Knighty-Knight – Wheel of Precons 7 || Elder Dragon Social Club

Deck Strategies

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  Mizzix of the Izmagnus

  Cast numerous instants and sorceries to gain experience counters that reduce spell costs, enabling a powerful spell-slinging strategy focused on efficient and repeated casting.

• Admiral Beckett Brass, Unsinkable

  Utilize mill and pirate reanimation with finality counters to maintain a continual pirate board presence with haste, applying aggressive pressure.

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  Willowdusk, Essence Seer

  Gain and lose life triggers to place +1/+1 counters on creatures, enhancing board development and enabling a life-manipulation synergy.

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  Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir

  Leverage knight tribal synergies with eminence to draw and discard cards, maintaining card advantage and recurring knights from the graveyard to sustain board presence.

Gameplay Insights

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  Admiral Beckett Brass's ability to return pirate creatures with finality counters provided resilience against board wipes, allowing Cameron to maintain board presence effectively.

• 2

  Sidar Jabari’s eminence ability enabled consistent card filtering and knight recursion, giving Graham a sustainable midgame advantage.

• 3

  Ben's focus on ramping and casting multiple spells early accelerated his experience counter accumulation on Mizzix, reducing future spell costs.

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  Willowdusk’s life gain and loss triggers synergized well with +1/+1 counters, allowing Adam to adapt his board state depending on the situation.

• 5

  The interplay of pirate tokens and knights created a dynamic battlefield where both aggressive and value-oriented strategies competed closely.

Notable Cards

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  Mizzix of the Izmagnus

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  Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir

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  Willowdusk, Essence Seer

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  Fathom Fleet Captain

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  Greed

Summary

The game began with all players ramping and setting up their boards steadily. Key early plays included Cameron casting Fathom Fleet Captain and generating pirate tokens, starting to build a threatening board presence. Adam played Enterprising Skulls and other mana rocks to accelerate his game plan. Ben leveraged ramp spells like Cultivate and cast Mizzix of the Izmagnus, focusing on a spell-heavy strategy to reduce costs and gain experience counters. Graham deployed Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir, aiming to leverage knights and card draw through its eminence ability. As the game progressed, Cameron's Admiral Beckett Brass began reanimating key pirate creatures with finality counters, effectively maintaining pressure by returning creatures from the graveyard with haste. Meanwhile, Sidar Jabari’s looting and flying first strike allowed Graham to maintain card advantage and stabilize the board with knights. Ben's Mizzix strategy revolved around casting many instants and sorceries, ramping his spellcasting potential. Willowdusk, Essence Seer, played by Adam, enabled life gain or loss triggers to grow creatures with +1/+1 counters, adding another layer of board development. The game featured a dynamic interplay of pirate reanimation, knight synergy, and spellcasting cost reduction. The primary win conditions revolved around aggressive creature combat supported by value engines like card draw, token generation, and reanimation. Key turning points included Cameron's effective use of Admiral Brass’s reanimation ability to sustain pressure despite removal, and Graham's ability to draw and discard to maintain board presence with Sidar Jabari. The game was a mix of tempo plays, incremental advantage, and synergy exploitation among pirates, knights, and spells.