What is a Token?
At its simplest, a token is merely an item that represents something the game prescribes. In fact, you’ve probably already utilized this concept without even knowing it! For example, when champions in Rush of Ikorr are attacked, their health is reduced by attack stat of the attacking champion. However, since we can’t literally change the number that is printed on the card, players may use dice or cardboard damage counters. These items are tokens which represent damage! In Luminary Strike, we take this idea one step further with the addition of champion tokens!
Anatomy of a Champion Token
Let’s take a look at some examples of champion tokens that you might find in Luminary Strike.
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Let’s say hello to the Pus Demon! He probably looks a lot like the champions you are used to seeing. You can see his card type: token champion, loyalty: Maya, and trait: Demon. His attack: 2, health: 2, and raid: 1 are all listed on the bottom of the card. He even has a keyword: Swift. You can see that different champion tokens have different stats, abilities, and types. But there’s one key difference from normal champions: They have no influence cost listed. This is because champion tokens are not included in your deck.
But if you can’t put them in your deck and pay influence for them directly, then how do they get on the battlefield? You’re probably wondering…
Where do Champion Tokens Come From?
As tokens are merely a representation of what the game prescribes, champion tokens are not included in your 40-card deck. Rather, a player may include cards in their deck that create champion tokens during the course of play. Let’s take a look at an example of one such card.
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Ahalpuh, The Sinswell reads “DEATH — Summon two 2/2/1 aspectless Demon champion tokens with Swift named “Pus Demon”.
So, when your Ahalpuh, The Sinswell dies, you would put it into your graveyard and resolve its effect, putting two “Pus Demon” champion tokens with 2 attack, 2 health, 1 raid, and Swift onto the battlefield. Just as you have dice or damage counters waiting off to the side, ready for when you need them, you now can have a stack of champion tokens also ready to go! Just grab them and put them onto the battlefield whenever a card tells you to do so!
Where Can I Collect These Tokens?
Champion tokens can be found randomly inserted into Luminary Strike booster packs, replacing the influence card you would normally get from the pack. These tokens are great because they have standardized art and all the correct stats printed on the card. This helps to minimize confusion between players and keep track of the board state.
What if I Don’t Have Them?
Didn’t open any of the tokens you need? Not to worry! The good news is, anything can be a token, as long you communicate to all players what your item of choice is representing. You could use coins as tokens. You could use dice as tokens. You could use meatballs as tokens! (Ew.) You could even draw your very own! If you do, tag us at “@upperdeckent”! We would love to see what you came up with!
Rulings on Champion Tokens
Champion tokens do count towards your 6 champion limit total on the battlefield. If you would create one or more token champions when all six champions slots are occupied, no champion tokens will be created.
If an effect would have you create more champion tokens than you have available champion slots on the battlefield, instead create as many champion tokens as you have space for. For example, if an effect would have you create four champion tokens, but you only have 2 champions slots available on your battlefield, instead create 2 champion tokens.
Champion tokens can killed, retreated, or shuffled back into the deck. However, champion tokens cannot exist in a player’s graveyard, hand, or deck. Therefore, as soon as they would be placed in one of these zones, they are removed from the game instead. Effects that trigger on champion death, retreat, or being put into the deck will still trigger as normal, but champion tokens can only exist on the battlefield.
A champion token’s influence cost is always treated as 0 (zero).
In Summary
We hope that you now not only understand exactly how champion tokens will work in Rush of Ikorr but are excited to start creating decks that utilize them! The addition of champion tokens introduces a variety of new strategies to the game. Will you try to flood your board with an expendable army? Out value your opponents? We can’t wait to see what you come up with!
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