Deck & Commander Strategies
Geyadrone Dihada
Focuses on applying corruption counters to creatures and planeswalkers, draining opponents’ life while gaining life, and ultimately taking control of multiple permanents with a powerful ultimate ability.
Dakkon, Shadow Slayer
Scales loyalty counters based on lands to control creatures and artifacts, with abilities to surveil, exile threats, and cheat artifacts or creatures from graveyards onto the battlefield.
Garth One-Eye
Utilizes the ability to name key cards and create copies to cast powerful spells repeatedly, leveraging iconic cards for value and control.
Chainer, Nightmare Adept
Enables casting creature cards from the graveyard with haste, supporting aggressive reanimation and tempo plays through recurring threats.
Gameplay Insights
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Applying corruption counters early on creates a strong control element by granting protection and enabling life drain triggers.
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Chainer's ability to cast creatures from the graveyard with haste allows for unexpected attacks and board presence recovery.
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The use of Dakkon's loyalty counters scaling with lands provides a flexible resource to control threats and cheat high-impact permanents into play.
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Blocking and combat interactions with creatures like Jade Avenger who gain bonuses when blocked creates additional layers of tactical decisions.
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Players leverage incremental life gain and drain effects alongside board control to tilt the game in their favor without overextending.
Notable Cards
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Geyadrone Dihada
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Dakkon, Shadow Slayer
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Chainer, Nightmare Adept
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Jade Avenger
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Ornithopter of Paradise
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Sinister Starfish
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Mishra's Factory
Gameplay Summary
The game begins with players unveiling their decks built from Modern Horizons 2 cards, featuring a diverse set of commanders with unique abilities.
Early turns focus on developing mana bases and playing key creatures like Dragons Rage Channeler, Ornithopter of Paradise, and Jade Avenger.
One player leverages Geyadrone Dihada's corruption counters mechanic, steadily applying pressure by draining life and gaining control of permanents marked by corruption counters.
Meanwhile, another player utilizes Dakkon, Shadow Slayer, whose loyalty counters scale with lands to control the board and recast artifacts or creatures from graveyards. As the game progresses, strategic plays revolve around manipulation of counters, combat tricks, and incremental life swings.
The use of Chainer, Nightmare Adept's ability to repeatedly cast creatures from the graveyard with haste proves pivotal, enabling aggressive tempo swings.
A critical turning point involves the leveraging of corruption counters to lock down threats and seize control, effectively neutralizing opposing attackers.
The game teeters on a balance between board presence and resource advantage, with players carefully timing removal and leveraging their commanders' abilities to outmaneuver opponents.
Ultimately, the synergy between corruption counters and life drain establishes a dominant board state that paves the way for victory.
