Deck & Commander Strategies
Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit & Sam, Loyal Attendant
Generate and sacrifice Food tokens to draw cards and gain value, using synergy between Frodo and Sam to create multiple Food tokens each turn and leveraging cards like Paragon Tundra Experimental Confectioner to draw through the deck and maintain resource advantage.
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
Mono-black Aristocrats deck that sacrifices creatures to drain opponents' life, with combos involving FXI Alter, Blood Artist, and Gravecrawler to achieve infinite sacrifice loops and win through life loss.
Jinnie Fay, Jetmir's Second
Token doubling and token swarm strategy using cards like Parallel Lives, Doubling Season, and Anointed Procession to exponentially increase tokens and overpower opponents with large armies.
The Tenth Doctor & Rose Tyler
A thematic deck focused on extra turns and time manipulation to gain additional actions, representing quality time spent with loved ones, leveraging extra turn spells and synergy between the commanders for extended plays.
Gameplay Insights
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Blake's use of Arcbane Signet and sacrificing Greedy Freebooter to Village Rites allowed card draw fueling his Aristocrats combo setup.
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Frodo and Sam's synergy produced multiple Food tokens per turn, providing steady resource generation and recursion potential.
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Ben prioritized ramp and token creation early to capitalize on Jinnie Fay's token doubling theme for board dominance.
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CGB's casting of The Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler early set up a potent extra turn engine, aiming to outpace opponents with extended plays.
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Blake's deployment of Infernal Sovereign created pressure by limiting opponents' draw steps, forcing faster resolution of combos or board states.
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The interaction between sacrifice outlets and token production created tension on the board, with players needing to balance aggression and defense.
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Quality time theme with extra turns served both as a narrative and a powerful gameplay mechanic to extend the game state and find winning lines.
Notable Cards
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Blood Artist
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Gravecrawler
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Infernal Sovereign
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Parallel Lives
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Doubling Season
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Jinnie Fay, Jetmir's Second
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Sam, Loyal Attendant
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Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit
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The Tenth Doctor
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Rose Tyler
Gameplay Summary
The game started with players setting up their strategies reflecting a Thanksgiving theme, with Frodo and Sam focusing on food token synergies and sacrificing those food tokens for value.
Blake piloted a mono-black Aristocrats deck with combos involving cards like FXI Alter and Blood Artist for infinite sacrifice loops, aiming for a draining win condition.
Ben played a token-doubling deck with Jinnie Fay, leveraging cards like Parallel Lives and Doubling Season to overwhelm opponents with a growing army.
CGB took a unique approach with The Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler, emphasizing extra turns and quality time as a thematic and mechanical angle. Early turns saw players developing their boards with mana and token generators.
Frodo and Sam steadily produced food tokens, while Blake deployed key sacrifice outlets and utility creatures like Dauthi Voidwalker and Greedy Freebooter.
Ben focused on ramp and token creation.
CGB used land fetch and cast his commanders early to begin generating extra turns.
A pivotal moment was Blake casting Infernal Sovereign, a large threat that impacts opponents' draw steps, putting pressure on the table.
Throughout the game, the players balanced board development with combo potential and incremental advantages, setting up for explosive turns involving infinite combos, token doubling, and extra turn chains.
The interplay of sacrifice synergies, token growth, and extra turns shaped the midgame tension as players sought to capitalize on their thematic worst-possible strategies to win.
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