Hive Stirrings

Token Creatures Count

You've said in the past that you typically try to give white and then green more creatures in a set and blue and red fewer creatures. When working on this balance, do you count token producers, like Hive Stirrings and Raise the Alarm as creatures?

Yes, spells making tokens count as creatures for creature count purposes. Interestingly, creatures with defender do not.

Blue Creatures Defender Green Hive Stirrings Raise the Alarm Red Spells Tokens White

Hive Stirrings Query

M14 looks great- I do have a couple questions about Hive Stirrings though- why did it go into White, (as all colours are capable of token creation) and why are the created tokens colourless? A white card making colourless tokens feels a little strange.

White is currently #1 at token making with green #2 and black #3. The reason it makes colorless sliver tokens is in keeping with the past. All three previous sliver token makers (Brood Sliver, Sliver Queen and Sliversmith) made colorless tokens.

Black Brood Sliver Colorless Colors Green Hive Stirrings Sliver Sliver Queen Sliversmith Tokens White

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