Determined Iteration

Oracle Text

At the beginning of combat on your turn, populate. The token created this way gains haste. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step. (To populate, create a token that's a copy of a creature token you control.)

Card Details

-/-Power / Toughness

1RMana Cost

4Prints

Set

Secrets of Strixhaven Commander · View all prints →

Character Background

Determined Iteration is a cleanly aggressive value engine for Magic: The Gathering decks that can keep a stream of creature tokens on board, especially go-wide red shells and token-copy strategies. Because it populates at the beginning of combat, it rewards you for having a strong token to clone before attackers are declared, then immediately turns that copy into pressure with haste before sacrificing it at end step. That makes it excellent for tempo and aggro plans, where every combat step matters and even a temporary extra body can translate into extra damage, death triggers, or a key attack trigger. It pairs particularly well with decks that make high-impact creature tokens, such as Treasure, Treasure-adjacent token makers that become creatures, or big token creatures from green-white token builds. If your list can repeatedly produce a valuable token each turn, Determined Iteration becomes a recurring threat that turns modest board presence into relentless combat momentum.

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