Deck & Commander Strategies
Kilo, Apogee Mind
Focuses on proliferating +1/+1 and charge counters to ramp mana and grow creatures, eventually deploying a fleet for overwhelming combat damage.
Xu-Ifit, Osteoharmonist
Reanimates creatures as skeletons without abilities, relying on large stat blocks and evasion to dominate the battlefield.
Szarel, Genesis Shepherd
Sacrifices permanents, particularly lands, to buff the board and replay them from the graveyard, leveraging counter synergies and graveyard recursion.
Infinite Guideline Station
A spacecraft commander that becomes a creature after accumulating power; the deck focuses on multicolor permanents and tokens to draw cards and assemble aristocrat combos for draining opponents' life.
Gameplay Insights
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Irene's timely Assassin's Trophy on Zurggo Storm Render was a pivotal removal that disrupted Jimmy's card draw engine and slowed his momentum.
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Bosco's decision to deploy Coalition Relic early and tap it into Manifold Key demonstrated an effective mana ramp synergy with proliferate counters on Kilo.
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Jimmy leveraged Spy Master's Vault to maximize graveyard utilization and high mana value cards, aligning with his reanimation strategy despite the downside of creatures losing abilities.
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JLK's Infinite Guideline Station deck carefully balanced token production and multicolor permanents to ramp into aristocrat synergies, aiming for incremental life drain rather than immediate combos.
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Early milling from Bosco’s Codex Shredder primed graveyards for Szarel's recursion, although initial mill results were underwhelming, highlighting the variance in graveyard strategies.
Notable Cards
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Coalition Relic
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Manifold Key
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Imperious Oligarch
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Assassin's Trophy
Gameplay Summary
The game featured a dynamic four-player Commander match with unique commanders from the Edge of Eternities set, each pursuing distinct strategies.
Early turns saw solid board development and strategic plays, such as the use of mill engines to fuel graveyards and the establishment of proliferate counters to ramp mana.
Key early interaction included the removal of a critical card draw engine, Zurggo Storm Render, by Irene, effectively curbing Jimmy’s card advantage from his commander’s token and aristocrat synergies.
Meanwhile, Bosco’s Kilo deck began to stack counters and generate mana advantages through artifacts like Coalition Relic and Manifold Key, setting the stage for a powerful late game.
JLK's Infinite Guideline Station capitalized on multicolor permanents and token production to both draw cards and create board presence, while Irene's Szarel deck focused on sacrificing lands to buff her board and recast permanents from the graveyard.
