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

Deck Strategies

• 

  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.

• 

  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.

• 

  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.

• 

  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

• 1

  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.

• 3

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

• 4

  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.

• 5

  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

• 

  Blood Moon

• 

  Dockside Extortionist

• 

  Mana Crypt

• 

  Imperial Seal

• 

  Sylvan Safekeeper

• 

  Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness

• 

  Delighted Halfling

• 

  Force of Vigor

Summary

The game began with Sean on Magda, Brazen Outlaw, aggressively setting up Blood Moon on turn one, which disrupted many players' mana bases but was less effective against decks with more resilient mana or nonbasic lands. Seth's Krark, the Thumbless and Sakashima of a Thousand Faces deck played a cautious ramp and interaction strategy to stay safe amidst the early disruption. Kyle's The First Sliver deck aimed to generate value with Dockside Extortionist tokens and Sliver synergies, quickly amassing a large treasure count despite the Blood Moon. Jeremy's Etali, Primal Conqueror deck sought to leverage early powerful creatures like Delighted Halfling and Etali itself to pressure opponents and close out the game with high-impact attacks and card advantage.