There's a BLOOD MOON on the rise [S1G9] MAGDA v KRARKASHIMA v FIRST SLIVER v ETALI

Deck & Commander Strategies

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  Magda, Brazen Outlaw

  Focuses on generating Treasures and utilizing artifact synergies, with a key early Blood Moon to disrupt opponents' mana bases and accelerate its own game plan.

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  Krark, the Thumbless / Sakashima of a Thousand Faces

  Combines red-blue ramp and dice-rolling chaos with copies and interaction to maintain board control and leverage storm-like combos.

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  The First Sliver

  Uses tribal Sliver synergies to build a powerful board presence, supported by artifact ramp like Dockside Extortionist to flood the board with Treasures and value engines.

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  Etali, Primal Conqueror

  Aims to deploy high-impact creatures early, using Etali’s ability to exile and cast cards from opponents’ libraries to gain card advantage and maintain pressure.

Gameplay Insights

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  Sean's early Blood Moon was a pivotal play that slowed down several opponents by locking their mana, but was somewhat mitigated by Kyle's artifact-based ramp and treasure production.

• 2

  Kyle capitalized on Dockside Extortionist to generate an overwhelming number of Treasure tokens, effectively bypassing Blood Moon’s restrictions on nonbasic lands.

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  Jeremy utilized Etali’s ability to repeatedly cast opponent’s cards from exile, gaining card advantage and pushing for lethal damage through combat.

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  Seth’s interaction with Force of Vigor to remove key artifacts like Rustic Study and Lightning Greaves indicated a focus on disruption and preventing opponents from easily gaining value.

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  The presence of multiple Mana Crypts and fast mana sources led to tense turns with potential high-risk damage from random rolls, influencing players’ risk management decisions.

• 6

  Sylvan Safekeeper was used effectively to protect key lands from removal, showing careful resource management amid heavy artifact and land disruption.

Notable Cards

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  Blood Moon

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  Dockside Extortionist

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  Mana Crypt

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  Imperial Seal

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  Sylvan Safekeeper

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  Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness

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  Delighted Halfling

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  Force of Vigor

Gameplay Summary