Deck & Commander Strategies
Shilgengar, Sire of Famine
A black-white angel reanimator deck that sacrifices angels to reanimate even more powerful angels, building a resilient and potent board presence through sacrifice and recursion synergies.
Yorion, Sky Nomad
A mono-blue deck focused on flickering creatures and permanents to repeatedly trigger enter-the-battlefield abilities, generating incremental card advantage and tempo.
Vihaan, Goldwaker
A treasure-focused ramp deck that creates treasure tokens and converts them into aggressive creatures, applying early pressure and leveraging artifact synergies.
Betor, Kin to All
A Bor (red-white) deck centered on deploying large creatures and drawing cards to control the board and outvalue opponents, relying on big blockers and sustained resource advantage.
Gameplay Insights
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The synergy between treasure token generation by Smuggler's Share and Vihaan's treasure conversion created significant pressure by enabling repeated attacks and resource gain.
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Shilgengar's sacrifice and reanimation engine allowed a snowball effect, turning small angel tokens into formidable threats that opponents needed to address immediately.
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Yorion's flicker strategy maximized enter-the-battlefield triggers, allowing efficient use of clone effects and tempo plays throughout the game.
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Betor's focus on large creatures and card draw provided a defensive backbone to counter the aggressive treasure and angel strategies, aiming to stabilize the board before launching a late-game offense.
Notable Cards
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Shilgengar, Sire of Famine
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Yorion, Sky Nomad
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Vihaan, Goldwaker
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Betor, Kin to All
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Smuggler's Share
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Angelic Field Marshal
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Secluded Courtyard
Gameplay Summary
The game began with players ramping and setting up their boards cautiously.
Rachel Weeks piloted a black-white angel reanimator deck led by Shilgengar, Sire of Famine, focusing on sacrificing and reanimating angels to grow her board's power.
Benjamin Wheeler played Yorion, Sky Nomad, a mono-blue deck centered on flickering creatures and permanents to generate value, particularly leveraging clones and bounce effects.
The third player used Vihaan, Goldwaker, a deck that produced treasures and converted them into aggressive threats, pushing for early pressure.
The fourth deck, Betor, Kin to All, was a Bor (red-white) deck specializing in large creatures (big butts) and card draw, aiming to overwhelm opponents with resilient blockers and card advantage. Early turns saw players developing their mana bases and playing key value creatures such as Angelic Field Marshal and Smuggler's Share, which generated card draw and treasure tokens that synergized well with the aggressive treasure strategy.
Shilgengar’s player capitalized on sacrificing angels to reanimate more powerful threats, slowly building a threatening board presence.
Yorion’s flicker effects allowed repeated triggers on enter-the-battlefield abilities, gaining incremental advantage and tempo.
Meanwhile, Betor aimed to stabilize the board with big creatures and card draw, preparing for a late-game surge. A crucial turning point was the interaction between Smuggler’s Share and treasure token production, which forced players to continuously respond to treasure-driven threats.
The game’s tempo shifted as Vihaan's treasure generation enabled aggressive attacks, drawing opponents' focus.
Shilgengar’s reanimation and sacrifice engine steadily grew more dangerous, threatening to close the game with an overwhelming angelic army.
The game emphasized value generation from enter-the-battlefield effects, sacrifice synergies, and treasure token abuse, with players carefully balancing defense and offense to seize the win condition through board dominance and resource attrition.
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