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Iroas, God of Tokens
Deck Size: 100
Commander / EDH
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Est deck cost: $482.58
Salt Sum: 31.17
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Commander

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Iroas, God of Victory

Indestructible As long as your devotion to red and white is less than seven, Iroas isn't a creature. Creatures you control have menace. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to attacking creatures you control.

Creature Enchantment
Iroas, God of Victory (jou) 150
1

Artifact

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Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact
Arcane Signet (eld) 331
1
Beamtown Beatstick

Equipped creature gets +1/+0 and has menace. (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.) Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player or battle, create a Treasure token. Equip {2} ({2}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Beamtown Beatstick (mom) 131
1
Diamond Pick-Axe

Indestructible (Effects that say "destroy" don't destroy this artifact.) Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has "Whenever this creature attacks, create a Treasure token." (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.") Equip {2}

Artifact
Diamond Pick-Axe (lci) 143
1
Halo Fountain

{W}, {T}, Untap a tapped creature you control: Create a 1/1 green and white Citizen creature token. {W}{W}, {T}, Untap two tapped creatures you control: Draw a card. {W}{W}{W}{W}{W}, {T}, Untap fifteen tapped creatures you control: You win the game.

Artifact
Halo Fountain (snc) 15
1
Idol of Oblivion

{T}: Draw a card. Activate only if you created a token this turn. {8}, {T}, Sacrifice Idol of Oblivion: Create a 10/10 colorless Eldrazi creature token.

Artifact
Idol of Oblivion (ncc) 368
1
Skullclamp

Equipped creature gets +1/-1. Whenever equipped creature dies, draw two cards. Equip {1}

Artifact
Skullclamp (c17) 222
1
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (c19) 221
1
Talisman of Conviction

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {R} or {W}. Talisman of Conviction deals 1 damage to you.

Artifact
Talisman of Conviction (mh1) 230
1
Wayfarer's Bauble

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice Wayfarer's Bauble: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Artifact
Wayfarer's Bauble (mm2) 234
1

Creature

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Aurelia, the Law Above

Flying, vigilance, haste Whenever a player attacks with three or more creatures, you draw a card. Whenever a player attacks with five or more creatures, Aurelia, the Law Above deals 3 damage to each of your opponents and you gain 3 life.

Creature
Aurelia, the Law Above (mkm) 188
1
Bennie Bracks, Zoologist

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.) At the beginning of each end step, if you created a token this turn, draw a card.

Creature
Bennie Bracks, Zoologist (ncc) 86
1
Captain Lannery Storm

Haste Whenever Captain Lannery Storm attacks, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.") Whenever you sacrifice a Treasure, Captain Lannery Storm gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

Creature
Captain Lannery Storm (xln) 136
1
Elesh Norn

Creature
Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings (mom) 12Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings (mom) 12
1
Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite

Vigilance Other creatures you control get +2/+2. Creatures your opponents control get -2/-2.

Creature
Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite (mul) 3
1
Goblin Rabblemaster

Other Goblin creatures you control attack each combat if able. At the beginning of combat on your turn, create a 1/1 red Goblin creature token with haste. Whenever Goblin Rabblemaster attacks, it gets +1/+0 until end of turn for each other attacking Goblin.

Creature
Goblin Rabblemaster (ddt) 46
1
Grenzo, Havoc Raiser

Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, choose one — • Goad target creature that player controls. • Exile the top card of that player's library. Until end of turn, you may cast that card and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast that spell.

Creature
Grenzo, Havoc Raiser (cn2) 54
1
Hanweir Garrison

Whenever Hanweir Garrison attacks, create two 1/1 red Human creature tokens that are tapped and attacking. (Melds with Hanweir Battlements.)

Creature
Hanweir Garrison (emn) 130a
1
Legion Warboss

Mentor (Whenever this creature attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on target attacking creature with lesser power.) At the beginning of combat on your turn, create a 1/1 red Goblin creature token. That token gains haste until end of turn and attacks this combat if able.

Creature
Legion Warboss (grn) 109
1
Mirror Entity

Changeling (This card is every creature type.) {X}: Until end of turn, creatures you control have base power and toughness X/X and gain all creature types.

Creature
Mirror Entity (cma) 16
1
Neyali, Suns' Vanguard

Attacking tokens you control have double strike. Whenever one or more tokens you control attack a player, exile the top card of your library. During any turn you attacked with a token, you may play that card.

Creature
Neyali, Suns' Vanguard (onc) 2
1
Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation

Creature
Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization (lci) 314Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization (lci) 314
1
Professional Face-Breaker

Menace Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token. Sacrifice a Treasure: Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn.

Creature
Professional Face-Breaker (snc) 116
1
Purphoros, God of the Forge

Indestructible As long as your devotion to red is less than five, Purphoros isn't a creature. Whenever another creature enters the battlefield under your control, Purphoros deals 2 damage to each opponent. {2}{R}: Creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn.

Creature Enchantment
Purphoros, God of the Forge (ths) 135
1
Rose Room Treasurer

Alliance — Whenever another creature enters the battlefield under your control, create a Treasure token if this is the first or second time this ability has resolved this turn. Otherwise, you may pay {X}. When you do, Rose Room Treasurer deals X damage to any target.

Creature
Rose Room Treasurer (ncc) 51
1
Rumor Gatherer

Alliance — Whenever another creature enters the battlefield under your control, scry 1. If this is the second time this ability has resolved this turn, draw a card instead.

Creature
Rumor Gatherer (clb) 705
1

Enchantment

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Anointed Procession

If an effect would create one or more tokens under your control, it creates twice that many of those tokens instead.

Enchantment
Anointed Procession (akh) 2
1
Assemble the Legion

At the beginning of your upkeep, put a muster counter on Assemble the Legion. Then create a 1/1 red and white Soldier creature token with haste for each muster counter on Assemble the Legion.

Enchantment
Assemble the Legion (ncc) 327
1
City on Fire

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color.) If a source you control would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals triple that damage instead.

Enchantment
City on Fire (mom) 135
1
Court of Grace

When Court of Grace enters the battlefield, you become the monarch. At the beginning of your upkeep, create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying. If you're the monarch, create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying instead.

Enchantment
Court of Grace (cmr) 16
1
Curse of Opulence

Enchant player Whenever enchanted player is attacked, create a Gold token. Each opponent attacking that player does the same. (A Gold token is an artifact with "Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Enchantment
Curse of Opulence (plst) C17-24
1
Divine Visitation

If one or more creature tokens would be created under your control, that many 4/4 white Angel creature tokens with flying and vigilance are created instead.

Enchantment
Divine Visitation (grn) 10
1
Felidar Retreat

Landfall — Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, choose one — • Create a 2/2 white Cat Beast creature token. • Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control. Those creatures gain vigilance until end of turn.

Enchantment
Felidar Retreat (znr) 292
1
Goblin Bombardment

Sacrifice a creature: Goblin Bombardment deals 1 damage to any target.

Enchantment
Goblin Bombardment (ddn) 24
1
Impact Tremors

Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, Impact Tremors deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Enchantment
Impact Tremors (dtk) 140
1
Intangible Virtue

Creature tokens you control get +1/+1 and have vigilance.

Enchantment
Intangible Virtue (c19) 67
1
Outlaws' Merriment

At the beginning of your upkeep, choose one at random. Create a red and white creature token with those characteristics. • 3/1 Human Warrior with trample and haste. • 2/1 Human Cleric with lifelink and haste. • 1/2 Human Rogue with haste and "When this creature enters the battlefield, it deals 1 damage to any target."

Enchantment
Outlaws' Merriment (plst) ELD-198
1
Prosperous Partnership

When Prosperous Partnership enters the battlefield, create two 1/1 green and white Citizen creature tokens. Tap three untapped creatures you control: Create a Treasure token.

Enchantment
Prosperous Partnership (ncc) 78
1
Rabble Rousing

Hideaway 5 (When this enchantment enters the battlefield, look at the top five cards of your library, exile one face down, then put the rest on the bottom in a random order.) Whenever you attack with one or more creatures, create that many 1/1 green and white Citizen creature tokens. Then if you control ten or more creatures, you may play the exiled card without paying its mana cost.

Enchantment
Rabble Rousing (snc) 24
1
Roar of Resistance

Creature tokens you control have haste. Whenever one or more creatures attack, you may pay {1}{R}. If you do, creatures attacking your opponents and/or planeswalkers they control get +2/+0 until end of turn.

Enchantment
Roar of Resistance (onc) 15
1
Shared Animosity

Whenever a creature you control attacks, it gets +1/+0 until end of turn for each other attacking creature that shares a creature type with it.

Enchantment
Shared Animosity (c20) 158
1
Tocasia's Welcome

Whenever one or more creatures with mana value 3 or less enter the battlefield under your control, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.

Enchantment
Tocasia's Welcome (bro) 30
1
Warleader's Call

Creatures you control get +1/+1. Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, Warleader's Call deals 1 damage to each opponent.

Enchantment
Warleader's Call (mkm) 242
1
Wedding Announcement

Enchantment
Wedding Announcement // Wedding Festivity (vow) 45Wedding Announcement // Wedding Festivity (vow) 45
1

Instant

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Boros Charm

Choose one — • Boros Charm deals 4 damage to target player or planeswalker. • Permanents you control gain indestructible until end of turn. • Target creature gains double strike until end of turn.

Instant
Boros Charm (onc) 116
1
Call the Coppercoats

Strive — This spell costs {1}{W} more to cast for each target beyond the first. Choose any number of target opponents. Create X 1/1 white Human Soldier creature tokens, where X is the number of creatures those opponents control.

Instant
Call the Coppercoats (ncc) 195
1
Chaos Warp

The owner of target permanent shuffles it into their library, then reveals the top card of their library. If it's a permanent card, they put it onto the battlefield.

Instant
Chaos Warp (sta) 36
1
Generous Gift

Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Elephant creature token.

Instant
Generous Gift (mh1) 11
1
Grand Crescendo

Create X 1/1 green and white Citizen creature tokens. Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn.

Instant
Grand Crescendo (ncc) 16
1
Secure the Wastes

Create X 1/1 white Warrior creature tokens.

Instant
Secure the Wastes (dtk) 36
1
Swords to Plowshares

Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.

Instant
Swords to Plowshares (ncc) 211
1
Wear

Instant
Wear // Tear (plst) DGM-135
1

Land

Quantity: 37Price: $128.99
Arch of Orazca

Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.) {T}: Add {C}. {5}, {T}: Draw a card. Activate only if you have the city's blessing.

Land
Arch of Orazca (plst) RIX-185
1
Battlefield Forge

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {R} or {W}. Battlefield Forge deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Battlefield Forge (ori) 244
1
Castle Ardenvale

Castle Ardenvale enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a Plains. {T}: Add {W}. {2}{W}{W}, {T}: Create a 1/1 white Human creature token.

Land
Castle Ardenvale (ncc) 391
1
Clifftop Retreat

Clifftop Retreat enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a Mountain or a Plains. {T}: Add {R} or {W}.

Land
Clifftop Retreat (pdom) 239p
1
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (eld) 333
1
Geier Reach Sanitarium

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Each player draws a card, then discards a card.

Land
Geier Reach Sanitarium (c19) 246
1
Hall of Heliod's Generosity

{T}: Add {C}. {1}{W}, {T}: Put target enchantment card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Land
Hall of Heliod's Generosity (mh1) 241
1
Hanweir Battlements

{T}: Add {C}. {R}, {T}: Target creature gains haste until end of turn. {3}{R}{R}, {T}: If you both own and control Hanweir Battlements and a creature named Hanweir Garrison, exile them, then meld them into Hanweir, the Writhing Township.

Land
Hanweir Battlements (emn) 204
1
Kher Keep

{T}: Add {C}. {1}{R}, {T}: Create a 0/1 red Kobold creature token named Kobolds of Kher Keep.

Land
Kher Keep (clb) 899
1
Kjeldoran Outpost

If Kjeldoran Outpost would enter the battlefield, sacrifice a Plains instead. If you do, put Kjeldoran Outpost onto the battlefield. If you don't, put it into its owner's graveyard. {T}: Add {W}. {1}{W}, {T}: Create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token.

Land
Kjeldoran Outpost (all) 139
1
Lotus Field

Hexproof Lotus Field enters the battlefield tapped. When Lotus Field enters the battlefield, sacrifice two lands. {T}: Add three mana of any one color.

Land
Lotus Field (m20) 249
1
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Each player draws a card.

Land
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea (c21) 302
1
Mountain

({T}: Add {R}.)

Land
Mountain (gk1) 101
8
Myriad Landscape

Myriad Landscape enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice Myriad Landscape: Search your library for up to two basic land cards that share a land type, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Land
Myriad Landscape (clb) 904
1
Plains

({T}: Add {W}.)

Land
Plains (gk1) 100
8
Rugged Prairie

{T}: Add {C}. {R/W}, {T}: Add {R}{R}, {R}{W}, or {W}{W}.

Land
Rugged Prairie (a25) 247
1
Sacred Foundry

({T}: Add {R} or {W}.) As Sacred Foundry enters the battlefield, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters the battlefield tapped.

Land
Sacred Foundry (gtc) 245
1
Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance

{T}: Add {R}. Channel — {3}{R}, Discard Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance: Create two 1/1 colorless Spirit creature tokens. They gain haste until end of turn. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

Land
Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance (neo) 276
1
Spectator Seating

Spectator Seating enters the battlefield tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {R} or {W}.

Land
Spectator Seating (cmr) 356
1
Sunbaked Canyon

{T}, Pay 1 life: Add {R} or {W}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice Sunbaked Canyon: Draw a card.

Land
Sunbaked Canyon (mh1) 247
1
Sundown Pass

Sundown Pass enters the battlefield tapped unless you control two or more other lands. {T}: Add {R} or {W}.

Land
Sundown Pass (vow) 266
1
Temple of Triumph

Temple of Triumph enters the battlefield tapped. When Temple of Triumph enters the battlefield, scry 1. {T}: Add {R} or {W}.

Land
Temple of Triumph (who) 1121
1
Windbrisk Heights

Hideaway 4 (When this land enters the battlefield, look at the top four cards of your library, exile one face down, then put the rest on the bottom in a random order.) Windbrisk Heights enters the battlefield tapped. {T}: Add {W}. {W}, {T}: You may play the exiled card without paying its mana cost if you attacked with three or more creatures this turn.

Land
Windbrisk Heights (c16) 336
1

Planeswalker

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Chandra, Torch of Defiance

+1: Exile the top card of your library. You may cast that card. If you don't, Chandra, Torch of Defiance deals 2 damage to each opponent. +1: Add {R}{R}. −3: Chandra, Torch of Defiance deals 4 damage to target creature. −7: You get an emblem with "Whenever you cast a spell, this emblem deals 5 damage to any target."

Planeswalker
Chandra, Torch of Defiance (ss3) 1
1
Elspeth, Sun's Champion

+1: Create three 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens. −3: Destroy all creatures with power 4 or greater. −7: You get an emblem with "Creatures you control get +2/+2 and have flying."

Planeswalker
Elspeth, Sun's Champion (ddo) 1
1
Ugin, the Ineffable

Colorless spells you cast cost {2} less to cast. +1: Exile the top card of your library face down and look at it. Create a 2/2 colorless Spirit creature token. When that token leaves the battlefield, put the exiled card into your hand. −3: Destroy target permanent that's one or more colors.

Planeswalker
Ugin, the Ineffable (war) 2
1

Sorcery

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Austere Command

Choose two — • Destroy all artifacts. • Destroy all enchantments. • Destroy all creatures with mana value 3 or less. • Destroy all creatures with mana value 4 or greater.

Sorcery
Austere Command (2xm) 7
1
Burn Down the House

Choose one — • Burn Down the House deals 5 damage to each creature and each planeswalker. • Create three 1/1 red Devil creature tokens with "When this creature dies, it deals 1 damage to any target." They gain haste until end of turn.

Sorcery
Burn Down the House (mid) 131
1
Dusk

Sorcery
Dusk // Dawn (c19) 63
1
Mana Geyser

Add {R} for each tapped land your opponents control.

Sorcery
Mana Geyser (scd) 151
1
Martial Coup

Create X 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens. If X is 5 or more, destroy all other creatures.

Sorcery
Martial Coup (c18) 69
1
Tempt with Vengeance

Tempting offer — Create X 1/1 red Elemental creature tokens with haste. Each opponent may create X 1/1 red Elemental creature tokens with haste. For each opponent who does, create X 1/1 red Elemental creature tokens with haste.

Sorcery
Tempt with Vengeance (c13) 125
1
White Sun's Twilight

You gain X life. Create X 1/1 colorless Phyrexian Mite artifact creature tokens with toxic 1 and "This creature can't block." If X is 5 or more, destroy all other creatures. (Players dealt combat damage by a creature with toxic 1 also get a poison counter.)

Sorcery
White Sun's Twilight (one) 38
1
Winds of Abandon

Exile target creature you don't control. For each creature exiled this way, its controller searches their library for a basic land card. Those players put those cards onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Overload {4}{W}{W} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

Sorcery
Winds of Abandon (plst) MH1-37
1

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Description

{"ops":[{"insert":{"card-link":"Iroas, God of Victory"}},{"insert":". God of Tokens. God of Opera (\"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!\"). This build isn't very concerned about turning Iroas into a creature; in fact, I actively try to avoid that, to make Iroas less of a target for exile effects. Instead, I'm trying to flood the board. This deck has proven surprisingly resiliant. The premise is simple -- make tokens, attack. But in Commander it is rarely that clear cut, so Iroas has a few methods going on.\n\nCategories"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The various categories split the various cards up by the function they provide to the deck."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Anthem"},{"insert":": These cards can add directly to the damage the generally small creatures in the deck can output. This is usually by increasing the creature's power in some fashion, but also includes damage multipliers like Double Strike and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"City on Fire"}},{"insert":"'s damage tripling."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Card Advantage"},{"insert":": Card Advantage isn't just drawing cards -- it's also playing cards for free (like the Hideaway effects), graveyard recusion, and The Monarch."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Direct Damage"},{"insert":": These effects do damage directly to opponents. Since this is Commander, life totals are high, so it's not usually a priority. That said, some effects that do damage to multple opponents at once can be key to wearing out life totals for boards I might not be able to attack directly."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Protection"},{"insert":": These effects protect my creatures in some fashion, mostly to counter board wipes and to protect creatures going into combat."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Ramp"},{"insert":": These effects are staples in any Commander deck. They increase the amount of mana you have availible on a given turn. All the Treaure Token makers are in this category, though I have them called out specifically later on."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Removal - Board Wipe"},{"insert":": These are various mass removal effects. Most are intended to clear a path for my army, and so are one-sided, but there are a few \"break in case of emergency\" wipes."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Removal - Single Target"},{"insert":": sometimes, you just have to remove a problem directly. These effects can be pointed at specific issues to make them go away."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Token Maker"},{"insert":": This catagory is specifically for the effects that make creature tokens, which is the core stategy of the deck. It's the thing that makes the deck go."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Treasure Maker"},{"insert":": This catagory is specific for Treasure Tokens (and Gold Tokens from Curse of Opulance), because some things that effect Tokens specify creature tokens and it's an important distinction in this deck."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"attributes":{"bold":true},"insert":"Utility"},{"insert":": This is a catch-all for useful effects that don't fit anywhere else. It mostly deals with granting keywords to creatures that don't directly affect their damage output (such as evasive abilities like Menace, defensive abilities like Vigilance, or a generally useful ability like Haste or Lifelink), Token Doubling effects, and so on. It also includes things I couldn't think to put elsewhere."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nNotes"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Iroas himself is key to the deck -- with him out, you can attack pretty much freely and assume you won't lose creatures, though keeping crackback in mind is definitely a focus. The Menace he provides also helps immensely, even against other token-based decks."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Hall of Heliod's Generosity"}},{"insert":" is here because this deck is focused a bit more on enchantments than creatures to produce a steady flow of tokens, which keeps this deck chruning even through wipes."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Kher Keep"}},{"insert":", "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Kjeldoran Outpost"}},{"insert":", and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Castle Ardenvale"}},{"insert":" are also very good at getting you back up and running after a wipe, while also growing your forces over time. I tend to consider Kjeldoran Outpost as a spell rather than a land when making mulligan decisions, since it requires you to sacrifice a plains (and the Oracle text makes that sacrifice a replacement effect instead of an ETB, which means you can't just play it, use it, then let it go to the graveyard). This is one of the few Reserved List cards I own."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Boros Charm"}},{"insert":" is in the Utility catagory instead of the Anthem category despite the fact it gives Double Strike -- this is because giving Double Strike to most of the creatures here isn't very useful, since they mostly have low power unless I've got an actual Anthem out. Giving a single creature Double Strike is more of a combat trick to remove a blocker or protect a creature (also by killing a blocker, usually). That said, it can give Double Strike to Iroas, which can surprise a player with the threat of death-by-Commander Damage."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Divine Visitation"}},{"insert":" is listed as an anthem because it massivley increases the threat of any creature token I make after it's played. The touble comes in the \"after it's played\" part -- it can be hard to deploy over other priorities. It's not win-more, though...if I get it down and can make a few angels after a wipe, it massively increases my threat level and can bounce me back into a game. That said, it's the card I've considered cutting most (I'd probably put it in Isshin)."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"card-link":"Grenzo, Havoc Raiser"}},{"insert":"'s Goad ability is mostly a utility ability in this deck, clearing blockers and occasionally getting them killed, too."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"The \"win the game\" ability on "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Halo Fountain"}},{"insert":" is listed as a Utility, but it rarely comes up. People fear it rather more than it deserves. If I have 15 tokens in play, chances are I've already been doing fantastically well and can probably win without it. So Halo Fountin is mostly just a token creation and card advantage piece with some scary but mostly useless trinket text that draws an inordinate amount of attention. I sometimes use it to bait removal for that reason."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"}]}
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