Mid Power with Friends

Deck Strategies

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  Dogmeat, Ever Loyal

  Aggressively buff Dogmeat with artifacts and equipment to create a large, evasive threat capable of dealing heavy damage quickly.

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  The First Sliver

  Leverage tribal synergies with Slivers to build a resilient and synergistic board, using Cavern of Souls to protect key creatures from disruption.

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  Breeches, Brazen Plunderer

  Generate treasure tokens through pirate combat damage triggers to ramp mana and enable powerful tutors like Vamp Tutor for combo assembly.

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  Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator

  Utilize Malcolm's ability to create treasure tokens on pirate damage and maintain card advantage while controlling the pace of the game.

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  Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher

  Apply incremental pressure through aggressive vampire tribal synergies and sacrifice outlets to maintain board control and resource advantage.

Gameplay Insights

• 1

  Using treasure tokens generated by pirate commanders to accelerate mana and tutor for combo pieces was a key tempo and resource advantage.

• 2

  Buffing Dogmeat with multiple artifacts and giving it evasion abilities turned it into a significant threat that forced opponents to respond quickly.

• 3

  Naming Slivers on Cavern of Souls prevented counterspells from disrupting the tribal strategy, ensuring steady board development.

• 4

  The use of Smallpox created a board-wide disruption that forced players to sacrifice resources, impacting their development and potentially halting aggressive strategies.

• 5

  Strategic use of life payment and card draw with creatures like Blood Artist and sacrifice outlets enabled sustained advantage and recovery from board wipes.

Notable Cards

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  Sol Ring

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  Cavern of Souls

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  Silver Shroud Costume

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  Legion's Landing // Adanto, the First Fort

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  Smallpox

Summary

The game progressed through a typical mid-power multiplayer Commander setting, with players developing their boards gradually and leveraging their commanders' synergies. Early turns involved standard ramp and land drops, with strategic plays such as fetching dual lands and casting ramp artifacts like Sol Ring and Signets. One player focused on generating treasure tokens through pirate-themed synergies with Breeches, Brazen Plunderer, which allowed them to accelerate mana and execute Vamp Tutor to retrieve key combo pieces. Meanwhile, Dogmeat, Ever Loyal was buffed with artifacts and equipment, making it a formidable threat that could swing for significant damage by giving it unblockable and trample abilities. Another player employed sliver tribal synergies, naming Slivers on Cavern of Souls to protect their creatures from counterspells while building a board presence.