Preface: I realize this is a silver-border card, and has no official rulings. I'm looking for logical reasoning or links to a post from MaRo giving a silver-border ruling.
What happens if I don't have enough toys with me to represent the tokens created by the spell/ability that I spent mana on with this card?
What happens if the spell/ability would cause my opponents to create tokens (eg, Beast Within)? If the token(s) created need to be toys, am I obligated to supply the toys?
For Mishra's Toy Workshop, can I use my favorite toys--creature token cards--to represent tokens?
Look, it’s a silver-bordered card. The spirit is to play with actual toys which token cards are not. You can make house rules to do whatever you want but as Un-Rules Manager I will not support not following the spirit of the card. Just use actual toys!
So: do whatever works best for you and your play group. Silver border is morr about following the spirit of the card, not the rules.
Anyway, the way I see it, the card never says the toys have to belong to you.
But if you aren't bringing a full bucket of army men or whatever, you're doing it wrong.
if you aren't bringing a full bucket of army men or whatever, you're doing it wrong.
I'm currently thinking of using a Barrel o' Monkeys (unfortunately, Pongify does not have any generic or colorless cost), but the possibility still exists that I'll run out.
Get differently colored ones. One red = ten blue or the like.
Alternatively, stacks. "This pile of five monkeys are my fifty thopters."
Edit: you can even argue that "Use toys to represent the tokens" does not mean one toy = one token. Two monkeys as 512 elves is still using toys to represent tokens.
Alright guys, we don't mind a casual discussion like this once in a while for a silver-bodered card, but I believe the "rules question" has been answered satisfactorily here, so it's time to close this.
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Preface: I realize this is a silver-border card, and has no official rulings. I'm looking for logical reasoning or links to a post from MaRo giving a silver-border ruling.
Two Score, Minus Two or: A Stargate Tail
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So: do whatever works best for you and your play group. Silver border is morr about following the spirit of the card, not the rules.
Anyway, the way I see it, the card never says the toys have to belong to you.
But if you aren't bringing a full bucket of army men or whatever, you're doing it wrong.
Two Score, Minus Two or: A Stargate Tail
(Image by totallynotabrony)
Alternatively, stacks. "This pile of five monkeys are my fifty thopters."
Edit: you can even argue that "Use toys to represent the tokens" does not mean one toy = one token. Two monkeys as 512 elves is still using toys to represent tokens.
Two Score, Minus Two or: A Stargate Tail
(Image by totallynotabrony)
There's always Legos.