Black/White Tokens Decklist [VIDEO]

February 11, 2009 | Posted by Dee

In this video, LSV covers the Black/White Tokens archetype for post-Conflux MTG Standard.


Black/White Tokens by LSV
Creatures (22)
Spells (13)
Lands (25)
Sideboard (15)

Show Notes

Black/White Tokens is a good archetype for a couple of reasons.

It plays two of best hand desctruction cards in Type 2, Tidehollow Sculler and Thoughtseize. It plays Bitterblossom, the best card in Standard, as well as one of the most powerful lands, Windbrisk Heights.

Black/White Tokens can beatdown early with Knight of Meadowgrain and Figure of Destiny. Also, it has a good midrange and even late game with Cloudgoat Ranger and Spectral Procession comboing with Glorious Anthem and Ajani Goldmane.


Path to Exile is obviously powerful but it may not be that great in Type 2. You don’t really want to use it against the midrange White/Black or White/Red decklists because they like to have a lot of mana. However, Path to Exile is not bad against Faeries since it gets rid of Mistbind Clique.

Playing Path to Exile can be tricky. Try not to play it early. Terror or Unmake is better early.

Many decks in Standard have close matchups. For example, Black/White Tokens versus Faeries is around 50/50 with the token deck having a small advantage.

Black/White Tokens has solid matchups across most of the metagame. And you can modify the decklist to fight the field more effectively. For example, if there is a lot of Red, you can increase the Burrenton Forge-Tenders in the sideboard and maybe play some lifegain. If the mirror is prevalent, play Stillmoon Cavalier and Sigil of Distinction.

In regards to sideboarding, Thoughtseize, Mind Shatter, and Elspeth, Knight-Errant are good against control. Elspeth is also not bad against aggro.

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3 Responses to “Black/White Tokens Decklist [VIDEO]”

  1. eddie on February 17th, 2009 5:23 pm

    why Ajani Goldmane in mb instead of Elspeth, Knight-Errant could be the infest . volcanic fallout problem?
    cya

  2. Dee on February 17th, 2009 9:39 pm

    Yeah, Ajani is better because it can help protect your token guys from Infest and Volcanic Fallout.

  3. Jon Watson on February 22nd, 2010 11:52 am

    Good deck! Very pesky and a good finisher. Built it and played it. Nice deck!





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