Deck & Commander Strategies
Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin
Utilizes ping triggers from land drops and spells to generate incremental value and card advantage, controlling the board and pressuring opponents with damage and resource denial.
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
Focuses on generating large amounts of mana, especially uncounterable mana, to enable explosive combos and cast powerful spells quickly.
Norman Osborn // Green Goblin
Aggressively disrupts opponents while leveraging direct damage and sacrifice synergies to maintain board control and chip away at opponents' life totals.
Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
Looks to attack with Etali to exile and cast spells from opponents' decks, creating tempo swings and disrupting opponents' plans.
Sisay, Weatherlight Captain
Builds a toolbox of legendary creatures and artifacts to gain incremental advantage and assemble combos for a decisive win.
Vivi Ornitier
Relies on wheel effects and incremental value engines to out-resource opponents, aiming to find and execute infinite combos for a win.
Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
Generates large amounts of mana through creature-based ramp and uses it to cast game-winning spells or combos.
Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh
Focuses on aggressive combat strategies and leveraging damage-based synergies to dominate the board and finish opponents quickly.
Thrasios, Triton Hero
Utilizes efficient mana ramp and card filtering to assemble combos or cast powerful spells, often paired with a partner for infinite mana generation.
Gameplay Insights
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Vexing Shusher played early to protect key spells from being countered, enabling smoother execution of the game plan.
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Players carefully managed mana and interaction, sometimes leaving mana open to keep options for counterspells or top-deck manipulation.
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The synergy between Kinnan's ability and mana producers like Birds of Paradise was used to generate both uncounterable and normal mana, facilitating combo turns.
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A well-timed board wipe reset the board but did not stop incremental value engines and ping triggers from lands that kept pressure on the table.
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Dash-in of Ragavan targeted critical lands and creatures, disrupting opponents' ramp and mana bases.
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Ob Nixilis's ping ability was a key part of maintaining control and dealing steady damage through land drops and spell casts.
Notable Cards
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Vexing Shusher
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Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
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Lotus Petal
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Talisman of Impulse
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Elvish Mystic
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Birds of Paradise
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Underground Sea
Gameplay Summary
The game started with players mulliganing to optimize their hands, with some struggling to find colored mana early on.
Early plays included ramp creatures like dorks and mana rocks such as Lotus Petal and Talisman of Impulse, setting up for a fast development.
One player successfully cast a key card, Vexing Shusher, which proved to be a significant tempo play by preventing counterspells, allowing them to advance their board state more securely.
Throughout the early turns, multiple players generated incremental value through their commanders and synergy pieces, particularly Ob Nixilis triggers from lands and spells, which contributed to board presence and card advantage. Midgame saw a critical board wipe that reset the battlefield, temporarily halting the momentum of the more aggressive players.
Despite this, Ob Nixilis decks leveraged their ping abilities from land drops to maintain pressure.
Ragavan was dashed in as an aggressive threat, targeting key opponents to disrupt their mana base or board development.
The interaction between legendary mana producers and Kinnan's ability was clarified, showing how uncounterable mana and normal mana could be generated for combo potential.
The overall pace was defined by incremental value, mana ramp, and careful timing of spells to avoid countermagic, with players aiming to build infinite or near-infinite mana combos as a win condition.
