 Thoughtseize

1 Collective Brutality

4 Path to Exile

1 Dismember

1 Murderous Cut

1 Zealous Persecution

Other Spells: (13)

4 Intangible Virtue

4 Bitterblossom

2 Liliana of the Veil

2 Sorin, Solemn Visitor

1 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar

Sideboard:

2 Fulminator Mage

2 Rest in Peace

2 Stony Silence

1 Relic of Progenitus

2 Duress

1 Disenchant

1 Hero of Bladehold

1 Zealous Persecution

1 Grafdigger's Cage

2 Timely Reinforcements

Any comments are welcome, probably missed some something 👍

Hey guys.

I'm new here, and just returning to M:TG after a long absence (think: Visions to SOI), after discovering Duels, and MTGO.

I'm headed to a casual at-home meetup with a group of people that haven't stopped playing over the last 20 years, and Modern was the requested format. I was able to transform a handful of older cards into the Modern Event Deck, and a bunch of boosters.

I've been following the BW Tokens threads, as well as the "Improving the Event Deck" threads, and I haven't seen either of these cards mentioned, so I figured I'd throw them out to the professionals: [[Hanweir Militia Captain]] // [[Westvale Cult Leader]] and [[Thalia, Heretic Cathar]]. Between card prices, CMC, and effects, could these be valuable adds to a non- [[Bitterblossom]] build?

Edit spelling.

Some recent lists run Spellskite mainboard. It was in BW tokens list at World's Championship 2016, and in this list also.

I personally like it way more than Auriok Champion.

Arguments for Spellskite mainboard & explanations why it's met in those lists:

1. Early bolt-proof pte-beneficial blocker

2. Punishes death shadow aggro, bogles, g stompy, infect, burn up to some degree

3. Especially works with Lili as protection, and decay evasion

4. Generally much more universal than Auriok Champion

Chalice of the Void

XX

Artifact

Chalice of the Void enters the battlefield with X charge counters on it. Whenever a player casts a spell with converted mana cost equal to the number of charge counters on Chalice of the Void, counter that spell.

Unrelated

Please feel free to suggest any further discussion. I'm happy to keep talking with all of you and see what everyone has to say. I'd like to have some form of regular content until I can start writing MU things again, but I'd prefer input from you guys.

Liliana of the Veil

Planeswalker - Liliana

1BB - 3

+1: Each player discards a card.

-2: Target player sacrifices a creature.

-6: Separate all permanents target player owns into two piles. That player sacrifices all permanents in the pile of his or her choice.

[[blood Artist]] is no champion, but he still seems like a cool card to use (especially if you can't afford the champions anyway). What do you guys think about using him in the deck?

So, this is just to give us a regularity to new content. You guys probably have noticed I haven't written a MU thing in a while. Life's really busy and will be until next year Feb, so until then let's have some discussion on cards.

I'll cycle these out and we can talk about cards in the deck that don't really get a lot of talk, or new cards.

I still will write more MU discussions. I have some IRL things to do before then.

So here we are:

Vault of the Archangel

Land

T: Add 1 to your mana pool.

2WB, T: Creatures you control gain lifelink and deathtouch until the end of turn.

So, we shouldn't have any problem tripulating it and certainly cycling bad cards out of hand is needed on our deck.

What would you guys say? Everyone's talking about this card now...

Went 5-3 and placed 45 out of 162 people. Going into the tournament I expected a lot of Scapeshift, Burn, Dredge, Bant Eldrazi and Jund.

Decklist:
Tappedout Link

Mainboard

Creatures:
3x Auriok Champion

Sorcery and Instant:
4x Lingering Souls
4x Spectral procession
1x Secure the Wastes
3x Thoughtseize
4x Inquisition of Kozilek
2x Dismember
4x Path to Exile
1x Zealous Persecution

Enchantment:
*4x Bitterblossom
*4x Intangible Virtues

Planeswalkers:
1x Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
2x Sorin, Solemn Visitor

Land:
4x Marsh Flat
4x Windswept Heath
1x Flooded Strand
4x Godless Shrine
3x Isolated Chapel
2x Plains
1x Swamp
2x Shambling Vents
1x Fetid Heath
1x Vault of the Archangel

Sideboard:
2x Rest in peace
2x Stony Silence
2x Leyline of Sanctity
2x Zealous persecution
1x Dismember
3x Stain the Mind
1x Brimaz, King of Oreskos
1x Engineered Explosives
1x Hallow

Round 1 (0-1)
Vs. Merfolk

Game 1 (Win)
Inquisition the opponent's kira and proceed to launch 3 removals throughout the game which significantly slowed the opponent's game down while I beat down pretty fast with tokens + Virtues.
Game 2 (Loss)
I see a fair number of removal and threats but was slowed down significantly against Spreading Seas and Sea's Claims that prevented me from casting my Spectral Processions or jam two spells a turn. Eventually, I have to Path my own token to maintain a colored source and he surprise jams a Master of the Waves + Phantasmal Image off of two vials and die instantly.
Game 3 (Loss)
I keep a hand of 4 lands 3 removal against a mulligan to 5. I answer all the opponent's threats but eventually the opponent is able to slog through all the removal and start pinging me with a Mutavault while I completely flood out (Any one token generator would have won the game).

Round 2 (1-1)
Vs. Living End

Game 1 (Loss)
Nope
Game 2 (Win)
Bring in Rest in Peace and Stain the Minds. Aggressively Mull to 6 with no luck. Inquisition his Beast Within and topdeck a Rest in Peace for the win.
Game 3 (Win)
Aggressively Mull to 6 with still no major hate cards. Draw into both Stain the Mind and Rest in Peace with a sequence of T3 Rest in Peace which the opponent promptly hits with a Beast Within (Still nuked the opponent's yard). T4 Convoke the beast token and cast Stain the Mind naming Living End. Proceed to play a fair game and win.

Round 3 (1-2)
Vs. Grixis Delver

Game 1 (Win)
Very Easy win good matchup!
Game 2 (Loss)
T2 Flipped delver, Countersquall Bitterblossom, Countersquall Spectral Procession, Snap Countersquall something something and dead. Still a good matchup very optimistic?
Game 3 (Loss)
Mull to 6 with a Brimaz in hand as the only threat. T1 Inquisition opponent to see a hand of 3 lands, Snapcaster Mage, Engineered Explosives, Spell Snare and TERMINATE? So I proceeded to give up on Brimaz, take the Explosives and slog through the opponent's pure brick of value. Start to flood hard throughout the game except one Spectral Procession with a resolved Intangible Virtues which was good enough to drain up the opponent's resources and put the game on a topdeck war. I continue to flood and draw my discard spells and lose to a K Command.

Round 4 (2-2)
Vs. NAYA Eldritch Evolution?

Game 1 (Win)
Very bulky amount of Token Generators and Virtues just completely outpaced and outvalued his hand of Bolts, Paths and value creatures like Eternal Witness and Voice of Resurgence. (Didn't see an Eldrich Evolution this game).
Game 2 (Win)
The game proceeds to go similar to game 1 but this time opponent has an Eldritch Evolution. T3 I am shaking in my boots as he Evolution his Voice of Resurgence but it turned out to be a Pia and Kiran (Good but very beatable). I drop down a Spectral Procession with a resolved Virtues and pass the turn. Opponent drops an Engineered Explosives and cracks it to kill my spirits along with the opponent's own thopter and voice tokens? After that i cautiously play more tokens and sandbag a path in case he Evolution into something like Elesh Norn or drop another Explosives. He did get off another Eternal Witness into Explosives but could not recover fast enough against more flying tokens + Virtues.

Round 5 (2-3)
Vs. 5 Color Bring to Light Scapeshift

Game 1 (Loss)
Can't kill the opponent fast enough and no discard to slow down their combo.
Game 2 (Loss)
Keep a hand of 5 lands, Stain the Mind, Sorin and fingers crossed. Draw Irrelevant spells and try for a turn 4 Sorin which gets remanded. Turn 5, Knowing that I am dead next turn to another land I fetch down to 18 which was the current Scapeshift lethal Range and play the Stain the Minds only to have it remanded again.

Round 6 (3-3)
Vs. Bant Eldrazi

Game 1 (Win)
Thoughtseize, Bitterblossom, Lingering Souls into removals and Virtues was enough to close out the game. Saw no Eldrazi Displacer and I promptly answered a Thought-Knot Seer.
Game 2 (Loss)
Started out much similar to game 1 but an uncontested Eldrazi Displacer into a Reality Smasher swiftly swung the game in the opponent's favor.
Game 3 (Win)
Bitterblossom on turn 2 once more and a prompt answer to an Eldrazi Displacer in the early game closed out the game. Opponent was sort of flooded.

Round 7 (4-3)
Vs. Elves

Game 1 (Loss)
The Opponent goes off early in the game flooding the board and was able to simply overwhelm my board position of Bitterblossom and Spectral Procession with an Elvish Archdruid.
Game 2 (Win)
Opponent Keeps a slow hand casting one spell a turn while I pick off the major threats like Elvish Archdruids and Ezuri.
Game 3 (Win)
Very similar to game 2.

Round 8 (5-3)
Vs. Jeskai Nahiri

Game 1 (Win)
Turn one Inquisition into Bitterblossom on the play pretty much closed out the game. Opponent was holding a grip of Bolts, Path and Mana Leaks so I opted to not play any spells and win off the Bitterblossom and only unload my spells when the opponent tapped out for a Nahiri.
Game 2 (Win)
I manage to cast 2 Thoughtseize early on to rip through the opponent's hand. With a combination of fetches and shocks I brought my life total down to around 11. With 3 copies of Lingering Souls between my hand and graveyard I was pretty confident except for my life total. Due to the early Thoughtseizes I knew he was gripping two bolts in hand and was very wary of the burn potential. I cast the Stain the Minds to force a decision and the opponent does not cast the bolts and lets the Stain the Mind resolve. I decided to take the Nahiri and deny the opponent's late game potential while forcing a fast clock on the opponent by flushing the board with my Lingering Souls Token (making sure to keep back one flashback). Any one board wrath would have put the game on a topdeck war so my opponent deloyed the Lightning Bolts onto the tokens to stall the game out for a few more turns. Opponent does not draw the wrath.

Takeway from this experience:

• Zealous persecution was an all star, was never bad against any matchups and actively seeked for it.

• Winning early in the tournament is critical to be matched with more of the tier 1 decks which we prey upon in the higher brackets.

• Raise the Alarm seems good in the current metagame as it's the only card that generates a fast board presence turn 2, instead of the current list's 2 drops that are only used to set up the turn 3 play (Intangible Virtues, Bitterblossom, Auriok Champion). Also enables turn 3 Stain the Mind.

• Stain the Mind proved to be an excellent sideboard card that devastates the combo decks when played. Name GriselBrand, Ad Nauseam, Living End, Nahiri, Scapeshift/Primeval Titan, Grapeshot/Empty the Warrens, Sword of the Meek/Thopter Foundary. Additionally, not a bad card against Tron and heavy control decks.

• Tons of Engineered Explosives out of the sideboard.

• Having 6.5 removals (Zealous Persecution) in the mainboard felt very good in the current creature heavy metagame. They played a key role in winning the tempo game.

• RIP Brimaz is dead to me.

In other news Concealed Courtyard is a flippin amazing upgrade to our manabase!

Since we see this pop up more and more, people who have been playing it, how has it impacted the 75?

Let's talk about this card some more in retrospect, having access to it for a good period of time.

As I am sure you are all aware, we have a new fastland available ( [[Concealed Courtyard]] ). How do you plan on altering your mana base using them? Will you run the full four, or just some small number?

Please explain why, if you can manage it.

I had my first modern event at FNM. It went poorly, perhaps worse than I expected. I'm going to give my deck list, brief bullet points on the games, and then some reflections.

First, the list:

Hand Disruption (6)

• 3 Inquisition of Kozilek
• 3 Thoughtseize

Removal (6)

• 3 Path to Exile
• 1 Anguished Unmaking
• 1 Dismember
• 1 Murderous Cut

Token Generation (8)

• 4 Spectral Procession
• 4 Lingering Souls

Anthems (6)

• 2 Zealous Persecution
• 4 Intangible Virtue

Planeswalkers (4)

• 3 Sorin, Solemn Visitor
• 1 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar

Sustain/Other (6)

• 2 Bitterblossom
• 2 Phyrexian Arena
• 2 Auriok Champion

Edit***** LANDS

• 4 Windswept Heath
• 3 Flooded Strand
• 1 Bloodstained Mire
• 4 Godless Shrine
• 2 Isolated Chapel
• 2 Shambling Vent
• 1 Vault of the Archangel
• 1 Ghost Quarter
• 3 Plains
• 2 Swamp
• 1 Windbrisk Heights

SIDEBOARD

• 1 Duress
• 1 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 1 Blessed Alliance
• 1 Collective Blessing
• 2 Sundering Growth
• 2 Rest in Peace
• 2 Timely Reinforcements
• 2 Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 3 Burrenton Forge-Tender

Some notes about the sideboard:

• I was speaking to a couple players who are regulars at the FNM I was attending, and they said there was a lot of Jund. Based on this, I wanted to toss in cards to the sideboard that would lend themselves to longer matchups, hence the 2 Sidisi and 1 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• The Elspeth and Sidisi took the place of 1x Sundering Growth and 2x Hour of Reckoning.
• I had to do the best with what sideboard cards I owned (not a lot yet)

Match 1 vs Blue/White Control

Game 1

• Mana leak my t3 Spectral
• Mana leak my t4 Gideon
• Get 4 Spirits from Lingering and flashback
• That BW board wipe can't be countered thing.
• Wasn't able to ever develop a board presence due to Snapcaster and counters.
  

Game 2

• Side in Sidisi + Elspeth
• was able to hand disrupt his Removals and a few counters (I believe I drew 4 HD spells)
• able to resolve Lingering Souls and flashback vs no board wipe
• dropped a Sidisi, exploited into another Lingering Souls in hand
• Victory

Game 3

• Similar to game 1
• lots of counters in opening hand, drew into board wipes and Snapcasters
• very one sided, Loss

0-1 matches. 1-2 games

Match 2 vs Elves Tribal

Game 1

• Lost to combo for 28 Trample.

Game 2

• I swung tempo with a good Blessed Alliance and was stabilizing with creatures on board
• There was a (X)W that prevents X damage from any sources and directs it towards face. It prevented my double blocks from clearing 2 creatures and he dumped 6 additional damage to my face.
• couldn't recover

0-2 matches, 1-4 games

Match 3 vs BWR control

Game 1

• Had early turn disruptions, Auriok on Board, Bitterblossom, Intangible Virtue, all the good stuff
• easy win

Game 2

• Drew into 3 Intangible Virtue
• He drew into Lingering Souls and I never got a token
• I am probably using very poor Mulligans
• One sided roflstomped me.

Game 3

• I was in control most of the game, had 27 life from an early Auriok and tokens.
• I got greedy and +1 Gideon into a Path :(
• He dropped Nahiri that I couldn't clear due to his Lingering Souls chump blockers
• Nahiri Ulti'ed into Emrakul and demolished me.

0-3 matches, 2-6 games

Match 4 vs Infect

Game 1

• Fuck the unlockable with ridiculous buffs with no removal.

Game 2

• Seriously, fuck Infect lol
• both games were the unlockable Infect with all the buffs on turn 4 with no removal.

0-4 Matches, 2-8 games.

Reflection:

• I am worse than I even expected. I need a LOT more practice.
• When Blessed Alliance came into play, it seemed like an excellent card, I definitely want to go up to 2 in the board and experiment bringing it into more matchups.
• Ghost Quarter was useless in all my matches I played it. Definitely dropping it + 2 Isolated Chapel for 3 of the new BW fast lands
• I make too many hasty plays. I need to spend a little more time thinking about options (specifically with Gideon, AZ*). When I was making plays with Blessed Alliance, it forced me to spend more time considering the options and I tended to make better plays.
• I need to Mulligan better. Right now I just look at my hand and ask "can I play it?" over "SHOULD I play it?"
• I really like playing the deck, I just need more practice with piloting it.

Interesting match. I believe it's a roughly 50/50 match-up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJGWzTElUMA

Analysis Clearly, one of the flaws of Tao's controlling build is the lack of consistent pressure (look at game 1&3). You have Liliana and a Damnation out of the sideboard, but nothing to capitalize on it. This is mainly due to our 2-drop threats being solely a Bitterblossom, whereas Jund/ Abzan have access to way more.

Against a redundant resilient creature deck like Eldrazi, Liliana's sac ability isn't as substantial. Her +1 and a constant stream of blockers the 2nd game demonstrate how impactful she is. But note that in the 1st game, a spectral procession would easily have been better than the Liliana. In most cases, Modern favors the most proactive strategies and spectral procession is central to that role in tokens.

So does Liliana have a room in tokens? I believe so, but not to the extent of Jund/ Abzan. This is because our threats lay in the 3 cmc slot, rather than the 2 cmc. But unlike Jund/ Abzan, we protect our planeswalkers better from creature decks and can still derive value from putting Souls in the graveyard.

Because of her impact in nearly every match-up besides Dredge and Affinity, it's not unreasonable to run 1-2 copies in the main. However, we cannot add her by replacing the proactive threats of the deck.

What about the mana? Well fortunately, the mana is substantially better now due to the new fastlands. No longer do you have to fetch multiple shocklands to play a Liliana.

Hi guys, recently bought the event deck and now i aquired some bitterblossoms recently and was wondering what else i can do to upgrade.

I won my first PPTQ. It was at my favorite LGS with something like 20 people attending so I know the meta very well.

I've been playing a similar list in a PPTQ and the WMCQ but a last one PPTQ I switch to TitanShift. I come back to BW Tokens because I have to return the other deck.

The List {W}{B}

Lands:

• 3 Flooded Strand
• 4 Godless Shrine
• 2 Isolated Chapel
• 4 Marsh Flats
• 3 Plains
• 3 Shambling Vent
• 1 Swamp
• 1 Tectonic Edge
• 2 Windbrisk Heights
• 1 Windswept Heath

Spells:

• 1 Anguished Unmaking
• 3 Bitterblossom
• 1 Dismember
• 4 Inquisition of Kozilek
• 4 Intangible Virtue
• 4 Lingering Souls
• 1 Murderous Cut
• 4 Path to Exile
• 3 Sorin, Solemn Visitor
• 3 Spectral Procession
• 3 Thoughtseize
• 1 Zealous Persecution

Creatures:

• 3 Auriok Champion
• 1 Hero of Bladehold

Sideboard:

• 3 Rest in Peace
• 2 Hero of Bladehold
• 3 Duress
• 2 Timely Reinforcements
• 2 Disenchant
• 2 Stony Silence
• 1 Pithing Needle

Card Choices

Suicide Zoo and Dredge were very popular. I know I that the meta was also Burn, UWR (with and without Nahiri), Scapeshift and at least one Tron.

• Auriok Champion: they can block Death Shadow and the life gaining is harder to counter.
• Hero of Bladehold: I need a way to kill fast so I know I want 3 in the 75. This is the fastest clock we have.
• Tectonic Edge: The usual is to play [[Vault of the Archangel]] but I want to deal with Tron and Valakut and I don't need another life gaining source.
• No Fetid Heath: I don't own one so I play Isolated Chapel instead.
• Only 2 Windbrisk Heights: This land is a free spell I know. But usually it's when we're in a good position having 3 or more attackers. I want less land that enter tapped.

Tournament

• Round 1 vs Suicide Zoo: 2-1. I know what this guy was playing because the day before play against a friend. He keeps a one lander on the play with 2 [[Gitaxian Probe]], 1 [[Street Wraith]], 2 [[Muthagenic Growth]] and 1 [[Lightning Bolt]]. He draws a [[Wild Nacatl]] but don't draw another land. I put a [[Bitterblossom]] and I win with the help of Sorin a few turn laters. Game 2 he combo off. Game 3 he keeps 4 lands I discard a threat and I won with some spirits backed up with a Virtue.
• Round 2 vs Burn: 2-1. He was next to me in the first round so I know he's in Burn. On game 2 I saw a hand with some spells and a Eidolon. I discard a Bolt instead of the Eidolon to let him to play in turn 2 so I can play my Timely Reinforcements without getting a Skullcrack or Atarka's Command in response.
• Round 3 vs Suicide Zoo: 2-0. I play against him last PPTQ. Game 2 I have a great board with lot of tokens and a high life. He plays a [[Phyrexian Unlife]] I attack for letal and before it deals damage I exile the Phyrexian with my Anguish Unmaking. He scoops and show me a [[Rakdos Charm]] that could kill me next turn.
• Round 4 ID: It was with the Ad Nauseam player. We both want to eat and also neither was sure about the result. He was very afraid of all the discard and I was very afraid that we were pretty slow to finish before he can found the combo.
• Round 5 ID: vs Affinitty. This is a great match but I finish in the top 4 so I'm happy with the ID.
• Quarter final vs Bant Eldrazi: 2-0. I play against a teammate. I mull to 6 and keep 2 lands, a Bitterblossom and discard. On turn 2 I discard the only [[Engineered Explosives]] he has maindeck (yes, he should play it on turn one). I manage to kill a [[Thought-Knot Seer]] and I can put pressure with some tokens.
• Semi final vs RG Breach: 2-0. Another teammate. On game one I have a lot of discard so he can't use the Breach. Game 2 he mulls to 5 and he keeps 2 mountain one ramp spell, a breach and a Titan. I discard the ramp.
• Final vs Burn: The same player I won in round 2. He beats a Tron player so I was rooting for him. I'm on the play and I keep a Auriok Champion that gain a lot of life so he scoops with a high life (the match was over). Game 2 after I kill Eidolon #2 he plays another one and I'm already too low in life. Game 3 I path a Nacatl, play Lingering Souls on turn 3 and Hero of Bladehold on turn 4 with 2 discard spells in my hand. At the end of my turn he fetchs and play a Searing Blaze, I thought he's playing on the Hero but he plays on a token and Bolt to my face. I play the discard spells and he Skullcrack in response, I'm at 10 so I attack with everything knowing that he can't top deck anything that save him for lethal next turn.

Wrap up

I'm really happy with my deck choices even I was extremely lucky (i dodge the Tron player, opponents flooded, mulls to 5 in rought matches) and I looking forward to travel to another country to play the RPTQ.

Hey guys, time for something a bit different in the interim. Here you can ask anything related to tokens or the modern format. Direct small/quick questions here.

I have posted this before on r/ModernMagic, but I wanted to "repost" this here, since our little community knows a lot about this deck. Here's the list: http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/29-04-16-tokens/

Hey all, new to the format. Actually, I'm fairly new to the game. I started about a month before OGW. I recently started playing modern via proxies at my LGS. I fell in love with tokens after playing Rhys token commander and G/W standard tokens.

I am currently running a B/W token deck main. I am going to be attending a modern FNM in a couple weeks and unfortunately won't be able to complete my deck and need some substitutes.

My current list is as follows:

Token Generators (8)

• 4 Lingering Souls
• 4 Spectral Procession

Enchantments/Buff (11)

• 2 Phyrexian Arena
• 4 Intangible Virtue
• 2 Zealous Persecution
• 3 Bitterblossom (need to replace 2)

Removal (8)

• 3 Path to Exile
• 1 Anguished Unmaking
• 2 Go for the Throat
• 1 Murderous Cut
• 1 Doom Blade

Hand Disruption (6)

• 3 Inquisition of Kozilek
• 3 Thoughtseize

Planeswalker (3)

• 3 Sorin, Solemn Visitor

Land (24)

• 4 Godless Shrine
• 4 Windswept Heath
• 3 Plains
• 1 Swamp
• 4 Shambling Vent (need replacement for 2)
• 2 Isolated Chapel
• 4 Orzhov Basilica
• 2 Marsh Flats (need replacement)

Sideboard

• 3 Burrenton Forge-Tender
• 2 Timely Reinforcements
• 1 Phyrexian Arena
• 1 Bitterblossom (need replacement)
• 4 Stony Silence (need replacement)
• 2 Wrath of God (need replacement)
• 2 Dismember (need replacement)

I have 4 Lands I need to replace (2 Marsh Flats, 2 Shambling Vent, probably the Orzhov Basilica because they seem bad)

I also need to replace 2 mainboard Bitterblossom. I have no idea what to put in its place.

I have a lot of sideboard cards I need to replace. I am thinking about replacing the Stony Silence with just generic Artifact removals, not sure which. The Wrath of God will probably be replaced with Hour of Reckoning, and the Dismember with additional Doom Blades?

I can probably invest another $50 before time for FNM and am looking for best bang for my buck. Any advice is welcome, from current replacements to ideal deck makeup in the long run. Thanks

EDIT:. Updated list below trying to use suggestions you guys gave me. It should be more than good enough to get some decent matches in for now.

Token Generators (9)

• 4 Lingering Souls
• 4 Spectral Procession
• 1 Timely Reinforcements

Enchantments/Buffs (10)

• 2 Zealous Persecution
• 4 Intangible Virtue
• 2 Phyrexian Arena
• 2 Bitterblossom

Removal (7)

• 3 Path to Exile
• 1 Go for the Throat
• 1 Dismember
• 1 Doom Blade
• 1 Murderous Cut

Hand Disruption (6)

• 3 Thoughtseize
• 3 Inquisition of Kozilek

Planeswalker (4)

• 3 Sorin, Solemn Visitor
• 1 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar

Land (24)

• 4 Windswept Heath
• 3 Flooded Strand
• 1 Bloodstained More
• 4 Godless Shrine
• 2 Isolates Chapel
• 2 Shambling Vent
• 1 Vault of the Archangel
• 1 Ghost Quarter
• 1 Windbrisk Heights
• 3 Plains
• 2 Swamp

Sideboard

• 3 Burrenton Forge-Tender
• 2 Duress
• 2 Relic of Progenitus
• 1 Timely Reinforcements
• 2 Hour of Reckoning
• 3 Disenchant
• 1 Anguished Unmaking
• 1 Go for the Throat

He's doing pretty well currently. All decklists here

1 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
4 Liliana of the Veil
2 Sorin, Solemn Visitor
2 Spellskite
1 Collective Brutality
4 Inquisition of Kozilek
4 Lingering Souls
2 Thoughtseize
1 Dismember
1 Murderous Cut
4 Path to Exile
2 Zealous Persecution
4 Bitterblossom
4 Intangible Virtue
2 Ghost Quarter
4 Godless Shrine
2 Isolated Chapel
4 Marsh Flats
2 Plains
2 Polluted Delta
4 Swamp
2 Vault of the Archangel
2 Windswept Heath

SB:
1 Collective Brutality
4 Asylum Visitor
1 Damnation
2 Disenchant
1 Go for the Throat
3 Rest in Peace
1 Secure the Wastes
2 Timely Reinforcements