The Deck that Stole Christmas! | Big Deck Energy

Deck Strategies

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  Atraxa, Grand Unifier

  A midrange deck that leverages Atraxa's powerful stats and abilities to create value through card selection and combat superiority. The deck aims to outlast opponents by drawing cards, generating incremental advantage, and controlling the board.

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  Zedruu the Greathearted

  A group hug style deck focused on distributing benefits to all players, such as extra draws and mana, to foster cooperation against the Arch Enemy while setting up for value plays and controlling the board with spells.

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  Aegar, the Freezing Flame

  A lightning bolt tribal deck that aims to control the board through direct damage spells, ramping quickly with lands and mana acceleration to maintain pressure and remove threats efficiently.

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  Rocco, Street Chef

  A food token based deck that focuses on creating and sacrificing food tokens to gain life and value, helping to stabilize and outlast opponents through resource generation and incremental advantage.

Gameplay Insights

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  The Arch Enemy mechanic forces players to adapt to schemes that destroy their permanents and limit their actions, emphasizing teamwork and timing to survive.

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  Players leveraged mana ramp and token generation early to maintain board presence despite constant disruption from the Arch Enemy’s schemes.

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  The arrival of Atraxa, Grand Unifier was a turning point, as her powerful abilities and card selection contributed to stabilizing the team and increasing offensive pressure.

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  The group used anti-draw strategies and control spells to try to hinder the Arch Enemy's card advantage and slow the game pace.

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  Players coordinated their attacks and resource usage carefully, balancing between aggression and defense to counter the Arch Enemy’s overwhelming abilities.

Notable Cards

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  Atraxa, Grand Unifier

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  Horn of Greed

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  Chromatic Lantern

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  Gilded Goose

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  Ghostly Prison

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  Smothering Tithe

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  Explore

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  Thought Vessel

Summary

The game unfolds with the players facing off against a powerful Arch Enemy, who uses schemes each turn to disrupt and destroy the opponents' resources. The Arch Enemy's schemes focus heavily on removing non-land permanents and damaging creatures, creating a persistent threat that forces the group to coordinate their efforts. The players respond by building board presence through ramp, token generation, and defensive creatures, with some focusing on food tokens and others on card draw and mana acceleration. A key turning point occurs when Atraxa, Grand Unifier enters the battlefield, bringing a strong flying, vigilance, deathtouch, and lifelink threat that also provides card selection and value by choosing unique cards from the top of the library. This addition shifts momentum, as Atraxa's presence demands attention and threatens to swing the game in the team's favor. The group's attempts to protect their board state and mitigate the Arch Enemy’s schemes lead to tense interactions, including attempts to suppress card draw and slow down the enemy's progress. The game centers on surviving the Arch Enemy’s onslaught and leveraging collective resources to eventually overwhelm the opposition.