Legendary Hijinks! w/ SmallAnt & Joey Schultz ft. Burakos, Kethis, Shattergang & Ovika | Ep #123

Deck Strategies

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  Shattergang Brothers

  The deck aims to swarm the board with goblins and use them for various effects, including Grenzo's exile ability.

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  Burakos, Party Leader

  The deck aims to assemble a party of various creature types and generate value through treasure tokens and card draw, facilitated by cards like Lotho, Corrupt Sheriff.

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  Kethis, the Hidden Hand

  The deck aims to reduce the cost of legendary spells, creating a deck full of high-value cards that can be played at a discount.

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  Ovika, Enigma Goliath

  The deck aims to take advantage of Ovika's ability to turn all lands into forests, potentially powering out big creatures and spells.

Gameplay Insights

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  The early aggression from the Shattergang Brothers player, leveraging Grenzo, Havoc Raiser's ability, put pressure on the other players and disrupted their top-deck plans.

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  The Burakos player's early deployment of Lotho, Corrupt Sheriff set up a potential value engine, which could be a key factor in the mid to late game.

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  The Kethis player's use of Sapphire Medallion will likely enable them to get their powerful legendary spells on the board more quickly.

Notable Cards

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  Grenzo, Havoc Raiser

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  Sapphire Medallion

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  Chromatic Lantern

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  Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth

Summary

The game kicked off with the players revealing their commanders and expressing their strategies. Notably, Joey, piloting Burakos, planned to assemble a party and generate value through treasure tokens and card draw, while SmallAnt's Kethis deck aimed to reduce the cost of legendary spells. The Shattergang Brothers player intended to swarm the board with goblins and the Ovika player was planning to make use of the fact that every land could now tap for green mana. The game saw some early aggression from the Shattergang Brothers player, who utilized Grenzo to exile the top cards of opponents' libraries following successful attacks. Notably, the Burakos player managed to get Lotho, Corrupt Sheriff on the board early, setting up a potential value engine for later in the game. The game seemed to be progressing with each player developing their board state and readying their strategies.