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Agreed. After giving us tokens in the PvtC deck its rather sad.

Vicious Shadows. Same CMC, just one is colored.

This + Kresh= pwnage

I just use the Hornet from PvtC.

I came on here specifically to complain about the lack of Pentivite tokens in the Duels decks...wtf?? A soldier token in the Arty deck??! Really?! I couldnt believe it so i bought a second and why lookee here a soldier token in Tezz's deck?? Sad just, sad, I mean you made Minion and wasp tokens....

I've got a deck with a playset of these. With this, Everflowing Chalice, Steel Overseer, and Contagion Engine, (with Unbender Tine and Voltaic Key for good measure), spawning a massive army of fliers from this guy is easy.

With Doubling Season, more tokens seem to be popping outta the ground or something.

AHEM...

Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker.

Oh yes. Yes indeed. or lifeline, for those of y'all who want to kick it old school.

With Grave Pact:

2: Each opponent sacrifices a creature.

Contagion Clasp and Energy Chamber also work well with it.

Ah, uhm... Well, you see.... uhh....

Ashnod's Altar + Doubling Season + This. Let me show you.

Pentavus: 5 counters Tokens: 0 Mana: 1
Pentavus -1(ability) +1(+1 from DS) -1(ability cost)
Pentavus: 4 counters Tokens: 2 Mana: 0
Ashnod's Altar -1(sacrifice cost) +2
Pentavus: 4 counters Tokens: 1 Mana: 2
Pentavus +1(+1 from DS) -1(ability) -1(ability cost)
Pentavus: 6 counters Tokens: 0 Mana: 1

Back where we started, but we have an extra counter. Assuming we follow that loop infinitely, it becomes

Pentavus: Infinite Tokens: 0 Mana: 1
Pentavus -1 +1(+1 from DS) -1
Pentavus: Infinite -1 Tokens: 2 Mana: 0
Ashnod's Altar -2 +4
Pentavus: Infinite -1 Tokens: 0 Mana: 4
Pentavus -1 +1(+1 from DS) -1
Pentavus: Infinite -2 Tokens: 2 Mana: 3
Pentavus +1(+1 from DS) -1 -1
Pentavus: Infinite Tokens: 1 Mana: 2

And now you see that both the tokens and mana ended up 1 more than before, while Pentavus stayed the same. So, in essence, Pentavus is an Infinite/Infinite, you have Infinite 1/1 tokens, and you have Infinite colorless mana. I should ALSO mention, those tokens hit the graveyard and trigger any creature goes to the graveyard or creature enters battlefield effect. And his Infinite/Infinite strength is due to +1/+1 counters.

i think this card is good in a sunburst deck.because u can tranpsort +1/+1 counters from cre creatures with sunburst to pentavus and make pentavites or transport +1/+1 from pentavus to other creatures or artifact cards.(it would be good with that card that gives +2/+2 to artifacts..)

@lightningrod14 Actually that would not work. A token is not a "card" as it specifies on Shirei.

No Pentavite tokens with our Tezzeret deck, WotC? For shame!


Edit: Pentavus got reprinted in Magic 2012, so we finally get our Pentavite tokens.

the art is exactly perfect for what it does. great job visualizing how it would actually play out on the battlefield.

@equinox: The tokens aren't cards, but Pentavus is. And what power is he when he dies?