Deck & Commander Strategies
Aziza, Mage Tower Captain
Focuses on casting instant and sorcery spells to tap creatures and copy those spells, generating multiple value and board presence through tokens and spell effects.
Moseo, Vein's New Dean
Mono-black life gain and graveyard recursion deck that creates pest tokens and returns creatures from the graveyard based on life gained, sustaining a resilient board state.
Blech, Loafing Pest
A life gain synergy deck that grows a wide board of pests and other small creatures with +1/+1 counters, capitalizing on life gain triggers to become a threatening swarm.
Muddle, the Ever-Changing
A shapeshifting deck that copies other non-legendary creatures controlled when casting instants or sorceries, providing a versatile and reactive board presence with myriad ability.
Gameplay Insights
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Using Electrostatic Battery in combination with Goblin Surprise and Aziza's ability allowed for explosive token generation and mana efficiency.
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Moseo's life gain triggers and infusion ability provided value by recurring creatures from the graveyard proportional to life gained, enabling steady board development.
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Blech capitalized on repeated life gain triggers to rapidly increase the size of pests and allied creatures, creating a large, synergistic board presence.
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Muddle's ability to copy other creatures upon casting instants or sorceries made it a flexible threat that could adapt to the board state and disrupt opponents.
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Bondu's Monument helped accelerate Moseo's deck by reducing creature costs and providing incremental life drain and life gain on each creature cast, synergizing well with other life gain and loss effects.
Notable Cards
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Goblin Surprise
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Bitterblossom
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Bloodthirsty Conqueror
Gameplay Summary
The game featured four commanders from the Strixhaven set, each piloted by a different player bringing unique strategies to the table.
Early turns involved setting up lands and casting key spells to establish board presence and mana acceleration.
Muddle, the Ever-Changing, quickly demonstrated its versatility with its ability to copy other creatures when casting instants and sorceries, enabling a flexible and reactive playstyle.
Moseo, Vein's New Dean, leveraged life gain triggers and graveyard recursion, creating tokens and recurring creatures to sustain pressure.
Meanwhile, Blech, Loafing Pest, focused on life gain synergy, growing a swarm of +1/+1 counters on various pest, bat, insect, snake, and spider tokens, becoming a formidable board presence.
Aziza, Mage Tower Captain, supported a spell-copying strategy, using instant and sorcery spells to generate additional value and tokens, highlighted by the use of Goblin Surprise to flood the board with goblins and make the most of mana generation from Electrostatic Battery.
