Deck Strategies
Tovolar, Dire Overlord
Build a werewolf tribal board that flips in response to day/night cycles, drawing cards and gaining combat bonuses to overwhelm opponents with aggressive attacks.
Liesa, Forgotten Archangel
Control the board by exiling opponent's creatures upon death and recurring your own creatures to maintain pressure and value.
Leinore, Autumn Sovereign
Utilize the coven ability by deploying creatures with different powers, gaining +1/+1 counters, card draw, and anthem effects to dominate combat.
Eloise, Nephalia Sleuth
Generate clues and sacrifice tokens to surveil and fill the graveyard, enabling powerful reanimation combos and incremental life drain.
Gameplay Insights
- 1
Tovolar's ability to flip werewolves during night phases triggered a significant power spike, drawing multiple cards and enabling a large, aggressive attack that pressured all opponents.
- 2
Leinore's coven mechanic synergized well with multi-powered tokens and creatures, generating incremental buffs and card advantage that culminated in a devastating 15 damage attack including commander damage.
- 3
Eloise's graveyard setup with Marionette Master and Trail of Evidence allowed consistent clue generation and life drain, helping stabilize against aggressive board states.
- 4
The use of Unnatural Growth on Tovolar's team doubled combat power and toughness, providing a lethal boost during combat and facilitating the removal of opposing creatures.
- 5
Kovacs' repetitive use of Tetsumak Primal Death to place prey counters disrupted opponents' key creatures, leveraging their removal upon future triggers to control the board.
Notable Cards
Werewolf Pack Leader
Unnatural Growth
Marionette Master
Trail of Evidence
Cabal Coffers
Heron's Grace Champion
Reanimate
Summary
The game began with players establishing their boards with lands and low-cost creatures, setting up their respective win conditions. J-man, piloting Tovolar, Dire Overlord, focused on assembling a strong werewolf tribal presence, leveraging his commander's ability to draw cards and transform werewolves during night turns. Kovacs with Liesa, Forgotten Archangel, set up a controlling board with Cabal Coffers and creatures that interacted with death and exile triggers. Busterkins, playing Leinore, Autumn Sovereign, developed a board with diverse-powered creatures to maximize coven counters, drawing cards and boosting his team. BK, piloting Eloise, Nephalia Sleuth, concentrated on investigating and clue generation to fuel graveyard combos and reanimation strategies, highlighted by casting Marionette Master for artifact synergy and life drain.