W/B Tokens ( thoughts appreciated)So ill post in the discussion about card choices and general stuff. All help is welcome i am looking to streamline the current token decks.
I played Esper Tokens at a PPTQ yesterday and i'm looking to streamline the deck the list i played was pretty close to the list that can be found on MTG Goldfish. After that experience i'm looking to streamline the deck to hedge vs temur and sulti energy since it appears that the meta where i play is roughly 50% Temur, 25% Sulti, 15% Token mirror(
crested sunmare versions), >10% mono red, and the usual one or two random. the biggest thing that i noticed is that against energy it is important not to stumble and the later the game goes the more likely you are to win so with that in mind here is what i have decided.
Cutting blue from the deck- while i wont deny that the match ups where esper tokens runs smoothly it is very strong, there are also the games that having a third color can wreck
havoc in your early game there were at least 3 games that i played that the single check lands hindered me curving out and while i liked the blue splash because
champion of wits is awesome and the best reason to play blue i don't feel like they help any against temur where the only way that they beat you is with fast clock backed by
negate/
spell pierce for your board wipes.
The Scarab god i feel encounters the problem that your opponent's have answers for Hazort in game one and since using those answers on tokens is no good they are still in hand when you play him so every time i got him on board this weekend he instantly got the boot and was taken care of before i could untap. the one game i got to use him my opponent was on the back foot and was going to lose anyway
the scarab god was just a win more card at that point.
dropping
sacred cat and picking up
Dire Fleet Hoarder - this is an attempt to
accelerate mana i will have to test this change but the 2/1 blocker with upside to
accelerate into
fumigate or other spells along with having the upside of assisting
treasure map seems good enough against energy that i believe this to be a change that will work out the deck needs a road block that can trade with some of energy's creatures not just chump block if mono red was more of my meta i might could see playing
sacred cat but it is not.
Not adding green- i believe
Vraska, Relic Seeker to be too slow to effectively fight energy by the time she comes down your energy opponent has either an overwhelming board state, or you have been able to board wipe them and your grindy engine has taken over or you are
dead with our without it. The mirror can be taken care of with out this card. I had it played against me over the weekend the true mirror breaker is
Shefet Dunes,
lost legacy,
duress, and
cast out.
Any suggestions on deck refinement would be welcome i know that it is a lot to read i would like to see what everyone thinks of the deck.