diff --git a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/ability/effects/PhasesEffect.java b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/ability/effects/PhasesEffect.java
index 4c0f1995f72..d18ba7177c4 100644
--- a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/ability/effects/PhasesEffect.java
+++ b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/ability/effects/PhasesEffect.java
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package forge.game.ability.effects;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import forge.util.Lang;
 
 import forge.game.Game;
 import forge.game.ability.AbilityUtils;
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ public class PhasesEffect extends SpellAbilityEffect {
         // when getStackDesc is called, just build exactly what is happening
         final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
         final List<Card> tgtCards = getTargetCards(sa);
-        sb.append(StringUtils.join(tgtCards, ", "));
-        sb.append(" Phases Out.");
+        sb.append(Lang.joinHomogenous(tgtCards));
+        sb.append(tgtCards.size() == 1 ? " phases out." : " phase out.");
         return sb.toString();
     }
 
diff --git a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/ability/effects/ScryEffect.java b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/ability/effects/ScryEffect.java
index d14026c495b..e5d1ac937dc 100644
--- a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/ability/effects/ScryEffect.java
+++ b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/ability/effects/ScryEffect.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import forge.game.ability.AbilityUtils;
 import forge.game.ability.SpellAbilityEffect;
 import forge.game.player.Player;
 import forge.game.spellability.SpellAbility;
+import forge.util.Lang;
 import forge.util.Localizer;
 
 
@@ -16,16 +17,16 @@ public class ScryEffect extends SpellAbilityEffect {
     protected String getStackDescription(SpellAbility sa) {
         final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
 
-        for (final Player p : getTargetPlayers(sa)) {
-            sb.append(p.toString()).append(" ");
-        }
+        final List<Player> players = Lists.newArrayList(); // players really affected
+        players.addAll(getTargetPlayers(sa));
+        sb.append(Lang.joinHomogenous(players)).append(" ");
 
         int num = 1;
         if (sa.hasParam("ScryNum")) {
             num = AbilityUtils.calculateAmount(sa.getHostCard(), sa.getParam("ScryNum"), sa);
         }
 
-        sb.append("scrys (").append(num).append(").");
+        sb.append(players.size() == 1 ? "scries " : "scry ").append(num).append(".");
         return sb.toString();
     }
 
diff --git a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/ability/effects/TokenEffect.java b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/ability/effects/TokenEffect.java
index e3f941eb852..5c3aa1ed082 100644
--- a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/ability/effects/TokenEffect.java
+++ b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/ability/effects/TokenEffect.java
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
  */
 package forge.game.ability.effects;
 
+import java.util.List;
+
+import forge.util.Lang;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.mutable.MutableBoolean;
 
 import forge.game.Game;
@@ -25,12 +28,24 @@ import forge.game.card.Card;
 import forge.game.card.CardZoneTable;
 import forge.game.event.GameEventCombatChanged;
 import forge.game.event.GameEventTokenCreated;
+import forge.game.player.Player;
 import forge.game.spellability.SpellAbility;
 
 public class TokenEffect extends TokenEffectBase {
 
     @Override
     protected String getStackDescription(SpellAbility sa) {
+        if (sa.hasParam("SpellDescription")) {
+            String desc = sa.getParam("SpellDescription");
+            if (desc.startsWith("Create")) {
+                final Card host = sa.getHostCard();
+                final List<Player> creators = AbilityUtils.getDefinedPlayers(host, sa.getParamOrDefault("TokenOwner",
+                        "You"), sa);
+                String start = Lang.joinHomogenous(creators) + (creators.size() == 1 ? " creates" : " create");
+                desc = desc.replace("Create",start);
+            }
+            return desc;
+        }
         return sa.getDescription();
     }