Urza 💙 Liberator ft. Urza, Liberator, Jirina & Greensleeves | Elder Dragon Hijinks #56

Deck Strategies

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  Urza, Chief Artificer

  The strategy for this deck revolves around creating an array of artifacts and utilizing Urza's abilities to generate mana and create constructs.

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  Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter

  This deck aims to manipulate artifacts and leverage their abilities, with a particular focus on cost reduction and copying powerful artifacts.

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  Jirina Kudro

  The Jirina deck focuses on generating a multitude of small creatures and hitting opponents with a swarm of attacks. Mana fixing is a key part of this strategy.

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  Greensleeves, Maro-Sorcerer

  The Greensleeves deck is built around land ramp and token generation. It also uses recursion to bring lands back from the graveyard and fuel its strategies.

Gameplay Insights

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  The use of Phyrexian Metamorph by AliasV to copy the Cloud Key card was a key play, reducing the cost of their artifacts and giving them a significant advantage.

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  The early play of Burgeoning and Sylvan Library by HeadologyMagic allowed them to ramp quickly and draw additional cards, setting them up for a strong mid-game.

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  Goberthicks made a strategic decision to attack Esmond early in the game, indicating a potential rivalry or strategic focus on limiting the Urza player's board state.

Notable Cards

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  Cloud Key

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  Burgeoning

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  Sylvan Library

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  Augur of Autumn

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  Phyrexian Metamorph

Summary

The game started with each player revealing their commanders and discussing their initial strategies. The first few turns were marked by players setting up their mana bases and playing initial support cards. Greensleeves, Maro-Sorcerer, played by HeadologyMagic, started off strong with a ramp strategy, while Esmond, playing Urza, Chief Artificer, began establishing a strong artifact presence. Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter, played by AliasV, copied the Cloud Key card, reducing the cost of their artifacts, which gave them a significant advantage. Jirina Kudro, played by Goberthicks, managed to play a few creatures but noted they were currently the underdog. The game continued with players building up their board state and looking for opportunities to gain an advantage.