Deck Strategies
Jhoira, Ageless Innovator
Focuses on artifact synergies and maximizing card draw through experience counters to find and assemble combos quickly. Uses artifact mana accelerants and locks to control the game state.
Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin
Leverages life loss and discard effects to disrupt opponents while slowly gaining advantage through incremental damage and card advantage.
Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh
Aggressive damage dealer with a focus on combat damage and mana acceleration via artifacts to quickly pressure opponents.
Silas Renn, Seeker Adept
Artifact-centric deck that recurs key artifacts from the graveyard, enabling resiliency and synergy with artifact combos.
The Peregrine Dynamo
Utilizes artifact mana generation and efficient artifact creatures to ramp quickly, enabling high-impact spells and combos.
Gameplay Insights
- 1
The use of artifact lock pieces like Mossesne Lattice and K-Tree severely limited opponents' ability to produce mana and use non-artifact permanents, effectively stalling their game plans.
- 2
Jhoira’s repeated activations, drawing multiple cards each time, allowed her to dig through her deck rapidly and find critical combo pieces.
- 3
Players navigated complex stack interactions, including responses to tutors and activated abilities, to maintain tempo and board control.
- 4
The One Ring provided both card draw and a protective effect, helping stabilize Jhoira’s position in the midgame.
- 5
Players carefully managed their mana, using treasures and artifact mana sources interchangeably to maximize efficiency despite artifact lock effects.
Notable Cards
The One Ring
Grim Monolith
Chrome Mox
Lotus Petal
Dark Ritual
Basalt Monolith
Codex Shredder
Vampiric Tutor
Unwinding Clock
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
Summary
The game began with players developing their mana bases and establishing board presence through efficient artifact and creature plays. Early turns involved setting up key pieces like Grim Monolith, Chrome Mox, and mana accelerants such as Lotus Petal and Dark Rituals, enabling explosive starts. The Peregrine Dynamo player leveraged artifact mana generation to fuel impactful plays, while others, including Jhoira, focused on accumulating experience counters and drawing cards to find critical combo pieces. Key interactions included timely use of tutors, artifact synergies, and activated abilities that pressured opponents and controlled the board state. Midgame saw a shift as players deployed lock pieces like The One Ring and K-Tree, which hindered artifact utility and mana production. Mossesne Lattice was introduced, turning all permanents into artifacts and effectively shutting down non-artifact mana sources, causing a significant tempo swing. Jhoira maximized her card draw ability, drawing multiple cards per activation to find win conditions. Despite attempts to clear or bypass these locks, the combined artifact disruption and card advantage proved decisive. The game ended with the opponents conceding, overwhelmed by the artifact control and card draw engine fueled by Jhoira and support artifacts.