Deck Strategies
Kolodin, Triumph Caster
Aggressive vehicle tribal deck that uses artifact synergies and treasure tokens to quickly crew vehicles and apply pressure with haste creatures. It aims to overwhelm opponents with fast, repeated combat damage.
Yuna, Grand Summoner
A proliferate and +1/+1 counter deck that uses creatures like Fathom Mage and Evolution Sage to draw cards and grow the board. The deck aims to combo with Freed from the Real for infinite mana and card draw, enabling a win with Walking Ballista or other finishers.
Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER
Aggressive equipment-based deck that leverages free or cheap equipment cast triggers and efficient attackers to apply combat pressure. Treasure generation and synergy with equipment like Colossal Hammer provide explosive turns.
Vincent Valentine // Galian Beast
A sacrifice and equipment synergy deck that increases Vincent's power through creature deaths and buffs from equipment. It uses effects like Verasa's Fall and reassembling skeletons to fuel sacrifice, growing Vincent into a large threat that can close out the game.
Gameplay Insights
- 1
Max leveraged Together Forever to repeatedly recast his key creatures, maximizing value from Fathom Mage and Evolution Sage triggers to proliferate counters and draw cards.
- 2
Kolodin used treasure tokens generated from attacking and vehicle crewing to maintain aggressive board presence and enable multiple creatures with haste to hit opponents quickly.
- 3
Vincent Valentine capitalized on sacrifice effects triggered by board wipes like Verasa's Fall to grow his commander with +1/+1 counters, turning him into a formidable threat.
- 4
Cloud's synergy with free equipment casts, particularly Colossal Hammer, allowed for efficient board development and additional treasure generation, enhancing combat capabilities.
- 5
Yuna's combination of proliferate effects and Freed from the Real enabled an infinite mana and card draw combo, culminating in a Walking Ballista win.
- 6
Players carefully prioritized targets and attacks to avoid dealing with Max's growing proliferate engine, recognizing the difficulty in removing his key creatures under ward and counter protection.
Notable Cards
Together Forever
Fathom Mage
Evolution Sage
Freed from the Real
Crystalline Crawler
Walking Ballista
Summary
The game began with each player establishing their early board presence through ramp and low-cost creatures, setting the stage for their respective strategies. Kolodin focused on an aggressive vehicle-based plan, utilizing creatures like Night Paladin and Horde Hauler alongside treasure tokens to generate explosive tempo. Vincent Valentine leveraged sacrifice effects and equipment like Brotherhood's Regalia and Colossal Hammer to increase his power and pressure opponents. Yuna's deck centered around proliferate synergies, using creatures like Fathom Mage, Evolution Sage, and Crystalline Crawler to accumulate +1/+1 counters and draw cards, eventually comboing with Freed from the Real to generate infinite mana and draw through the deck. Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER, supported an aggressive strategy with free equipment and efficient attackers, also benefiting from treasure generation and timely combat.
