With the new Empower Jace mechanic from Reality Fracture, we’ve got tokens on the mind! From format-defining tokens to one-off nostalgia cards, we dive deep into the world of tokens.
Scryfall gallery of cards mentioned
Topics and Tidbits
- if amass and clues had a baby
- giving abilities to planeswalkers
- “empower jace 2” isn’t quite “draw a card”
- loyalty card
- many other custom attempts at token planeswalkers hit roadblocks
- what does it take to make grafting abilities onto planeswalkers work
- so much of a token’s value is just being an object… can be sacrificed, counted, tapped, etc
- cards that are fun to play but you wouldn’t want to design them
- kicker jace
- token versions of famous cards
- the loyalty costs of various size creatures
- the design pleasure of finding a new repeatable technology vs the satisfaction of creating a single standalone card
- the “token hater” section of the pod
- gripe 1: mass tokens are too good at blocking
- “well, SOME of us want the game to end”
- playtesters losing the will to live
- gripe 2: it’s hard to represent tokens besides 1/1s and treasure/food without a tracker
- the wide diff between playing a cube with curated tokens and a cube where you have to track the weirdest tokens for rares from 10 years ago
- trying to remember a token that was created 7 turns ago, but discreetly
- gripe 3: having to create a lot of custom paper tokens for custom design
- gripe 4: finding perfect token art for custom sets (ok this one is niche)
- being so experienced at magic that you know how to compensate for the parts you don’t like
- drawing your own tokens
- the duelist’s fallen empires token sheet
- square tokens: not good for tapping!
- hobbit’s big food token
- gripe 5: token heavy sets need to weaken bounce and don’t work with flickering
- gripe 6: tokens require saying “nontoken” in rules text and blurs “whenever a card” cases
- passing the syr konrad test
- dodging tokens all together with bar cube
- equipment mechanics that create a creature to start with
- how about creatures that make equipment tokens?
- final fantasy wizard tokens
- big creature that makes a little token vs little creature that makes a big token
- providing different incentives for making 1/1 tokens
- the preposterous 1/4 token
- the sneaky power of 1/2 reach spider spawning tokens
- “what did foundations do?”
- TONS of tokens in foundations?!
- Wizards must think tokens are totally fine for new players
- making copy tokens of different objects, yuck
- temporary tokens like mobilize
- how good a solution is Decayed?
- how useful is the tech of creating tapped tokens
- tapped clues. he wants to make tapped clues.
- would it be worth requiring tapping for equipment?
- murmur saga token (chapter 2+3: add C)
- the value of land tokens vs the hassle of them
- token boat vehicle 4/3 crew 2
- tokens with exalted
- do you just win the game if you have 3 exalted enchantments?
- when do we get the next “empower X” card?
- only 4 years from 2030
- Jallaba shoutout
- anime food recs