Anybody remember Azorius ( ) Miracles? If you play Legacy, then you’re probably still facing it to this day and will likely face it until the end of time. Second, and I’m thinking incredibly situationally here, it’s first ability also applies to opponents’ effects. So maybe watch out for that Pursued Whale? Second Harvest The all-new Kaya, Geist Hunter costs three mana and can activate its second loyalty ability as soon as it drops, doubling the number of tokens you create until the end of the turn. The immediate benefit can be good, but its value really lies in the freedom to plan your turns around alternating between Kaya’s first two abilities to buff your tokens with a +1/+1 counter plus deathtouch (a relatively rare ability among tokens), and doubling the number of tokens you create. Adrix and Nev, Twincasters

a b Magic Arcana (March 15, 2007). " Planar Chaos Token Art 1". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on January 23, 2022. Matt Tabak (Mar 29, 2023). " March of the Machine Mechanics". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast. Marneus Calgar is an Esper ( ) commander that draws you a card every time a token enters the battlefield, and it can even make a few tokens itself. Marneus is both a token maker and a payoff. Best Colorless Token Generators #4. Retrofitter Foundry Good dragon token generators can be hard to come by, I know. Dragonmaster Outcast, however, is fantastic for generating dragon tokens every turn. It’s a small, vulnerable creature, but you can start creating 5/5 dragon tokens out of nowhere for just a little investment! #1. Empty the WarrensWizards of the Coast (September 24, 2003). " The new look of tokens". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast. As a consequence of their introduction, the rules around creating token copies of permanents and spells were updated to allow the resulting token to be a true double-faced permanent. [33] Tokens made this way can be transformed and function in the same manner as their original card version. This rule change does not apply to clones of permanents. [34] Richard Garfield created tokens for Alpha, as opposed to counters, to make The Hive possible. [8] [9] [10] Token terminology was not set in stone initially: the two cards which created tokens in Arabian Nights simply said a creature comes into play and to use a "counter" to represent it, while the single Antiquities token creator had the player move counters off the card to "become" token creatures. [a] Legends settled the terminology, with five cards that created tokens using phrasing similar to current usage. [b] The token doubler. Parallel Lives arrived on the scene in 2011 with the original Innistrad set. For this enchantment doubles the number of tokens you create. It’s the cheapest card with just the token doubling effect so it acts as a fair standard to measure the other token doublers by. Primal Vigor If a spell or ability would create a token, but a rule or effect states that a permanent with one or more of that token’s characteristics can’t enter the battlefield, the token is not created. Similarly, if an effect would create a token that is a copy of an instant or sorcery card, no token is created.

The first one is Ellivere of the Wilds Court, which is one of the rare ways of getting a Virtuous Role token. Besides, it can provide card advantage, if you’re playing with enchanted creatures. Given that Role tokens help with that, it shouldn’t be too hard to draw some cards. Shawn Main (June 30, 2014). " Working with Some of the Best Minds in Gaming". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.The white Bitterblossom, Skrelv's Hive makes a mite token each turn. You can even eventually give them lifelink. Best Blue Token Generators #5. Blade of Shared Souls A Shard token is a colorless Shard enchantment token with “{2}, Sacrifice this enchantment: Scry 1, then draw a card.” If a card says “create a token” or anything similar to that, it’s a token generator. That card can create a token once per turn, once every two turns, or just once (think Goblin Rally). Anointed Procession and Parallel Lives are the same card in different colors. Also Doubling Season but worse, but also for one less mana. If you’re going full tokens and don’t care about the counters then you may as well run one of these instead of Doubling Season.