Deck Strategies
Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix & Tymna the Weaver
A life gain and card draw focused deck that uses the colors black and blue to generate incremental advantage by drawing cards for life paid and dealing damage through combat and spells.
Zabaz, the Glimmerwasp
An artifact and modular creature deck that sacrifices and returns artifact creatures to the battlefield to build large threats with many +1/+1 counters and overwhelm opponents with synergistic golem tokens.
Ich-Tekik, Salvage Splicer & Tymna the Weaver
An abzan artifact golem deck that creates multiple artifact golem tokens and buffs them with +1/+1 counters whenever artifacts enter the graveyard, aiming to build a wide board of resilient golems.
Ruxa, Patient Professor
A deck that focuses on creatures without abilities, leveraging Ruxa's ability to return such creatures from the graveyard to hand, enabling unblockable attacks and damage through creatures that opponents are reluctant to block.
Gameplay Insights
- 1
The artifact modular deck leveraged sacrificing and returning creatures to maximize the modular ability, creating large threats that gained multiple +1/+1 counters per artifact death.
- 2
Life gain combined with card draw allowed one player to maintain a healthy hand size and pressure the table with incremental advantage.
- 3
Using creatures without abilities as unblockable attackers created a unique combat dynamic where those creatures could safely deal damage without being blocked.
- 4
The synergy between artifact tokens and golem buffs created a steady tempo advantage that proved difficult for opponents to overcome.
- 5
Players had to carefully manage their resources and timing of board wipes or removal due to the modular recursion and the life gain/card draw engine in play.
Notable Cards
Ich-Tekik, Salvage Splicer
Zabaz, the Glimmerwasp
Kydele, Chosen of Kruphix
Tymna the Weaver
Ruxa, Patient Professor
Sydri, Galvanic Genius
Summary
The game featured four players piloting unique commanders with distinct strategies. Early turns saw players ramping mana and establishing board presence, with the artifact-focused deck leveraging modular creatures and synergies to build a growing army of golems. One player deployed a combo-centric approach, using life gain and card draw to rapidly refill their hand and seek key pieces. Another focused on resurrecting and utilizing creatures without abilities, aiming to overwhelm opponents with unblockable threats. The artifact synergy deck capitalized on sacrificing and returning creatures to maximize modular counters and create large threats, while another player used life-link and incremental card draw to maintain advantage. Key turning points involved the artifact synergy player successfully expanding their golem army, generating significant board pressure. Meanwhile, the life gain and card draw deck found ways to draw deeply and keep threats coming. The modular mechanic was pivotal, enabling multiple value loops and board growth. Despite attempts from all players to control the board, the golem-centered deck's resilient threats and incremental advantages eventually pushed through defenses. The game ended with the artifact synergy player leveraging their growing golem horde and incremental card draw to overwhelm opponents and secure the win.