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It can be effectively played in mono-black control or Rakdos decks in Pioneer or in the popular Grixis control decks in Standard

There are three primary ways to win with tokens: You attack with enough creature tokens that your opponent cant possibly hope to block them all, You pair your token generation with Mirkwood Bats, Impact Tremors, Zulaport Cutthroat, and similar effects that drain your opponents life total as your tokens enter and leave the battlefield, or You have sacrifice outlets that let you cash in tokens to kill blockers and/or drain your opponents life, like Goblin Bombardment

Ruby/Amethyst might feel too simple for advanced players, and Steel/Emerald could feel confusing for beginners.

If a player attacked you on the most recent turn they took before they left the game, that attack counts for Avenge's cost reduction ability until the next point in the game where that player would have taken a turn