This may mean that were about to be inundated with spoilers over the coming weeks, on top of the already announced spoiler season for The Hobbit
A number of different anthem effects (such as Chitterspitter, sylvan anthem, etc) as well as cards that buff your whole army (Return of the Wildspeaker, Overrun, etc) can make this enormous army of 1/1 tokens into a deadly threat
It sees very little play in multiplayer Commander, but it's been getting top-tier results in Tasigur, the Golden Fang decks in Duel Commander (the 1-vs-1 version of the 100-card format)
It wasn't that long ago that most combo decks were built around spells (think Storm and Ad Nauseam), but now, many combos are creature-based, like Melira, Sylvok Outcast and Kitchen Finks or Devoted Druid and Vizier of Remedies
The text box includes its effect, usually short enough to allow for a full paragraph of flavor text (Vorthos rejoice!) How To Play Vanguard Cards Vanguard games are played in much the same way as traditional constructed Magic duels