Deck Strategies
Meren of Clan Nel Toth
Focuses on sacrificing creatures to generate value and recurring them from the graveyard to maintain board presence and incremental advantage, eventually winning through attrition and combat damage.
Old Gnawbone
Generates large amounts of treasure tokens using creatures and enchantments like Parallel Lives and Doubling Season, then leverages those treasures for explosive mana production and overwhelming combat damage.
Gameplay Insights
- 1
Old Gnawbone's use of Lightning Greaves to protect and enable repeated swings was key to generating large numbers of treasure tokens quickly.
- 2
Sacrificing and recurring creatures with Meren provided card advantage but was not enough to keep up with the explosive mana and treasure token generation from Old Gnawbone.
- 3
The synergy between Nykthos, Parallel Lives, and treasure tokens allowed Old Gnawbone to generate massive mana, fueling high-impact plays like Aetherworks Marvel and multiple spells in one turn.
- 4
Meren’s attempts to scry and manage her hand through sacrifice helped maintain some control, but the overwhelming board presence and damage output from Old Gnawbone was decisive.
- 5
Old Gnawbone’s final attack with a 7/7 commander swinging alongside numerous treasure tokens highlighted the deck’s ability to close out the game once the mana engine was online.
Notable Cards
Meren of Clan Nel Toth
Old Gnawbone
Eternal Witness
Yahenni, Undying Partisan
Tireless Provisioner
Prosperous Innkeeper
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
Parallel Lives
Lightning Greaves
Aetherworks Marvel
Summary
The game featured a clash between a Meren of Clan Nel Toth sacrifice and recursion deck and an Old Gnawbone treasure token generation deck. Early on, Meren established a board presence with creatures like Yahenni, Undying Partisan and Eternal Witness, leveraging recursive sacrifice effects to generate value. Meanwhile, Old Gnawbone focused on ramping and creating numerous treasure tokens, using key cards like Tireless Provisioner, Prosperous Innkeeper, and particularly the commander Old Gnawbone equipped with Lightning Greaves to attack multiple times and generate treasures. The game turned decisively when Old Gnawbone assembled a potent mana engine with Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx, and Parallel Lives, enabling the creation of large amounts of treasure tokens and explosive mana production. Old Gnawbone's ability to swing with a large number of creatures and treasures allowed him to quickly overwhelm Meren, who struggled to keep pace despite repeated sacrifice and recursion plays. Meren attempted to regain footing by recurring creatures like Demon's Disciple and Eternal Witness and using sacrifice outlets for card selection, but was ultimately unable to stem the tide. Old Gnawbone's final overwhelming attack with a 7/7 commander and multiple treasure tokens sealed the game, highlighting the power of treasure token synergy combined with doubling effects.
