Deck & Commander Strategies
Iroh, Grand Lotus
Utilizes a lesson-heavy deck focusing on casting many lesson cards to generate value and flashback spells from the graveyard, enabling multiple spells per turn and incremental advantage.
Sokka, Tenacious Tactician
A menace and prowess-based ally deck that creates multiple ally tokens when casting noncreature spells, buffs them with spells and equipment, and attacks aggressively to deal damage quickly.
Hei Bai, Forest Guardian
A shrine synergy deck that leverages every shrine card to trigger damage and other effects, controlling the board while chipping away at opponents through shrine-related abilities.
Bumi, Unleashed
Animates lands into elemental creatures and uses earthbending effects to create a board of lands-as-creatures with haste, maintaining resilience and pressure even if lands are destroyed.
Gameplay Insights
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Sokka leverages the Renewed Solidarity anthem effect to double ally tokens each turn, synergizing powerfully with his prowess triggers to create large, threatening attackers quickly.
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Iroh's lesson mechanic allows the player to flashback spells from the graveyard during their turn, enabling multiple interactions and card advantage by recycling key spells.
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Bumi's ability to animate lands into creatures with haste creates a resilient board that can absorb removal without losing permanent board presence due to lands returning when destroyed.
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Hei Bai's shrine deck relies on assembling multiple shrines to enable Go-Shintai's damage-dealing ability, turning shrine accumulation into a direct damage threat over time.
Notable Cards
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Iroh, Grand Lotus
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Hei Bai, Forest Guardian
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Bumi, Unleashed
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Renewed Solidarity
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Go-Shintai of Ancient Wars
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Accumulate Wisdom
Gameplay Summary
The game begins with all four players deploying their strategies centered around the Avatar: The Last Airbender-themed commanders.
Iroh, Grand Lotus focuses on a lesson-heavy deck that leverages a large number of lesson cards to generate value and flashback spells from the graveyard.
Sokka, Tenacious Tactician builds around a synergy of allies with menace and prowess, creating tokens and buffing them to deliver significant combat damage.
Hei Bai, Forest Guardian pilots a shrine deck, aiming to capitalize on the numerous shrine cards to trigger effects and control the board.
Bumi, Unleashed uses land animation and elemental tokens to create a threatening board presence through earthbending mechanics and land creatures. As the game proceeds, key plays include the casting of Iroh with its impactful ability to flashback lessons and instants/sorceries, enabling multiple spells per turn.
Sokka ramps up with Renewed Solidarity and Saka's Sword Training, boosting his ally tokens to formidable power and creating a wide board state.
Hei Bai focuses on assembling shrines and using Go-Shintai for damage, while Bumi animates lands like Bossing Say and uses elemental creatures as threats.
The interplay between Sokka's aggressive prowess-based allies and Iroh's lesson recursion creates tension, with Bumi's land creatures adding board presence.
Notable moments include Sokka's 8/8 prowess ally attacking, Hei Bai's shrine damage triggers, and Iroh preparing for multiple flashback spells, illustrating a dynamic game state with multiple win conditions vying for dominance.
