Overview:

This Naya (RGW) tokens deck helmed by Ghired, Mirror of the Wilds focuses on explosive token generation and duplication, leveraging populate mechanics, token doublers, and enter-the-battlefield triggers to overwhelm opponents. Ghired grants all nontoken creatures the ability to copy tokens created that turn, enabling exponential growth of threats like Rhino tokens from Ghired, Conclave Exile or incidental tokens from Emmara, Soul of the Accord. The deck combines combat overrun strategies with synergies like Impact Tremors/Terror of the Peaks burn and has backup combo potential via Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker/Splinter Twin with haste-enablers.

Primer:

Core Strategy Execution:

1. Early Setup (Turns 1-3): Deploy mana dorks (Llanowar Elves, Birds of Paradise), signets, or Smothering Tithe to accelerate into key token generators like Emmara, Soul of the Accord or Dragonmaster Outcast.
2. Token Proliferation (Turns 3-5): Resolve Ghired and token doublers (Doubling Season, Mondrak, Glory Dominus). Use populate effects (Sundering Growth, Determined Iteration) to multiply tokens. Activate Grove of the Guardian for 8/8s or Dollhouse of Horrors for scaled-up creature tokens.
3. Win Conditions (Turns 5-8):
   • Combat Overrun: Swing with massive boards amplified by Craterhoof Behemoth-like effects (Ghalta and Mavren, Pathbreaker Ibex via populate).
   • Burn: Stack Impact Tremors/Terror of the Peaks with token waves.
   • Combo: Use Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Thousand-Year Elixir to copy creatures like Felidar Guardian (not in list) or generate value with Fable of the Mirror-Breaker.

Mulligan Priorities:

• Keep hands with 2-3 lands (including color fixing), 1-2 ramp pieces, and at least one token generator (e.g., Emmara, Soul of the Accord, Dragonmaster Outcast).
• Prioritize early doublers (Anointed Procession, Parallel Lives) or protection (Lightning Greaves) against interaction-heavy pods.

Key Tips:

• Use Thousand-Year Elixir to untap Ghired or Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker for multiple activations.
• Sacrifice tokens to Greater Good (not listed but inferred) or The Great Henge for card advantage.
• Feldon of the Third Path and Dollhouse of Horrors provide recursion for key creatures.

Weaknesses:

Critical

• Board Wipes: Blasphemous Act and Hour of Reckoning are included, but the deck lacks mass recursion to recover from repeated wipes.
• Anti-Token Tech: Cursed Totem/Torpor Orb nullify key abilities; Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite cripples token stats.

Moderate

• Graveyard Reliance: Feldon of the Third Path and Dollhouse of Horrors are vulnerable to Rest in Peace.
• Slow Combos: Kiki-Jiki lines lack efficient infinite enablers (e.g., Zealous Conscripts), reducing combo speed.

Minor

• Artifact/Enchantment Hate: Key doublers like Doubling Season are high-priority targets.
• Mana Constraints: Despite good ramp, casting 6+ CMC doublers early requires perfect draws.

Most Important Cards:

• Doubling Season (Token/counter multiplier)
• Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker (Combo engine/token generator)
• Mondrak, Glory Dominus (Token doubler with protection)
• Impact Tremors (Burn payoff for token spam)
• Ghired, Conclave Exile (Rhino token source and populate enabler)
• The Great Henge (Card draw and +1/+1 counters)
• Smothering Tithe (Mana acceleration)
• Terror of the Peaks (Burn amplification)
• Dollhouse of Horrors (Recursive token generator)
• Fable of the Mirror-Breaker (Value engine and pseudo-Kiki)

Attribute Ratings:

Speed: 6/10

• Can threaten wins via combat or burn by turns 6-8 with optimal draws, but lacks T4-5 combos.

Resilience: 5/10

• Limited protection beyond Flawless Maneuver; token strategies are inherently fragile to sweepers.

Consistency: 6/10

• Multiple token engines and doublers provide redundancy, but few tutors to assemble critical combos.

Interaction: 5/10

• Efficient spot removal (Swords to Plowshares, Chaos Warp) but minimal stack interaction or stax.

Rating Justification:

This deck has focused token synergies and midrange combat potential but lacks the speed (T7-8) and resilience to compete above optimized casual tiers. Its combo lines are inconsistent, and it folds to common board wipes.

Power level: 5.5 - 6.0