Deck Strategies
Breya, Etherium Shaper
Leverages artifact synergies to generate flying token creatures and uses Breya's versatile activated abilities to control the board, deal damage, or gain life, aiming for incremental advantage through artifact interactions.
Xantcha, Sleeper Agent
Controls the battlefield by forcing opponents to attack each other and uses card draw combined with damage abilities to create political chaos and undermine other players, aiming to win by exploiting table dynamics.
Brallin, Skyshark Rider & Shabraz, the Skyshark
Uses cycling and discard mechanics to grow creatures and deal damage to all opponents, granting evasion and trample to finish games through combat damage powered by card advantage.
Pako, Arcane Retriever & Haldan, Avid Arcanist
Focuses on exiling cards from libraries during combat and casting them with mana of any color, building huge threats from exiled creatures and overwhelming opponents with powerful plays.
Gameplay Insights
- 1
The cycling deck effectively leveraged discard and draw triggers to grow creatures steadily while dealing incremental damage to all opponents, putting pressure across the board.
- 2
The Pako and Haldan deck's ability to exile cards from opponents' libraries and later cast those cards with any mana color created a flexible and powerful threat engine.
- 3
Breya's artifact synergies and versatile activated abilities allowed for both board control and life gain, adapting well to different board states.
- 4
Xantcha's political control forced opponents to attack each other, disrupting potential alpha strikes and creating opportunities to capitalize on weakened players.
- 5
The use of Curse of Opulence created additional resource pressure on opponents, synergizing well with artifact mana generation and card advantage strategies.
- 6
A well-timed Black Hole board wipe was played to reset the board, shifting the momentum in favor of the player with better artifact and token synergies.
Notable Cards
Breya, Etherium Shaper
Xantcha, Sleeper Agent
Brallin, Skyshark Rider
Shabraz, the Skyshark
Pako, Arcane Retriever
Haldan, Avid Arcanist
Curse of Opulence
Black Hole
Gold
Summary
The game started with all players bringing different thematic decks to the table, each with distinct mechanics and strategies. One player piloted a cycling-focused deck led by Brallin and Shabraz, aiming to grow their creatures by discarding and drawing cards while dealing incremental damage to opponents. Another player used a combo-oriented deck with Pako and Haldan, leveraging exile effects and mana flexibility to play opponents' cards and build a formidable board presence. Breya, Etherium Shaper's deck focused on artifact synergies, generating tokens and using versatile artifact sacrifice abilities to control the board or gain life. Meanwhile, Xantcha, Sleeper Agent's deck created political tension by forcing opponents to attack and using card draw and damage abilities to disrupt the table dynamic.