Throne of Eldraine w/ Reid Duke and Melissa DeTora | Game Knights 30 | Magic the Gathering Gameplay

Deck Strategies

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  Alela, Artful Provocateur

  The deck aims to play a multitude of artifacts and enchantments to generate value and draw cards, while creating flying tokens to eventually win through aerial superiority.

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  Chulane, Teller of Tales

  The deck focuses on playing creatures to generate card draw and ramp, with the ability to bounce creatures back to hand and replay them for additional value.

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  Korvold, Fae-Cursed King

  This deck is all about sacrificing permanents for value. It aims to create expendable tokens that can be sacrificed to generate value or build up a giant dragon for a lethal attack.

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  Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale

  A tribal deck focusing on knights and equipment. Its game plan is to build up a board of knight creatures and equip them to generate value and overpower opponents in combat.

Gameplay Insights

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  Reid Duke's Korvold, Fae-Cursed King deck utilized Chittering Witch effectively to create a significant board presence early in the game.

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  Jimmy Wong’s Chulane, Teller of Tales deck started to generate value early on by playing creatures, drawing cards, and ramping up mana.

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  Melissa DeTora’s early play of Arcane Signet set her up for early casting of Alela, Artful Provocateur, allowing her to start generating value from artifacts and enchantments.

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  Josh Lee Kwai’s play of Icon of Ancestry set up his tribal strategy, preparing for a powerful board of buffed knights.

Notable Cards

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  Chittering Witch

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  Arcane Signet

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  Icon of Ancestry

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  Chulane, Teller of Tales

Summary

Game Knights 30 started off with all four players establishing their board presence with the commanders: Alela, Artful Provocateur; Chulane, Teller of Tales; Korvold, Fae-Cursed King; and Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale. The first few turns saw the players ramping up their mana base and setting up their game plans. Reid Duke, piloting Korvold, Fae-Cursed King, was able to generate a significant amount of board presence with Chittering Witch, creating a sizeable rat token army. Meanwhile, Jimmy Wong’s Chulane, Teller of Tales, started to generate value by drawing cards and putting lands onto the battlefield. The other players also set up their game plans, with Melissa DeTora casting Artful Provocateur, and Josh Lee Kwai setting up for a knight tribal strategy with Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale.