I would expect these to be handled the same way the Clues were. In any case, there should be some kind of reminder text pertaining to what an Elixir token is and does. Is the token really supposed to be colored? It's functionality is somewhat confusing as well. From what I can gather, I think you can "nullify" up to 2 damage if the source is you in that you prevent 1 damage and then gain 1 life. Those tokens seem to mess up combat math pretty quickly as well. Why is there a tap cost in addition to the sac? Neither Gold nor Clues tokens have that.

> Why is there a tap cost in addition to the sac? Neither Gold nor Clues tokens have that.

Treasures do though. And the tokens named Etherium Cell IIRC. There are multiple reasons. Among them: For artifact tokens it's more intuitive to actually work like artifacts and tapping is the delimiter between artifacts and enchantments.

For Golds/Treasures in particular there where some rules issues because they had mana abilities and created confusion when used with other abilities.

I personally support -symbols on artifact tokens going forward - with the opposite being the exception.

I see, yes. Back to Lotus Petal. I was quite reason there was some reason but couldn't recall it. Mana abilities aren't something you tend to care about that much in common play so it's easy to forget the nuances/problems with those.