Right now, Modern is in a fantastic spot. The format is so open it allows for off-beat strategies to thrive, proving that you can be successful if you're feeling creative. Each week you see a different strategy win a Modern Challenge or a Showcase, which is a testament to how diverse the format is.
From the outside looking in, the best way to approach an open format is adopting an aggressive mindset. Often these aggro decks are strong, quick, and allow you to understand the basics of the game.
One of these strategies is Mono-White Tokens, which is an excellent starting point for format beginners and veterans alike. It's blisteringly fast in early turns, and kind on the wallet.
Magic: The Gathering TCG Deck - Mono-White Tokens (Budget) by Emmmzyne
'Mono-White Tokens (Budget)' - constructed deck list and prices for the Magic: The Gathering Trading Card Game from TCGplayer Infinite!
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Event:
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Modern
Market Price: $58.78
Burrenton Forge-Tender
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $0.24
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Protection from red Sacrifice Burrenton Forge-Tender: Prevent all damage a red source of your choice would deal this turn.
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Worship
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $1.59
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If you control a creature, damage that would reduce your life total to less than 1 reduces it to 1 instead.
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Battle Screech
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $0.19
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Create two 1/1 white Bird creature tokens with flying. Flashback—Tap three untapped white creatures you control. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
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Legion's Landing // Adanto, the First Fort
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $2.87
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When Legion's Landing enters the battlefield, create a 1/1 white Vampire creature token with lifelink. When you attack with three or more creatures, transform Legion's Landing.
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Shefet Dunes
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $0.23
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{T}: Add {C}.
{T}, Pay 1 life: Add {W}.
{2}{W}{W}, {T}, Sacrifice a Desert: Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.Buy This Card! https://shop.tcgplayer.com/magic/hour-of-devastation/shefet-dunes
Intangible Virtue
Color Identity:W
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Creature tokens you control get +1/+1 and have vigilance.
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Damping Sphere
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If a land is tapped for two or more mana, it produces {C} instead of any other type and amount.
Each spell a player casts costs {1} more to cast for each other spell that player has cast this turn.Buy This Card! https://shop.tcgplayer.com/magic/dominaria/damping-sphere
Spectral Procession
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $0.41
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Create three 1/1 white Spirit creature tokens with flying.
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Gather the Townsfolk
Color Identity:W
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Create two 1/1 white Human creature tokens. Fateful hour — If you have 5 or less life, create five of those tokens instead.
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Raise the Alarm
Color Identity:W
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Create two 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens.
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Tormod's Crypt
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{T}, Sacrifice Tormod's Crypt: Exile all cards from target player's graveyard.Buy This Card! https://shop.tcgplayer.com/magic/core-set-2021/tormods-crypt
Conclave Tribunal
Color Identity:W
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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.)
When Conclave Tribunal enters the battlefield, exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls until Conclave Tribunal leaves the battlefield.Buy This Card! https://shop.tcgplayer.com/magic/guilds-of-ravnica/conclave-tribunal
Venerated Loxodon
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $0.33
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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.)
When Venerated Loxodon enters the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature that convoked it.Buy This Card! https://shop.tcgplayer.com/magic/guilds-of-ravnica/venerated-loxodon
Windbrisk Heights
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $0.33
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Hideaway (This land enters the battlefield tapped. When it does, look at the top four cards of your library, exile one face down, then put the rest on the bottom of your library.)
{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.Buy This Card! https://shop.tcgplayer.com/magic/commander-2020/windbrisk-heights
Unbreakable Formation
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $0.53
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Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn. Addendum — If you cast this spell during your main phase, put a +1/+1 counter on each of those creatures and they gain vigilance until end of turn.
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Plains
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $0.99
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({T}: Add {W}.)Buy This Card! https://shop.tcgplayer.com/magic/kaldheim/plains
Castle Ardenvale
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $2.28
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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.Buy This Card! https://shop.tcgplayer.com/magic/throne-of-eldraine/castle-ardenvale
Servo Exhibition
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $0.14
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Create two 1/1 colorless Servo artifact creature tokens.
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Force of Virtue
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $0.34
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If it's not your turn, you may exile a white card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Flash Creatures you control get +1/+1.
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Path to Exile
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $2.73
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Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle their library.
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Your goal is to amass a board of tokens and turn them sideways. You have a swath of anthem effects to ensure you can pile on the damage effectively, with one-for-one removal not doing much against you. The strategy sometimes crops up in undefeated Modern Leagues and saw success at MagicFest Sao Paulo at the hands of Wendell Santini last year. This proves you can see competitive success with a budget build, as long as you put in the time.
What makes Mono-White Tokens a viable option is the inclusion of Venerated Loxodon.
I'm going to be blunt, I adore this card. The best thing about Venerated Loxodon is how it grows your creatures. When surrounded with the correct cards, it can lead to strong openings which is why it complements tokens so well. Most importantly, Loxodon falls outside of both Fatal Push and Lightning Bolt range which is a decent baseline for Modern usage. Even in Standard, Loxodon saw extensive play due to its power and ability to come down in the early turns. Fortunately, you can have the same fun in Modern and on a budget.
As the core features commons and uncommons, upgrading this deck is straightforward—you focus on the manabase and sideboard options.
Magic: The Gathering TCG Deck - Mono-White Tokens (Optimal) by Emmmzyne
'Mono-White Tokens (Optimal)' - constructed deck list and prices for the Magic: The Gathering Trading Card Game from TCGplayer Infinite!
Created By: Emmmzyne
Event:
Rank:
Modern
Market Price: $184.75
Spectral Procession
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $0.41
ImageURL: https://tcgplayer-cdn.tcgplayer.com/product/98751_200w.jpg
Create three 1/1 white Spirit creature tokens with flying.
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Unbreakable Formation
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $0.53
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Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn. Addendum — If you cast this spell during your main phase, put a +1/+1 counter on each of those creatures and they gain vigilance until end of turn.
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Battle Screech
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $0.19
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Create two 1/1 white Bird creature tokens with flying. Flashback—Tap three untapped white creatures you control. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
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Raise the Alarm
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $0.01
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Create two 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens.
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Venerated Loxodon
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $0.33
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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.)
When Venerated Loxodon enters the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature that convoked it.Buy This Card! https://shop.tcgplayer.com/magic/guilds-of-ravnica/venerated-loxodon
Path to Exile
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $2.73
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Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle their library.
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Conclave Tribunal
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $0.11
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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.)
When Conclave Tribunal enters the battlefield, exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls until Conclave Tribunal leaves the battlefield.Buy This Card! https://shop.tcgplayer.com/magic/guilds-of-ravnica/conclave-tribunal
Windbrisk Heights
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $0.33
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Hideaway (This land enters the battlefield tapped. When it does, look at the top four cards of your library, exile one face down, then put the rest on the bottom of your library.)
{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.Buy This Card! https://shop.tcgplayer.com/magic/commander-2020/windbrisk-heights
Servo Exhibition
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $0.14
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Create two 1/1 colorless Servo artifact creature tokens.
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Plains
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $0.99
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({T}: Add {W}.)Buy This Card! https://shop.tcgplayer.com/magic/kaldheim/plains
Sunbaked Canyon
Color Identity:R,W
Market Price: $8.93
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{T}, Pay 1 life: Add {R} or {W}.
{1}, {T}, Sacrifice Sunbaked Canyon: Draw a card.Buy This Card! https://shop.tcgplayer.com/magic/modern-horizons/sunbaked-canyon
Intangible Virtue
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $0.06
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Creature tokens you control get +1/+1 and have vigilance.
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Force of Virtue
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $0.34
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If it's not your turn, you may exile a white card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Flash Creatures you control get +1/+1.
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Silent Clearing
Color Identity:B,W
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{T}, Pay 1 life: Add {W} or {B}.
{1}, {T}, Sacrifice Silent Clearing: Draw a card.Buy This Card! https://shop.tcgplayer.com/magic/modern-horizons/silent-clearing
Castle Ardenvale
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $2.28
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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.Buy This Card! https://shop.tcgplayer.com/magic/throne-of-eldraine/castle-ardenvale
Shefet Dunes
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $0.23
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{T}: Add {C}.
{T}, Pay 1 life: Add {W}.
{2}{W}{W}, {T}, Sacrifice a Desert: Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.Buy This Card! https://shop.tcgplayer.com/magic/hour-of-devastation/shefet-dunes
Rest in Peace
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $3.22
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When Rest in Peace enters the battlefield, exile all cards from all graveyards. If a card or token would be put into a graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead.
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Damping Sphere
Market Price: $1.23
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If a land is tapped for two or more mana, it produces {C} instead of any other type and amount.
Each spell a player casts costs {1} more to cast for each other spell that player has cast this turn.Buy This Card! https://shop.tcgplayer.com/magic/dominaria/damping-sphere
Auriok Champion
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $18.04
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Protection from black and from red Whenever another creature enters the battlefield, you may gain 1 life.
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Gather the Townsfolk
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $0.21
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Create two 1/1 white Human creature tokens. Fateful hour — If you have 5 or less life, create five of those tokens instead.
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Legion's Landing // Adanto, the First Fort
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $2.87
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When Legion's Landing enters the battlefield, create a 1/1 white Vampire creature token with lifelink. When you attack with three or more creatures, transform Legion's Landing.
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Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $5.69
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+1: Until end of turn, Gideon, Ally of Zendikar becomes a 5/5 Human Soldier Ally creature with indestructible that's still a planeswalker. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to him this turn. 0: Create a 2/2 white Knight Ally creature token. −4: You get an emblem with "Creatures you control get +1/+1."
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Main Deck
Sideboard
Adding Silent Clearing and Sunbaked Canyon provides card draw that will also offset mana flood. You can keep Shefet Dunes in and cut Plains instead, but be wary of the life loss from these and the upgraded mana base. Although you're in mono-white, you only have Legion's Landing to offer life gain, so keeping your life total high is something to keep in mind.
Extending to the sideboard, Auriok Champion is in a fantastic spot due to the prevalence of Rakdos Death's Shadow and Mono-Red Obosh. As a result, Auriok Champion's stock is on the rise due to the emphasis on Lightning Bolt and Fatal Push within the format. With this, it is reasonable to keep Burrenton Forge-Tender or even use Kor Firewalker as alternatives. Rest in Peace is here to respect Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath archetypes which remain evergreen within Modern.
Optimizing Mono-White Tokens is easy enough, but what if you want to delve into a second color?
Although it sees less play now, Lingering Souls is a fantastic option for Token archetypes. Spreading four bodies across five mana is a suitable way to generate two-for-ones in your favor. There are some cases where chipping in with a Spirit token will be enough to secure victory.
You'll need to add a decent amount of black sources to ensure you can cast the sorcery for its flashback cost.
Magic: The Gathering TCG Deck - Mono-White Tokens w/ Lingering Souls (Optimal) by Emmmzyne
'Mono-White Tokens w/ Lingering Souls (Optimal)' - constructed deck list and prices for the Magic: The Gathering Trading Card Game from TCGplayer Infinite!
Created By: Emmmzyne
Event:
Rank:
Modern
Market Price: $174.99
Intangible Virtue
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $0.06
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Creature tokens you control get +1/+1 and have vigilance.
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Concealed Courtyard
Color Identity:B,W
Market Price: $2.74
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Concealed Courtyard enters the battlefield tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands.
{T}: Add {W} or {B}.Buy This Card! https://shop.tcgplayer.com/magic/kaladesh/concealed-courtyard
Venerated Loxodon
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $0.33
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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.)
When Venerated Loxodon enters the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature that convoked it.Buy This Card! https://shop.tcgplayer.com/magic/guilds-of-ravnica/venerated-loxodon
Rest in Peace
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $3.22
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When Rest in Peace enters the battlefield, exile all cards from all graveyards. If a card or token would be put into a graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead.
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Legion's Landing // Adanto, the First Fort
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $2.87
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When Legion's Landing enters the battlefield, create a 1/1 white Vampire creature token with lifelink. When you attack with three or more creatures, transform Legion's Landing.
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Castle Ardenvale
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $2.28
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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.Buy This Card! https://shop.tcgplayer.com/magic/throne-of-eldraine/castle-ardenvale
Raise the Alarm
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $0.01
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Create two 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens.
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Conclave Tribunal
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $0.11
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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.)
When Conclave Tribunal enters the battlefield, exile target nonland permanent an opponent controls until Conclave Tribunal leaves the battlefield.Buy This Card! https://shop.tcgplayer.com/magic/guilds-of-ravnica/conclave-tribunal
Path to Exile
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $2.73
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Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle their library.
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Lingering Souls
Color Identity:B,W
Market Price: $0.27
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Create two 1/1 white Spirit creature tokens with flying.
Flashback {1}{B} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)Buy This Card! https://shop.tcgplayer.com/magic/modern-masters-2017/lingering-souls
Unbreakable Formation
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $0.53
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Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn. Addendum — If you cast this spell during your main phase, put a +1/+1 counter on each of those creatures and they gain vigilance until end of turn.
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Gather the Townsfolk
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $0.21
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Create two 1/1 white Human creature tokens. Fateful hour — If you have 5 or less life, create five of those tokens instead.
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Plains
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $0.99
ImageURL: https://tcgplayer-cdn.tcgplayer.com/product/230464_200w.jpg
({T}: Add {W}.)Buy This Card! https://shop.tcgplayer.com/magic/kaldheim/plains
Shefet Dunes
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $0.23
ImageURL: https://tcgplayer-cdn.tcgplayer.com/product/135093_200w.jpg
{T}: Add {C}.
{T}, Pay 1 life: Add {W}.
{2}{W}{W}, {T}, Sacrifice a Desert: Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn. Activate this ability only any time you could cast a sorcery.Buy This Card! https://shop.tcgplayer.com/magic/hour-of-devastation/shefet-dunes
Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $5.69
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+1: Until end of turn, Gideon, Ally of Zendikar becomes a 5/5 Human Soldier Ally creature with indestructible that's still a planeswalker. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to him this turn. 0: Create a 2/2 white Knight Ally creature token. −4: You get an emblem with "Creatures you control get +1/+1."
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Servo Exhibition
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $0.14
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Create two 1/1 colorless Servo artifact creature tokens.
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Damping Sphere
Market Price: $1.23
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If a land is tapped for two or more mana, it produces {C} instead of any other type and amount.
Each spell a player casts costs {1} more to cast for each other spell that player has cast this turn.Buy This Card! https://shop.tcgplayer.com/magic/dominaria/damping-sphere
Auriok Champion
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $18.04
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Protection from black and from red Whenever another creature enters the battlefield, you may gain 1 life.
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Silent Clearing
Color Identity:B,W
Market Price: $5.89
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{T}, Pay 1 life: Add {W} or {B}.
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Force of Virtue
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $0.34
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If it's not your turn, you may exile a white card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Flash Creatures you control get +1/+1.
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Spectral Procession
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $0.41
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Create three 1/1 white Spirit creature tokens with flying.
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Fortunately, the changes are minor and affordable. You'll want to cut Battle Screech and Unbreakable Formation to include Lingering Souls. As for your other black sources, Concealed Courtyard is the best option as you want to keep momentum while accessing your second color. You can get away with Caves of Koilos, but keep in mind the life resource management as there are few ways to gain life. Either way, Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway and even Godless Shrine are also excellent options if you have them. Be mindful that Rest in Peace can reduce the effectiveness of your Lingering Souls if you ever side it in against graveyard decks.
Going further, you can add more black cards for a traditional approach. Orzhov Tokens was once a staple of Modern back in the early days that used Bitterblossom and Sorin, Solemn Visitor to create a constant stream of threats. It's a different play style to Mono-White Tokens as you care about draining your opponents' resources while progressing your board. Orzhov Tokens trades aggression for a midrange and attrition game plan.
Magic: The Gathering TCG Deck - Orzhov Tokens (Semi-Optimal) by Emmmzyne
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Nihil Spellbomb
Color Identity:B
Market Price: $0.30
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{T}, Sacrifice Nihil Spellbomb: Exile all cards from target player's graveyard.
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Liliana, Waker of the Dead
Color Identity:B
Market Price: $3.27
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+1: Each player discards a card. Each opponent who can't loses 3 life. −3: Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of cards in your graveyard. −7: You get an emblem with "At the beginning of combat on your turn, put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. It gains haste."
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Disenchant
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $0.10
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Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
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Godless Shrine
Color Identity:B,W
Market Price: $7.73
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({T}: Add {W} or {B}.)
As Godless Shrine enters the battlefield, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters the battlefield tapped.Buy This Card! https://shop.tcgplayer.com/magic/ravnica-allegiance/godless-shrine
Sorin, Solemn Visitor
Color Identity:B,W
Market Price: $2.74
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+1: Until your next turn, creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain lifelink. −2: Create a 2/2 black Vampire creature token with flying. −6: You get an emblem with "At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, that player sacrifices a creature."
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Auriok Champion
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $18.04
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Protection from black and from red Whenever another creature enters the battlefield, you may gain 1 life.
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Concealed Courtyard
Color Identity:B,W
Market Price: $2.74
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Concealed Courtyard enters the battlefield tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands.
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Languish
Color Identity:B
Market Price: $0.64
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All creatures get -4/-4 until end of turn.
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Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $5.69
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+1: Until end of turn, Gideon, Ally of Zendikar becomes a 5/5 Human Soldier Ally creature with indestructible that's still a planeswalker. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to him this turn. 0: Create a 2/2 white Knight Ally creature token. −4: You get an emblem with "Creatures you control get +1/+1."
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Vault of the Archangel
Color Identity:B,W
Market Price: $4.70
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{T}: Add {C}.
{2}{W}{B}, {T}: Creatures you control gain deathtouch and lifelink until end of turn.Buy This Card! https://shop.tcgplayer.com/magic/dark-ascension/vault-of-the-archangel
Path to Exile
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $2.73
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Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle their library.
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Swamp
Color Identity:B
Market Price: $0.98
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Spectral Procession
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $0.41
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Create three 1/1 white Spirit creature tokens with flying.
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Start // Finish
Color Identity:B,W
Market Price: $0.11
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Collective Brutality
Color Identity:B
Market Price: $2.90
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Escalate—Discard a card. (Pay this cost for each mode chosen beyond the first.) Choose one or more — • Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose an instant or sorcery card from it. That player discards that card. • Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn. • Target opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
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Silent Clearing
Color Identity:B,W
Market Price: $5.89
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{T}, Pay 1 life: Add {W} or {B}.
{1}, {T}, Sacrifice Silent Clearing: Draw a card.Buy This Card! https://shop.tcgplayer.com/magic/modern-horizons/silent-clearing
Fatal Push
Color Identity:B
Market Price: $1.14
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Destroy target creature if it has converted mana cost 2 or less. Revolt — Destroy that creature if it has converted mana cost 4 or less instead if a permanent you controlled left the battlefield this turn.
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Plains
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $0.99
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Intangible Virtue
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $0.06
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Creature tokens you control get +1/+1 and have vigilance.
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Fetid Heath
Color Identity:B,W
Market Price: $4.49
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{T}: Add {C}.
{W/B}, {T}: Add {W}{W}, {W}{B}, or {B}{B}.Buy This Card! https://shop.tcgplayer.com/magic/double-masters/fetid-heath
Shambling Vent
Color Identity:B,W
Market Price: $0.80
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Shambling Vent enters the battlefield tapped.
{T}: Add {W} or {B}.
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Lingering Souls
Color Identity:B,W
Market Price: $0.27
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Create two 1/1 white Spirit creature tokens with flying.
Flashback {1}{B} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)Buy This Card! https://shop.tcgplayer.com/magic/modern-masters-2017/lingering-souls
Kaya's Guile
Color Identity:B,W
Market Price: $1.26
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Choose two —
• Each opponent sacrifices a creature.
• Exile all cards from each opponent's graveyard.
• Create a 1/1 white and black Spirit creature token with flying.
• You gain 4 life.
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Zealous Persecution
Color Identity:B,W
Market Price: $0.16
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Until end of turn, creatures you control get +1/+1 and creatures your opponents control get -1/-1.
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Caves of Koilos
Color Identity:B,W
Market Price: $0.87
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{T}: Add {C}.
{T}: Add {W} or {B}. Caves of Koilos deals 1 damage to you.Buy This Card! https://shop.tcgplayer.com/magic/commander-2020/caves-of-koilos
Legion's Landing // Adanto, the First Fort
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $2.87
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When Legion's Landing enters the battlefield, create a 1/1 white Vampire creature token with lifelink. When you attack with three or more creatures, transform Legion's Landing.
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Inquisition of Kozilek
Color Identity:B
Market Price: $3.48
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Target player reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it with converted mana cost 3 or less. That player discards that card.
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Dreadhorde Invasion
Color Identity:B
Market Price: $0.45
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At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life and amass 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control. If you don't control one, create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token first.) Whenever a Zombie token you control with power 6 or greater attacks, it gains lifelink until end of turn.
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There are a bunch of changes if you want to shift into a classic Modern strategy. Even on a budget, this is possible to achieve. To upgrade from Mono-White, these are the changes to make.
Main Deck
Sideboard
Granted, there are a lot of changes, but starting with the manabase will ensure you can transition into Orzhov with ease. Then, you want to grab the necessary token generators. While it's not quite Bitterblossom, Dreadhorde Invasion offers a fixed substitute on the tribal enchantment.
Compared to Bitterblossom, Dreadhorde Invasion performs better in multiples. Invasion has the same life-loss drawback but allows you to go big with multiples. As a result, playing back-to-back copies in the early game does not lock you into a position where you need to win fast or destroy your own copiesof Dreadhorde Invasion to stay alive. There are situations where you can fold to your own Bitterblossom if you are unable to close out the game. But with Invasion, attacking with a large Zombie token will restore you the life you invested early on. Eventually, you'll want to upgrade into Bitterblossom, but Invasion serves as a decent placeholder until then.
Another draw into Orzhov is Sorin, Solemn Visitor. It's the best planeswalker for this strategy as it achieves everything you want to do. It generates tokens, and you can comfortably race with Sorin's +1 ability. Plus, the ultimate is relevant and can be backbreaking against certain archetypes that are unable to keep up. Also note, Sorin's plus ability grants +1/+0 and lifelink until your next turn which means your blocks are also favorable. You'll want at least three copies of Sorin in your list, as your opponents will look to trade their best removal to keep the board tidy.
As you are expanding into black, your sideboard becomes more versatile. Kaya's Guile shores up against aggressive matchups, and Languish helps to keep the board clear. As you are a token strategy, you can recover your board quicker than your opponent, and it's good to have access to a sweeper. Once again, you can make this Orzhov build cheaper by omitting Auriok Champion for Burrenton Forge-Tender.
If you want to optimize Orzhov Tokens further, adding Thoughtseize and Bitterblossom will give you more robust win conditions.
Magic: The Gathering TCG Deck - Orzhov Tokens (Optimal) by Emmmzyne
'Orzhov Tokens (Optimal)' - constructed deck list and prices for the Magic: The Gathering Trading Card Game from TCGplayer Infinite!
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Thoughtseize
Color Identity:B
Market Price: $12.22
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Target player reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card. You lose 2 life.
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Plains
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $0.99
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Intangible Virtue
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $0.06
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Creature tokens you control get +1/+1 and have vigilance.
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Sorin, Solemn Visitor
Color Identity:B,W
Market Price: $2.74
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+1: Until your next turn, creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain lifelink. −2: Create a 2/2 black Vampire creature token with flying. −6: You get an emblem with "At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, that player sacrifices a creature."
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Zealous Persecution
Color Identity:B,W
Market Price: $0.16
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Until end of turn, creatures you control get +1/+1 and creatures your opponents control get -1/-1.
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Silent Clearing
Color Identity:B,W
Market Price: $5.89
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{T}, Pay 1 life: Add {W} or {B}.
{1}, {T}, Sacrifice Silent Clearing: Draw a card.Buy This Card! https://shop.tcgplayer.com/magic/modern-horizons/silent-clearing
Vault of the Archangel
Color Identity:B,W
Market Price: $4.70
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{T}: Add {C}.
{2}{W}{B}, {T}: Creatures you control gain deathtouch and lifelink until end of turn.Buy This Card! https://shop.tcgplayer.com/magic/dark-ascension/vault-of-the-archangel
Kaya's Guile
Color Identity:B,W
Market Price: $1.26
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Choose two —
• Each opponent sacrifices a creature.
• Exile all cards from each opponent's graveyard.
• Create a 1/1 white and black Spirit creature token with flying.
• You gain 4 life.
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Fatal Push
Color Identity:B
Market Price: $1.14
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Destroy target creature if it has converted mana cost 2 or less. Revolt — Destroy that creature if it has converted mana cost 4 or less instead if a permanent you controlled left the battlefield this turn.
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Godless Shrine
Color Identity:B,W
Market Price: $7.73
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({T}: Add {W} or {B}.)
As Godless Shrine enters the battlefield, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters the battlefield tapped.Buy This Card! https://shop.tcgplayer.com/magic/ravnica-allegiance/godless-shrine
Path to Exile
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $2.73
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Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle their library.
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Swamp
Color Identity:B
Market Price: $0.98
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Disenchant
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $0.10
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Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
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Bitterblossom
Color Identity:B
Market Price: $36.55
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At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life and create a 1/1 black Faerie Rogue creature token with flying.
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Auriok Champion
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $18.04
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Protection from black and from red Whenever another creature enters the battlefield, you may gain 1 life.
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Shambling Vent
Color Identity:B,W
Market Price: $0.80
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Shambling Vent enters the battlefield tapped.
{T}: Add {W} or {B}.
{1}{W}{B}: Shambling Vent becomes a 2/3 white and black Elemental creature with lifelink until end of turn. It's still a land.Buy This Card! https://shop.tcgplayer.com/magic/battle-for-zendikar/shambling-vent
Inquisition of Kozilek
Color Identity:B
Market Price: $3.48
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Target player reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it with converted mana cost 3 or less. That player discards that card.
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Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $5.69
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+1: Until end of turn, Gideon, Ally of Zendikar becomes a 5/5 Human Soldier Ally creature with indestructible that's still a planeswalker. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to him this turn. 0: Create a 2/2 white Knight Ally creature token. −4: You get an emblem with "Creatures you control get +1/+1."
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Damnation
Color Identity:B
Market Price: $41.92
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Destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated.
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Fetid Heath
Color Identity:B,W
Market Price: $4.49
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{T}: Add {C}.
{W/B}, {T}: Add {W}{W}, {W}{B}, or {B}{B}.Buy This Card! https://shop.tcgplayer.com/magic/double-masters/fetid-heath
Collective Brutality
Color Identity:B
Market Price: $2.90
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Escalate—Discard a card. (Pay this cost for each mode chosen beyond the first.) Choose one or more — • Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose an instant or sorcery card from it. That player discards that card. • Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn. • Target opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
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Lingering Souls
Color Identity:B,W
Market Price: $0.27
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Create two 1/1 white Spirit creature tokens with flying.
Flashback {1}{B} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)Buy This Card! https://shop.tcgplayer.com/magic/modern-masters-2017/lingering-souls
Start // Finish
Color Identity:B,W
Market Price: $0.11
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Legion's Landing // Adanto, the First Fort
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $2.87
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When Legion's Landing enters the battlefield, create a 1/1 white Vampire creature token with lifelink. When you attack with three or more creatures, transform Legion's Landing.
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Concealed Courtyard
Color Identity:B,W
Market Price: $2.74
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Concealed Courtyard enters the battlefield tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands.
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Marsh Flats
Market Price: $36.43
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{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Marsh Flats: Search your library for a Plains or Swamp card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle your library.Buy This Card! https://shop.tcgplayer.com/magic/modern-masters-2017/marsh-flats
Nihil Spellbomb
Color Identity:B
Market Price: $0.30
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{T}, Sacrifice Nihil Spellbomb: Exile all cards from target player's graveyard.
When Nihil Spellbomb is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay {B}. If you do, draw a card.Buy This Card! https://shop.tcgplayer.com/magic/masters-25/nihil-spellbomb
Liliana of the Veil
Color Identity:B
Market Price: $51.60
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+1: Each player discards a card. −2: Target player sacrifices a creature. −6: Separate all permanents target player controls into two piles. That player sacrifices all permanents in the pile of their choice.
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Spectral Procession
Color Identity:W
Market Price: $0.41
ImageURL: https://tcgplayer-cdn.tcgplayer.com/product/98751_200w.jpg
Create three 1/1 white Spirit creature tokens with flying.
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Main Deck
Sideboard
*2 Collective Brutality moving to the sideboard replacing 1 Zealous Persecution and 1 Kaya's Guile.
You can get away with using either Bloodstained Mire, Polluted Delta, or Flooded Strand instead of Marsh Flats, but be careful that you won't be able to grab basics. However, these can all find Godless Shrine which is your best dual, so it's a small downside which you can play around. Thoughtseize is the premier discard spell of Modern and clears the path for you to deploy your threats. If you want to improve further, you can add a couple of Bloodstained Mire to improve filtering, but it's not essential.
Orzhov Tokens is a ghost of Modern's past, but it's fun to go down memory lane and try something different. Modern has a rich history full of weird and wonderful archetypes that are worth playing even if they aren't well-positioned anymore. You get a sense of how the format has grown since the beginning, and you get to learn something unique in the process.
