Deck & Commander Strategies

Aurelia, Exemplar of Justice
Aggressively deploys creatures with double strike and flying to apply early and consistent combat pressure, aiming to quickly reduce opponents' life totals through combat damage.

Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
Focuses on populating the battlefield with tokens and gaining life, using wide board presence and life gain to outlast opponents and create large creatures for defense and offense.

Prime Speaker Zegana
Maximizes card draw by copying herself and utilizing creatures' strength-based effects, building a massive hand to fuel combos and overwhelm opponents through superior resources.

Teysa Karlov
Utilizes token creation and sacrifice synergies to generate value from death triggers, steal or copy opponent creatures, and maintain board control through incremental advantages.
Gameplay Insights
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Trostani's strategy to create token creatures and gain life proved pivotal in stabilizing the board and deterring aggressive attacks.
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Zegana's repeated self-copying and card draw allowed sustained resource advantage, critical for maintaining pressure and options.
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Teysa's use of sacrifice outlets and token synergies enabled effective board disruption and incremental advantage through death triggers.
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Aurelia's aggressive flying double strike creatures applied constant pressure but faced challenges against token armies and life gain effects.
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Players carefully timed attacks and blocks, leveraging pump effects like Mentor of the Meek to maximize combat damage while managing risk.
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Sacrificing creatures strategically for tokens or card draw was a recurring theme, showcasing resource management and synergy exploitation.
Notable Cards
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Mentor of the Meek
Gameplay Summary
The game started with players developing their boards and ramping mana while setting up their respective strategies.
Trostani focused on populating the board with tokens and gaining life, leveraging the synergy to create large creatures and maintain a strong defensive presence.
Zegana aimed to draw cards and grow big by repeatedly copying herself to fuel a massive card draw engine.
Teysa Karlov built a token and sacrifice theme, aiming to exploit death triggers and steal opponent creatures to gain incremental advantage.
Aurelia played aggressively with double strike and flying creatures, pressuring opponents and attempting to chip away at life totals quickly. Midgame saw several key interactions: Trostani creating tokens and gaining life to stabilize, Zegana generating card advantage through multiple activations of her commander and other draw engines, and Teysa utilizing sacrifice outlets and token synergies to disrupt opponents and maintain board control.
Aurelia attempted to push damage through flying double-strikers, but the board state was complicated by token armies and life gains.
Several combat phases involved strategic attacks and blocks, with players carefully evaluating when to commit to combat or hold back due to the presence of cards like Mentor of the Meek and other pump effects.
The game featured tactical use of resource management such as sacrificing creatures for tokens or card draws and reacting to opponents’ plays with timely removals and countermeasures.
While no final winner was established in the available gameplay, the tension revolved around whether Trostani’s life gain and token army, Zegana’s card advantage, Teysa’s sacrifice synergy, or Aurelia’s aggressive combat would prevail first.











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