Deck Strategies
Temmet, Naktamun's Will
Draw cards to grow and produce a board of vigilant zombies, leveraging synergistic zombie tribal interactions to overwhelm opponents.
Saheeli, Radiant Creator
Generate energy from casting artifacts, then spend energy to copy creatures or permanents temporarily, producing powerful artifact token copies to control the board.
Hashaton, Scarab's Fist
Utilize discard mechanics and madness to create zombie tokens via eternalize effects, building a resilient zombie army from discarded creatures.
Pia Nalaar, Chief Mechanic
Deal combat damage with artifact creatures to generate energy, then spend energy to create and crew large vehicles to serve as aggressive attackers.
Gameplay Insights
- 1
Using energy to copy creatures or permanents with Saheeli can create temporary but impactful advantage, forcing opponents to respond quickly.
- 2
Hashaton’s discard-to-zombie mechanic allows for board development even when cards are discarded, synergizing well with madness and eternalize.
- 3
Reckless Fireweaver applies incremental damage to all opponents whenever artifacts enter the battlefield, pressuring multiple players simultaneously.
- 4
Forgotten Creation enables large-scale card draw by discarding the hand, accelerating the player's card advantage and board development.
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Pia Nalaar’s energy generation from combat damage and vehicle creation offers a unique tempo strategy combining aggression with artifact synergy.
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Gravecrawler’s ability to be cast from the graveyard as long as a zombie is controlled makes it a resilient threat and combo enabler.
Notable Cards
Gravecrawler
Reckless Fireweaver
Forgotten Creation
Servant of the Conduit
Arcane Signet
Gas Guzzler
Summary
The game unfolds with four players piloting Aetherdrift preconstructed decks centered around artifact synergies, energy production, and zombie tribal themes. Early turns focus on developing mana bases and establishing board presence with key creatures and energy generators like Servant of the Conduit and Gravecrawler. The players explore synergies unique to their commanders: Saheeli creates energy to copy artifacts and creatures, while Hashaton leverages madness and eternalize mechanics to generate zombie tokens from discarded creatures. Temmet, Naktamun's Will provides card draw and zombie growth, building a board of vigilant zombies, and Pia Nalaar emphasizes artifact creatures and energy to create large vehicles for attacking. The game features notable aggressive board development with Gravecrawler and Reckless Fireweaver dealing incremental damage and maintaining pressure. Players also deploy utility cards like Forgotten Creation to enable card draw through hand discards, increasing tempo and resource advantage. The interaction between energy production, artifact manipulation, and zombie token proliferation forms the core of the gameplay tension. Strategic energy usage for copying creatures and generating vehicles, combined with discard-to-zombie mechanics, creates multiple paths to overwhelm opponents. The game likely culminates in a swarm-based victory condition, leveraging zombie tokens and copied artifact creatures to secure lethal combat damage.
