Trevor Project Charity Stream

Deck Strategies

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  Ganax, Astral Hunter

  A dragon tribal deck focused on generating treasures and reducing dragon spell costs to quickly deploy large dragons and overwhelm opponents.

• Champion of the Perished

  A zombie tribal strategy that grows stronger with each zombie entering the battlefield, using token generation and tribal synergies to apply pressure.

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  Liberty Prime, Recharged

  An aggressive, hasty commander focused on dealing early damage and leveraging artifact synergies to maintain board control.

• Brighton Steel Flagship

  An artifact-vehicle deck that produces knight tokens and buffs them, creating a resilient board state through artifact synergies.

Gameplay Insights

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  Leveraging Guardian Project and Garrick's Uprising created significant card draw engines that fueled the dragon deck's momentum.

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  Treasure generation through Ganax and Goldspan Dragon allowed casting multiple expensive dragons quickly, accelerating board development.

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  Sacrificing artifacts to Liberty Prime for energy and card draw enabled efficient resource management and sustained aggression.

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  Choosing to cast Brighton Steel Flagship early provided consistent token generation and defense against aggressive board states.

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  The synergy between zombie tribal cards like Champion of the Perished and Adaptive Automaton steadily increased board presence and combat pressure.

Notable Cards

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  Liberty Prime, Recharged

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  Ganax, Astral Hunter

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  Champion of the Perished

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  Goldspan Dragon

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  Guardian Project

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  Adaptive Automaton

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  Orb of Dragonkind

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  Talisman of Creativity

Summary

The game began with players setting up their mana bases and early ramp, gradually developing their board states. Early plays included utility lands and mana ramp artifacts, with some players focusing on synergy like Champion of the Perished to grow with zombie tokens, while others prepared to cast their commanders or key dragons. A notable early development was the casting of Liberty Prime, Recharged, a powerful aggressive commander that brought immediate pressure with haste and damage. Meanwhile, another player assembled a dragon-focused deck with cost reduction and treasure generation, quickly deploying multiple dragons and drawing cards off synergies like Guardian Project and Garrick's Uprising, leading to a rapid buildup of board presence and resources. Mid-game saw players deploying impactful creatures and vehicles, such as the Brighton Steel Flagship, which generated knight tokens and further board presence. Ganax, Astral Hunter, was cast and immediately contributed by creating treasures and card draw, accelerating the dragon strategy significantly. The aggressive dragon player leveraged numerous treasure tokens to cast a suite of dragons with reduced costs, overwhelming opponents with threats and card advantage. Attacks became more pronounced with swings directed at key opponents, landing significant damage. Zombie tribal elements continued to grow through Adaptive Automaton and Champion of the Perished, applying steady pressure. The game was marked by a growing board state of synergistic creatures, artifacts, and tokens, leading to a highly interactive and dynamic gameplay environment.