Best Token Control?

GrimestGrim
GrimestGrim Posts: 9
edited March 2017 in MtGPQ General Discussion
What's the best way to handle a fight where the opponent spwans tokens every turn. Like Drana in the Gatewatch event spwans a zombie every turn. Should I try to race them with aggro or control them with lots of removal?

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  • span_argoman
    span_argoman Posts: 751 Critical Contributor
    Use Suppression Bonds, Claustrophobia, Authority of the Consuls or Hixus, Prison Warden to take that creature out of the equation. The former two might require some removal to move the token to the first creature slot.

    Alternatively use a Berserker with First Strike and Trample to constantly clear the newly summoned token and still do damage. Giant Spectacle imbues two out of three of those along with a permanent +2/+1 buff.
  • TibbyGenn
    TibbyGenn Posts: 29 Just Dropped In
    First Strike and the ability to block is good as well, sometimes menace stuffs up the math, so lots of blockers are needed.
  • Lightcell
    Lightcell Posts: 78 Match Maker
    Gideon, humans, and hope against hope. Haunted cloak for trample if you want it
  • zolesz
    zolesz Posts: 45 Just Dropped In
    Alternative solution:
    If you have Turn to Frog and Imprisoned in the Moon you can also use them to lock two of the opponent's creature slots. Make sure the third one it not occupied by the zombie army produced by Drana and you should be fine (AI is too dumb to replace any creature on his side).
  • THEMAGICkMAN
    THEMAGICkMAN Posts: 697 Critical Contributor
    My very first rare! It's some random white card from origins and it's text is:

    Destroy all tokens


    Perfect right?
  • hawkyh1
    hawkyh1 Posts: 780 Critical Contributor
    out live them with lone rider, serene steward and campaign of
    vengeance. use one off kill spells/mass disable if they grow/
    reinforce too much.
    worked for me with drana.

    HH
  • wereotter
    wereotter Posts: 2,070 Chairperson of the Boards
    THEMAGICkMAN wrote:
    My very first rare! It's some random white card from origins and it's text is:

    Destroy all tokens


    Perfect right?

    Was going to suggest the same card. It's called Hallowed Moonlight. Destroys ALL token creatures. It's an okay solution, but you're better off with this fight waiting till she has two non-zombie token creatures and then using Turn to Frog or Imprison in the Moon to jam up that third creature slot and make it impossible for her to summon any more of them.
    TibbyGenn wrote:
    First Strike and the ability to block is good as well, sometimes menace stuffs up the math, so lots of blockers are needed.

    Knight of the White Orchid is a good option for this. 4/4 defender with first strike that converts 5 gems to white when it enters, although it is pretty costly at 16 mana.
  • James13
    James13 Posts: 665 Critical Contributor
    Authority of the Consuls or Thalia Heretic Cathar will permanently disable any creature slot that is generating tokens each turn. Works wonders on Zombie decks, Things like this, Thopter Spy Network, From beyond, etc.
  • Sorin81
    Sorin81 Posts: 558 Critical Contributor
    Lightcell wrote:
    Gideon, humans, and hope against hope. Haunted cloak for trample if you want it

    Did this with my Gideon 2, a couple of disables, a couple of kill spells, Kor Entangler and Resolute Blademaster.
    Drana never had a chance.
  • Poohead
    Poohead Posts: 12 Just Dropped In
    Nahiri pumping Linvala with first ability.

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