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Trostani, Selesnya's Voice vs Rendmaw, Creaking Nest vs Ms Bumbleflower vs Liliana, Heretical Healer

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Decklists

Deck Strategies

  • Trostani, Selesnya's Voice

    Trostani, Selesnya's Voice

    Leverages life gain and token production to create a wide board presence, combined with enchantments and equipment like Helm of the Host to generate value and control the game. The deck aims to win through overwhelming board presence and attrition.

  • Rendmaw, Creaking Nest

    Rendmaw, Creaking Nest

    Focuses on creating and abusing flying Bird tokens to pressure opponents and control the air. Utilizes token synergies and attrition effects such as Attrition to maintain board control.

  • Ms. Bumbleflower

    Ms. Bumbleflower

    A graveyard and token synergy deck that generates card advantage through +1/+1 counters and token production, while providing incremental value each turn through its unique abilities.

  • Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer

    Liliana, Heretical Healer

    A control and recursion deck that uses sacrifice outlets, removal, and recursion effects to disrupt opponents and maintain card advantage, often leveraging Liliana's flip side for additional value.

Gameplay Insights

  • 1

    The use of Helm of the Host on Timeless Witness allowed for a powerful recursion loop with repeated board wipes via Day of Judgment, which effectively controlled the pace of the game.

  • 2

    Rendmaw's token production and air control were significant but ultimately insufficient to overcome Trostani's incremental value engines and board resets.

  • 3

    Attrition was used strategically to sacrifice tokens for removal, exemplified when Max sacrificed a bird token to destroy Miss Bumbleflower.

  • 4

    Multiple board wipes, especially Day of Judgment, were pivotal in maintaining control and resetting the board state to Trostani's advantage.

  • 5

    The synergy between Miss Bumbleflower's ability to grant cards and counter placement created steady card draw and incremental advantage for her controller.

Notable Cards

  • Helm of the Host

    Helm of the Host

  • Day of Judgment

    Day of Judgment

  • Timeless Witness

    Timeless Witness

  • Wood Elves

    Wood Elves

  • Attrition

    Attrition

  • Darksteel Mutation

    Darksteel Mutation

Summary

The game began with a typical ramp and card draw phase, with each player developing their mana bases and establishing early board presence. Trostani, Selesnya's Voice focused on building a strong token and life-gain engine, leveraging creatures like Wood Elves and Miss Bumbleflower to generate card advantage. Rendmaw, Creaking Nest created numerous bird tokens to apply pressure and control the air, while Liliana, Heretical Healer aimed at controlling the board with disruption and recursion. A key turning point came when Arer (Trostani player) equipped Helm of the Host on Wood Elves and Timeless Witness, setting up powerful ETB loops. The repeated casting of Day of Judgment by Trostani's player cleared the board multiple times, effectively resetting the game state and slowing down opponents' development.

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Decklists available on Moxfield (Moxfield.com): Ms. Bumbleflower: moxfield.com/decks/w7xV-cfxa0iOZ2WAim5UNQ Trostani: moxfield.com/decks/LeQQsvJ_q0eGTgOeU3t4Ig Rendmaw: moxfield.com/decks/bnRdCp1UvEWnHeURVzP6Qw Liliana: moxfield.com/decks/gt28r6CmEEuB_fqs_oIQzg

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