Do Tactics Tokens Persist between turns?

[Thrawnic]

Hi All,

Played my first game of ToS last night and my opponent and i both couldnt find whether tactics tokens persist between turns. I presume yes as it would be impossible to purchase 5 cost Stratagems in a single commander game if they dont, but just wanted to ask to be sure.

Additionally, Is there no starting hand for ToS? We couldnt find any reference to a starting control hand in the rules and assumed you had to buy them all turn 1 with tactics tokens if you chose to.

Thanks in advance for the answers.

 

[retnab]

1) Yes, they persist like all tokens

2) There is no starting hand, you've got to pay up for them if you want cards