Deck & Commander Strategies
Toph, the First Metalbender
Focuses on artifact synergies and leveraging earthbending to protect permanents and recycle cards, generating value from artifacts and controlling the board state.
Teval, the Balanced Scale
Utilizes life gain and loss triggers combined with creature reanimation and sacrifice effects to generate advantage and control opponents' resources.
Fire Lord Azula
Relies on magecraft triggers and direct damage spells to chip away at opponents while generating incremental card advantage through casting instant and sorcery spells.
Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor
Uses life manipulation and card draw with sacrifice mechanics to maintain tempo and disrupt opponents, leveraging lifelink creatures and discard effects.
Gameplay Insights
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Ben's use of Death of Gwen Stacy to exile opponents' graveyards repeatedly disrupted their recursion while generating tokens to apply pressure.
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Zach's life gain and loss triggers from Gix created a dynamic life total environment, allowing him to draw and lose life strategically to stay in the game.
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Max's repeated use of earthbending to return key permanents like Hedron Archive and Spine of Ish Sah to his hand preserved board presence and card advantage.
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Andy capitalized on magecraft triggers and combat damage to deal incremental damage across multiple opponents despite losing Azula early.
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Sacrificing creatures to triggers such as Rise of the Witch King and reanimation spells allowed players to maintain board presence and value from the graveyard.
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Board wipes and damage-based removal shifted tempo multiple times, forcing players to adapt their strategies mid-game.
Notable Cards
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Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
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Earthbending
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Vincent Valentine // Galian Beast
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Plague Engineer
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Spine of Ish Sah
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Belt of Giant Strength
Gameplay Summary
The game opened with all players establishing their mana bases and early board presence, including ramp spells like Sol Ring and mana dorks.
Early skirmishes involved small creatures attacking and life gain and loss through lifelink and damage triggers.
Ben, playing a graveyard-centric deck with Moldrotha and Death of Gwen Stacy, focused on recurring creatures and milling opponents to fuel his strategy.
Zach used life manipulation and creature reanimation with cards like Vincent Valentine and Ob Nixilis, leveraging lifelink and sacrificing creatures to maintain board control.
Andy, piloting Fire Lord Azula, aimed to generate value through magecraft and damage spells, while Max with Toph employed artifact synergies and earthbending effects to protect and reuse permanents.
A key turning point was Ben's use of Death of Gwen Stacy to exile opponents' graveyards and generate tokens with Scoot Swarm, putting pressure on others.
Zach's responses with reanimation spells and sacrifice outlets kept him in the game, while Max utilized earthbending to protect his board and repeatedly draw cards.
Andy's Azula was destroyed early by Death of Gwen Stacy but returned value through magecraft triggers and combat damage.
The game saw multiple board wipes and strategic sacrifices, with players balancing aggression and resource management.
Zach's lifegain and draw/loss triggers from Gix created a fluctuating life total scenario, and Ben's relentless graveyard recursion and token generation emerged as a dominant late-game presence.
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