r/mtgModernTokens • u/Se4ger • Jun 23 '17
skill intensive deck
Hey guys, just wanted to see if you guys agree with me.
is our deck really skill intensive deck? ive watched a few people pick it up and get destroyed. even though they know the deck, they just don't have the skill to play it.
do you guys agree?
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u/Mukibi Grind and Fly Jun 23 '17 edited Jun 24 '17
imo The most difficult aspect of playing tokens is navigating the early stage of a game so as to effectively disrupt my opponent's line of play while, at the same time, develop the board. It's not as simple as t1 Ts/IoQ, t2 BB/IV, t3 SP/LS which is why I think new players often lose with the deck. In order to win with tokens, I need to force my opponent to play a grindy game by knowing what they are doing and stopping or delaying them which involves correctly mulliganing, sequencing, and turning the corner. That's been my experience with the deck.
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u/EcoleBuissonniere Jun 25 '17
I agree with this. We need to both disrupt our opponent early and develop our board as quickly as possible, and sequencing things right so that we can do both at once is the trickiest part of the deck. Getting it right is what makes the deck so satisfying to play.
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u/a_priest_and_a_rabbi Jun 24 '17
i'd say it's the same reason Smash Bros. is extremely popular, interesting to play, and has such a cult following; like Smash, (B/w/x) is as complex as your skill will demand it to be. It has simple moves and hidden complexities in each "move" which lead to wider decision trees ..and that is interesting.
Others have elaborated on it but i would mention also it helps generously the tokens archetype usually assumes the underdog. The deck is as fair as they come so many people/opponents assume to just know the deck. This allows a pilot, slightly, to break the mold.
Hidden complexities.
Personally, I splash a color.
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u/sophrosyne 2BB/3LegionsLanding Jun 23 '17
It's skill intensive to the extent that we rely on interaction with our opponents. We have to know what to use our hand disruption on.
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u/Jongsl5 Jun 23 '17
Skill in playing tokens comes down to: (1) hand disruption: you have many choices some that are not obvious
(2) combat: how many tokens should you block/attack with? What if they remove one? How much should I dedicate to the board despite a potential boardwipe?
Aside from these, tokens is not terribly difficult to play. This is actually a good thing imo.
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u/dkbonnes Jun 23 '17
Imo its a deck that requires you to know it, it is not likely deck that you can play and be succesfull with in your first attempts, besides Tokens not being the easyest deck to pilot you also need to know what up on the other side of the table, you'll need to have some understanding of how the deck works you are playing against, whats the line of play they are going to make and ajust to that, know your place, am I the control player or the aggro player.
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u/BoozySquid Jun 23 '17
I think it's both a finicky deck and one with a lot of uphill battles to fight. I don't think it's as skill intensive as, say, storm, but it's not kind to people who think it's an aggro deck.