1) Some great replies and I really appreciate it all. I am posting from my phone so I am not so good at making a formal post with deck lists and card tags.
2) For those who may not know me, I am the author of the abandoned Discard Primer and have played a lot of mono black over my many years in the game. I feel like an expert in that field, so some of that knowledge transfers over here as we have black for discard and potential kill spells.
3) I certsinly will pick up fatal push if I ever find any for sale. It is a hot card right now for obvious reasons. However, my difficulty came with creatures which cost more than 2. So I am not sure. I agree that having a 1cc removal card like Path is important.
4) For those interested, my mana base is very simple and improving over time as I find the cards. I currently fill putthe rest of my 60 cards with 4x Temple of Silence & Isolated Chaple. Then I have 2x Caves of Koilos and the rest are plains.
I missed out on a chance to get a vault of the archangle. Someone on the facebook group posted it last night and sold it right away. Shambling Vents or whatever has been ellusive as well. I have one Windbresk Hights but havent used it yet. Not sure how good it is vs how slow it is.
5) I can certainly support the idea of cutting triplicate Spirits for more discard, creature removal or planeswalkers.
I agree that the Triplicate Spirits are bad but I found two as recomended and didn't have any promise of bunri like the list suggested. Triplicate Spirits was a place holder. Also, I have seen first hand how good and bad it is. Turn one scry land, Turn two Virtue, Turn three Procession. Turn four stuck on 3 lands, attack for 6 with vigilance, Tap out for triplicate spirits was really nice. On tue other hand, there were games where it was tye worst card I had in my hand and was darn near impossible to cast. Easy to cut.
6) Today I got my hands on a 2nd Sorin SV. I made the replacement. It is a math thing. He is better than Elspeth in tue deck with the lifegain help and anthem to all creatures.
7) I played two matchs again without a sideboard. This time at a different store with my girlfriend who was attending the magic open house for beginners. I faced some red blue control deck with Lightning Bolts and some other random garbage which just rolled over and died. I didn't learn anything that game... but the deck won, so that feels great.
The next match as against Edrazi tron. Just tron plus big expensive eldrazin and Ugin. After he crushed me 2-0, I asked if we could proxy/pretend that zellos persecution was duress (which are in my binder at home) and that my tiplicate spirits were o-ring. He agreed as a nice guy and that worked better:
Turn one temple scry land
Turn two Caves, take 1 damage, Thoughtseize & duress for his best cards.
Turn 3 inquisition top deck and gather the townsfolk.
Turn 4 stall at 3 lands, raise the alarm and mana open for path.
Path his thoughknot seer with the etb trigger on the stack then forced to discard and continued to bring the heat whike he was in top deck mode. Still, I ran out of gas before he was able to top deck powerful cards and crush me.
It was a fun learning experience. I just need to know how to beat that deck. I felt that increasing the discard would help distrupt the game plan and then beat face. Well, his big spells tend to take over the game by themseleves.
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"Whatever style you wish to play, be it fast and frenzied or slow and tactical, the surest way to defeat your opponent consistently is by dominating him or her in the war of card advantage." - Brian Wiseman, April 1996
If you figure out how to beat any flavor of Tron with BW tokens, please let us know!
Well, not to sond too arrogant, but that kind of challenge was my specialty for Legacy and Vintage decks for many years.
I need to identify a deck list, see what the REAL problems are, and what can be ignored/accepted as a secondary threat.
Depending on the needs for the sideboard, has anyone concidered a transformational sideboard? I wonder if there is a good alternative deck to transform into. That was one solution that worked wonders for me in the past. Instead of brinin in silver bullets, you for example might (and I am just spitballing here) turn into a combo deck.
For example, maybe Mike and Trike combo and more discard. When he played against me, hus only direct distruption was Thoughknot Seer. Mike and trike is mana intensive at 6 for mike. Maybe it is bad but you get the idea. I noticed that it wasnt a super fast deck. Just that it would ramp into 7+ mana and cast big game changing spells. I will certainly have to try some ideas.
Maybe trying to land a No Stick combo. Isochron Sceptor + Silence. They play everything on their turn. Just tell them no on their upkeep and laugh.
"Whatever style you wish to play, be it fast and frenzied or slow and tactical, the surest way to defeat your opponent consistently is by dominating him or her in the war of card advantage." - Brian Wiseman, April 1996
Tron crushers mid-range decks; this is just the nature of things. BW tokens is a mid-range deck.
If you want to beat Tron, you need to beat them before they get Tron assembled. Otherwise it's just a matter of time. If you're close when they get it together, you may still have a turn or two to get it done. BW tokens has only little flying guys for finishers. Tron has multiple answers for small creatures.
If you figure out how to beat any flavor of Tron with BW tokens, please let us know!
Stony Silence is a big help against conventional Tron; I'm not sure if it's any good against Eldrazi Tron - I tend to doubt it.
Eldrazi Tron is not that bad. The deck is inconsistent by nature and has no Eldrazi Displacer. Walking Balista is a problem but it's a lot better than regular Tron with its 3-4 Oblivion Stone + 2 Ugin + consistent turn 3 Tron. Getting rid of Chalice of the Void is kind of important but again, might not be a deal breaker here as it is with Bant Eldrazi. Stony silence should be brought in games 2 and 3 because they run 2-3 ratchet bomb and 1-2 engineered explosives, in addition to all the equipment artifacts, expedition map, and mind stone.
Not recommended, but if you desperately want to beat regular Tron: 3 Stony silence, 4-8 contaminated ground/ evil presence, 3-4 pithing needle, 4 thoughtseize, etc. These should be more than enough to put the game in your favor.
Hey guys. This is my first post here but I've been playing BW Tokens for a couple years now. It was my first Modern deck (bought the event deck and upgraded slowly). I took a good 6 months off from Modern and recently came back and got trounced in my local FNM, partially due to being rusty, partially due to a new meta, and also because I hadn't upgraded the deck with the new sets' cards (Concealed Courtyard and Fatal Push). I'm looking to get some input on my deck to see what you all think (I haven't played this version yet, this is the updated list after my last FNM. I plan on testing it this coming Friday). After reading up on this forum there seems to be a lot of experienced and knowledgeable people regarding tokens and I'd love some insight :-).
I guess my main question is can bitterblossom and raise the alarm work in the same deck? My friends kept telling me to buy bitterblossoms to upgrade it, so I've been slowly getting them 1 at a time. But in a meta with several Burn and Tron players, I'm not sure it will work so well. I also want to work some number of Lost Legacy into the sideboard.
Hey guys. This is my first post here but I've been playing BW Tokens for a couple years now. It was my first Modern deck (bought the event deck and upgraded slowly). I took a good 6 months off from Modern and recently came back and got trounced in my local FNM, partially due to being rusty, partially due to a new meta, and also because I hadn't upgraded the deck with the new sets' cards (Concealed Courtyard and Fatal Push). I'm looking to get some input on my deck to see what you all think (I haven't played this version yet, this is the updated list after my last FNM. I plan on testing it this coming Friday). After reading up on this forum there seems to be a lot of experienced and knowledgeable people regarding tokens and I'd love some insight :-).
I guess my main question is can bitterblossom and raise the alarm work in the same deck? My friends kept telling me to buy bitterblossoms to upgrade it, so I've been slowly getting them 1 at a time. But in a meta with several Burn and Tron players, I'm not sure it will work so well. I also want to work some number of Lost Legacy into the sideboard.
Your list looks very similar to mine. I'm on a 2-3 split between Bitterblossom and Raise currently, but I tested a 3-2 and 3-3 split as well. It really depends on your local meta: a lot of midrange and control? -> play more BB; a lot of combo and aggro? -> play more Raise. If your meta is diverse (such as mine; a little bit of everything), then your split is perfectly reasonable. One thing to note is you don't need 4 Godless shrine. Go to 2 or 3 and replace them with more basics/fetches.
Hey guys. This is my first post here but I've been playing BW Tokens for a couple years now. It was my first Modern deck (bought the event deck and upgraded slowly). I took a good 6 months off from Modern and recently came back and got trounced in my local FNM, partially due to being rusty, partially due to a new meta, and also because I hadn't upgraded the deck with the new sets' cards (Concealed Courtyard and Fatal Push). I'm looking to get some input on my deck to see what you all think (I haven't played this version yet, this is the updated list after my last FNM. I plan on testing it this coming Friday). After reading up on this forum there seems to be a lot of experienced and knowledgeable people regarding tokens and I'd love some insight :-).
I guess my main question is can bitterblossom and raise the alarm work in the same deck? My friends kept telling me to buy bitterblossoms to upgrade it, so I've been slowly getting them 1 at a time. But in a meta with several Burn and Tron players, I'm not sure it will work so well. I also want to work some number of Lost Legacy into the sideboard.
That's a strong list. Nicely done. There's nothing wrong with running RtA alongside BB, but I think trading one RtA for a fourth Inquisition would improve the deck for most matchups. The only other swap I would recommend would be dropping one of your Godless Shrines for an eighth Fetch.
Welcome to the forum, and good luck with the deck!
Edit: Eternal_Infinity -- I just noticed that for the most part I just told him the same thing that you did haha. At least we're on the same page
Thanks guys! I'll make a couple minor tweaks as you both recommended before the next FNM. My meta runs a wide variety of stuff so I'm hoping having both BB and RtA options will help with flexibility. I'm excited to get back into Modern. I loved piloting BW Tokens before and look forward to getting good with it again.
Hey guys! 2 weeks from now i'll be joining a tournament on other city. Might expect open meta. What do you think of this list? I changed my approach for being a bit aggro to control
I might change to 24 lands but i dont know what to cut. and also i need to include at least 1 zealous persecutions. Dang this deck is so hard to build many cards that i want but only 75 slots.
I might cut sorin to 3, but i dont know what else to cut.
I might cut sorin to 3, but i don't know what else to cut.
Running Liliana of the Veil alongside Spectral Procession requires special attention to the land base, and running 5x Plains is suboptimal given your mana requirements. At very least I would swap one of them for a fourth Concealed Courtyard, and personally, I would drop another for a single Polluted Delta (KTK). There is a small trade-off there, but having the extra insurance that you will be able to cast both Lily and Spectral as soon as you need them makes it worthwhile in my opinion.
I completely agree with DHamlin; you should definitely swap the fourth Sorin for a fourth Fatal Push.
Your sideboard is really strong btw; I suspect you will be well positioned for most of your matchups in higher level tournament play. Good luck!
I might cut sorin to 3, but i don't know what else to cut.
Running Liliana of the Veil alongside Spectral Procession requires special attention to the land base, and running 5x Plains is suboptimal given your mana requirements. At very least I would swap one of them for a fourth Concealed Courtyard, and personally, I would drop another for a single Polluted Delta (KTK). There is a small trade-off there, but having the extra insurance that you will be able to cast both Lily and Spectral as soon as you need them makes it worthwhile in my opinion.
I completely agree with DHamlin; you should definitely swap the fourth Sorin for a fourth Fatal Push.
Your sideboard is really strong btw; I suspect you will be well positioned for most of your matchups in higher level tournament play. Good luck!
Knowing that 1 of my plains is fetid heath, do you still think on using 1 polluted delta? I'm also thinking on using 4th concealed.
Knowing that 1 of my plains is fetid heath, do you still think on using 1 polluted delta? I'm also thinking on using 4th concealed.
Fetid Heath is basically the best possible land for running both Lili and Spectral. I cant believe I forgot about it. Yeah, it is preferred over a 9th fetch, but I would still pick up either a fourth Courtyard or a second Fetid heath for your build, the latter probably being the optimal choice given your mana requirements.
I was looking into the white leylines, and I must say I'm probably gonna give them another try. Particularly Leyline of Sanctity.
Leyline of Sanctity is actually very good. I was looking for a way to beat discard effects since I've been dropping games because of a few too well placed Inquisition of kozilek and Thoughtseize recently, and this was the best answer I found. Not only does it block these pesky 1-Drop discard effect, it also double as a fantastic answer to burn and 8-rack. It also prevents some combo plays, notably lightning storm in Ad nauseum, Grapeshot in storm and Cheerio, and The infamous valakut land. Also protects us from the Mindslaver lock that some tron deck use.
As for Leyline of the meek, it gave me some nice result last time I tried them. It's not Intangible virtue, and it does boost our opponent tokens too, but aside from the mirror, how many other token decks are in modern? Tron, affinity, Burn, Eldrazi, DS, Merfolk, Jund; all of those deck plays next to no tokens, and even if they get one out, all of our tokens get the boost, while they get one or two boost. I'm not saying to run a playset, but one or two can't be bad.
I was looking into the white leylines, and I must say I'm probably gonna give them another try. Particularly Leyline of Sanctity.
Leyline of Sanctity is actually very good. I was looking for a way to beat discard effects since I've been dropping games because of a few too well placed Inquisition of kozilek and Thoughtseize recently, and this was the best answer I found. Not only does it block these pesky 1-Drop discard effect, it also double as a fantastic answer to burn and 8-rack. It also prevents some combo plays, notably lightning storm in Ad nauseum, Grapeshot in storm and Cheerio, and The infamous valakut land. Also protects us from the Mindslaver lock that some tron deck use.
As for Leyline of the meek, it gave me some nice result last time I tried them. It's not Intangible virtue, and it does boost our opponent tokens too, but aside from the mirror, how many other token decks are in modern? Tron, affinity, Burn, Eldrazi, DS, Merfolk, Jund; all of those deck plays next to no tokens, and even if they get one out, all of our tokens get the boost, while they get one or two boost. I'm not saying to run a playset, but one or two can't be bad.
With Leyline of Sanctity just remember that it cannot stop The Rack, Shrieking Affliction, LotV +1, or any discard effects that don't specifically say Target Player. I found it to be entirely worthless vs 8-rack because they run too many untargeted effects.
Against burn just remember it won't stop Atarka's Command or Eidolon.
2) For those who may not know me, I am the author of the abandoned Discard Primer and have played a lot of mono black over my many years in the game. I feel like an expert in that field, so some of that knowledge transfers over here as we have black for discard and potential kill spells.
3) I certsinly will pick up fatal push if I ever find any for sale. It is a hot card right now for obvious reasons. However, my difficulty came with creatures which cost more than 2. So I am not sure. I agree that having a 1cc removal card like Path is important.
4) For those interested, my mana base is very simple and improving over time as I find the cards. I currently fill putthe rest of my 60 cards with 4x Temple of Silence & Isolated Chaple. Then I have 2x Caves of Koilos and the rest are plains.
I missed out on a chance to get a vault of the archangle. Someone on the facebook group posted it last night and sold it right away. Shambling Vents or whatever has been ellusive as well. I have one Windbresk Hights but havent used it yet. Not sure how good it is vs how slow it is.
5) I can certainly support the idea of cutting triplicate Spirits for more discard, creature removal or planeswalkers.
I began with this link about a year ago as a foundation as I hunter for cards: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/budget-magic-95-36-tix-modern-white-black-tokens
I agree that the Triplicate Spirits are bad but I found two as recomended and didn't have any promise of bunri like the list suggested. Triplicate Spirits was a place holder. Also, I have seen first hand how good and bad it is. Turn one scry land, Turn two Virtue, Turn three Procession. Turn four stuck on 3 lands, attack for 6 with vigilance, Tap out for triplicate spirits was really nice. On tue other hand, there were games where it was tye worst card I had in my hand and was darn near impossible to cast. Easy to cut.
6) Today I got my hands on a 2nd Sorin SV. I made the replacement. It is a math thing. He is better than Elspeth in tue deck with the lifegain help and anthem to all creatures.
7) I played two matchs again without a sideboard. This time at a different store with my girlfriend who was attending the magic open house for beginners. I faced some red blue control deck with Lightning Bolts and some other random garbage which just rolled over and died. I didn't learn anything that game... but the deck won, so that feels great.
The next match as against Edrazi tron. Just tron plus big expensive eldrazin and Ugin. After he crushed me 2-0, I asked if we could proxy/pretend that zellos persecution was duress (which are in my binder at home) and that my tiplicate spirits were o-ring. He agreed as a nice guy and that worked better:
Turn one temple scry land
Turn two Caves, take 1 damage, Thoughtseize & duress for his best cards.
Turn 3 inquisition top deck and gather the townsfolk.
Turn 4 stall at 3 lands, raise the alarm and mana open for path.
Path his thoughknot seer with the etb trigger on the stack then forced to discard and continued to bring the heat whike he was in top deck mode. Still, I ran out of gas before he was able to top deck powerful cards and crush me.
It was a fun learning experience. I just need to know how to beat that deck. I felt that increasing the discard would help distrupt the game plan and then beat face. Well, his big spells tend to take over the game by themseleves.
If you figure out how to beat any flavor of Tron with BW tokens, please let us know!
Stony Silence is a big help against conventional Tron; I'm not sure if it's any good against Eldrazi Tron - I tend to doubt it.
Frenzy-Affinity-Ghost Quarter-Rock-Tokens- RGWPhyrexian Zoo- WVial KnightsStandard:
BW Knights(Rotated)Pioneer: RW Knights - BW Rally Zombies - UW Heroes
Commander:WUG
Jenara, Asura of War- WGSigarda, Host of HeronsCasualties of economicsLegacy: Good-night, sweet prince. Mono-R Burn
Well, not to sond too arrogant, but that kind of challenge was my specialty for Legacy and Vintage decks for many years.
I need to identify a deck list, see what the REAL problems are, and what can be ignored/accepted as a secondary threat.
Depending on the needs for the sideboard, has anyone concidered a transformational sideboard? I wonder if there is a good alternative deck to transform into. That was one solution that worked wonders for me in the past. Instead of brinin in silver bullets, you for example might (and I am just spitballing here) turn into a combo deck.
For example, maybe Mike and Trike combo and more discard. When he played against me, hus only direct distruption was Thoughknot Seer. Mike and trike is mana intensive at 6 for mike. Maybe it is bad but you get the idea. I noticed that it wasnt a super fast deck. Just that it would ramp into 7+ mana and cast big game changing spells. I will certainly have to try some ideas.
Maybe trying to land a No Stick combo. Isochron Sceptor + Silence. They play everything on their turn. Just tell them no on their upkeep and laugh.
If you want to beat Tron, you need to beat them before they get Tron assembled. Otherwise it's just a matter of time. If you're close when they get it together, you may still have a turn or two to get it done. BW tokens has only little flying guys for finishers. Tron has multiple answers for small creatures.
Fulminator Mage or Ghost Quarter and Surgical Extraction are a method of preventing Tron coming together but it's a hail-mary at best. Stony Silence can help against conventional Tron.
When I want to beat Tron, I just play something else.
Frenzy-Affinity-Ghost Quarter-Rock-Tokens- RGWPhyrexian Zoo- WVial KnightsStandard:
BW Knights(Rotated)Pioneer: RW Knights - BW Rally Zombies - UW Heroes
Commander:WUG
Jenara, Asura of War- WGSigarda, Host of HeronsCasualties of economicsLegacy: Good-night, sweet prince. Mono-R Burn
Eldrazi Tron is not that bad. The deck is inconsistent by nature and has no Eldrazi Displacer. Walking Balista is a problem but it's a lot better than regular Tron with its 3-4 Oblivion Stone + 2 Ugin + consistent turn 3 Tron. Getting rid of Chalice of the Void is kind of important but again, might not be a deal breaker here as it is with Bant Eldrazi. Stony silence should be brought in games 2 and 3 because they run 2-3 ratchet bomb and 1-2 engineered explosives, in addition to all the equipment artifacts, expedition map, and mind stone.
Not recommended, but if you desperately want to beat regular Tron: 3 Stony silence, 4-8 contaminated ground/ evil presence, 3-4 pithing needle, 4 thoughtseize, etc. These should be more than enough to put the game in your favor.
4x Concealed Courtyard
4x Godless Shrine
4x Marsh Flats
3x other white fetches
2x shambling vent
3x plains
1x swamp
1x fetid heath
1x vault of the archangel
Sorceries
4x spectral procession
4x lingering souls
3x inquisition of kozilek
3x thoughtseize
3x raise the alarm
4x path to exile
4x fatal push
1x zealous persecution
Enchantments
3x bitterblossom
4x intangible virtue
Planeswalkers
2x Gideon, ally of zendikar
2x sorin, solemn visitor
2x stony silence
1x zealous persecution
2x timely reinforcements
2x blessed alliance
2x selfless spirit
2x pithing needle
2x rest in peace
2x sundering growth
I guess my main question is can bitterblossom and raise the alarm work in the same deck? My friends kept telling me to buy bitterblossoms to upgrade it, so I've been slowly getting them 1 at a time. But in a meta with several Burn and Tron players, I'm not sure it will work so well. I also want to work some number of Lost Legacy into the sideboard.
Your list looks very similar to mine. I'm on a 2-3 split between Bitterblossom and Raise currently, but I tested a 3-2 and 3-3 split as well. It really depends on your local meta: a lot of midrange and control? -> play more BB; a lot of combo and aggro? -> play more Raise. If your meta is diverse (such as mine; a little bit of everything), then your split is perfectly reasonable. One thing to note is you don't need 4 Godless shrine. Go to 2 or 3 and replace them with more basics/fetches.
That's a strong list. Nicely done. There's nothing wrong with running RtA alongside BB, but I think trading one RtA for a fourth Inquisition would improve the deck for most matchups. The only other swap I would recommend would be dropping one of your Godless Shrines for an eighth Fetch.
Welcome to the forum, and good luck with the deck!
Edit: Eternal_Infinity -- I just noticed that for the most part I just told him the same thing that you did haha. At least we're on the same page
BW BW Tokens
BUW Esper Shadow
BUR Grixis Shadow
3 Bitterlossom
1 Raise the Alarm
4 Spectral Proccesion
4 Lingering Souls
1 Timely Reinforcement
Anthem
4 Intangible Virtue
Instant/Sorcery
4 Path to Exile
3 Fatal Push
Planeswalker
4 Sorin, Solemn Visitor
3 Liliana of the Veil
4 Inquisition of Kozilek
2 Thoughtseize
Lands
4 Marsh Flats
2 Arid Mesa
2 Windswept Heath
5 Plains
1 Swamp
3 Concealed Courtyard
3 Godless Shrine
2 Shambling Vent
1 Vault of the Archangel
2 auriok champion
2 sundering growth
2 rest in peace
2 stony silence
2 collective brutality
1 timely reinforcement
1 worship
1 pithing needle
2 duress
I might change to 24 lands but i dont know what to cut. and also i need to include at least 1 zealous persecutions. Dang this deck is so hard to build many cards that i want but only 75 slots.
I might cut sorin to 3, but i dont know what else to cut.
I would never go above 4-6 Walkers, even with LotV, and 4 Sorin is just overkill. You also should absolutely be running 4 Fatal Push.
Running Liliana of the Veil alongside Spectral Procession requires special attention to the land base, and running 5x Plains is suboptimal given your mana requirements. At very least I would swap one of them for a fourth Concealed Courtyard, and personally, I would drop another for a single Polluted Delta (KTK). There is a small trade-off there, but having the extra insurance that you will be able to cast both Lily and Spectral as soon as you need them makes it worthwhile in my opinion.
I completely agree with DHamlin; you should definitely swap the fourth Sorin for a fourth Fatal Push.
Your sideboard is really strong btw; I suspect you will be well positioned for most of your matchups in higher level tournament play. Good luck!
BW BW Tokens
BUW Esper Shadow
BUR Grixis Shadow
I'm also thinking on making my land to 24. So the choice is only fatal push or an extra land. Which do you suggest?
Knowing that 1 of my plains is fetid heath, do you still think on using 1 polluted delta? I'm also thinking on using 4th concealed.
Fetid Heath is basically the best possible land for running both Lili and Spectral. I cant believe I forgot about it. Yeah, it is preferred over a 9th fetch, but I would still pick up either a fourth Courtyard or a second Fetid heath for your build, the latter probably being the optimal choice given your mana requirements.
BW BW Tokens
BUW Esper Shadow
BUR Grixis Shadow
Leyline of Sanctity is actually very good. I was looking for a way to beat discard effects since I've been dropping games because of a few too well placed Inquisition of kozilek and Thoughtseize recently, and this was the best answer I found. Not only does it block these pesky 1-Drop discard effect, it also double as a fantastic answer to burn and 8-rack. It also prevents some combo plays, notably lightning storm in Ad nauseum, Grapeshot in storm and Cheerio, and The infamous valakut land. Also protects us from the Mindslaver lock that some tron deck use.
As for Leyline of the meek, it gave me some nice result last time I tried them. It's not Intangible virtue, and it does boost our opponent tokens too, but aside from the mirror, how many other token decks are in modern? Tron, affinity, Burn, Eldrazi, DS, Merfolk, Jund; all of those deck plays next to no tokens, and even if they get one out, all of our tokens get the boost, while they get one or two boost. I'm not saying to run a playset, but one or two can't be bad.
(W/B)BW Tokens(W/B) | (B/R)Rakdos Burn(B/R) | (U/R)Gift Storm(U/R)
With Leyline of Sanctity just remember that it cannot stop The Rack, Shrieking Affliction, LotV +1, or any discard effects that don't specifically say Target Player. I found it to be entirely worthless vs 8-rack because they run too many untargeted effects.
Against burn just remember it won't stop Atarka's Command or Eidolon.