Sandsteppe War Riders — ruling 1

To determine the number of differently named artifact tokens you control, count each artifact token you control once, but only if its English name isn’t exactly the same as another artifact token you’ve already counted this way.

Sandsteppe War Riders — ruling 2

A token’s name is its subtypes plus the word “Token” unless it’s copying another object or it was given a specific name by the effect that created it. For example, Myr tokens are named “Myr Token,” and they have a different name than Phyrexian Myr tokens, which are named “Phyrexian Myr Token.”

Sandsteppe War Riders : règles, fonctionnement et interactions (MTG)

Sandsteppe War Riders is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.

Official card text

Trample At the beginning of combat on your turn, bolster X, where X is the number of differently named artifact tokens you control. (Choose a creature with the least toughness among creatures you control and put X +1/+1 counters on it.)

How it works : Sandsteppe War Riders

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

#1April 14, 2023· Wizards of the Coast
To determine the number of differently named artifact tokens you control, count each artifact token you control once, but only if its English name isn’t exactly the same as another artifact token you’ve already counted this way.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#2April 14, 2023· Wizards of the Coast
A token’s name is its subtypes plus the word “Token” unless it’s copying another object or it was given a specific name by the effect that created it. For example, Myr tokens are named “Myr Token,” and they have a different name than Phyrexian Myr tokens, which are named “Phyrexian Myr Token.”
No other card is named in this ruling.