Deck & Commander Strategies
Bumi, Unleashed
Utilizes earthbending themes by turning lands into creatures and ramping aggressively through his triggered ability that grants additional combat phases and lands, aiming to overwhelm opponents with large creatures and multiple attacks.
Fire Lord Zuko
Builds a wide board of creature tokens and benefits from exile-based plays to pump the team with +1/+1 counters, focusing on aggressive attacks and synergy with exile triggers to dominate the battlefield.
Katara, the Fearless
Focuses on ally tribal synergies, doubling triggered abilities of allies to generate exponential value and control the game pace, eventually using these synergies to take down opponents efficiently.
The Cabbage Merchant
Generates food tokens to create resource advantage and card draw, using artifacts and tokens to convert these resources into powerful finishers and maintain board presence while defending key assets.
Gameplay Insights
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Josh’s Earth King producing two 4/4 bears early created a pressing board threat and mana ramp that forced opponents to respond quickly or be overwhelmed.
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Rachel’s use of food tokens to fuel artifact and token synergies provided her with card advantage and defensive capabilities, allowing her to stabilize against aggressive boards.
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Jimmy’s choice to discard cards to power up tokens and exile spells allowed his board to grow rapidly and made his attacks progressively more threatening.
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Brian David Gilbert prioritized casting his commander early to maximize the doubling of ally triggers, accelerating his deck’s tempo and enabling significant value from creatures entering the battlefield.
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The presence of multiple combat phases from Bumi’s ability and +1/+1 counter synergies across decks indicated a high potential for explosive turns involving large, repeated attacks.
Notable Cards
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Noble Hierarch
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Trail of Crumbs
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Hornet Nest
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Fire Lord Zuko
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Redirect Lightning
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Brotherhood Regalia
Gameplay Summary
The game began with each player establishing their mana base and early board presence, setting the stage for their respective strategies.
Josh, playing Bumi, quickly leveraged the synergy between his commander and allies, especially with the Earth King producing multiple 4/4 bears and enabling a significant ramp by granting basic lands upon attacking.
This rapid acceleration threatened to overwhelm opponents with a large army and potent land-based synergies.
Rachel’s Cabbage Merchant focused on generating food tokens to fuel value engines and card advantage, while Jimmy’s Zuko aimed to build a token army enhanced by exile and +1/+1 counter mechanics to create a formidable attacking force.
Brian David Gilbert piloted Katara, the Fearless, assembling an ally tribal deck that doubled triggered abilities and sought to capitalize on high-impact ally synergies for doubling value and controlling the board.
