Deck Strategies
Hashaton, Scarab's Fist
This deck aims to cheat in creatures at a lower cost and around counter spells, leveraging abilities to clone creatures and ping opponents. The win condition is typically through Thassa's Oracle and Demonic Consultation.
Niv-Mizzet, Visionary
The Niv-Mizzet deck aims to use mass damage effects to draw large amounts of cards and storm off through various combos. It also seeks to control the board state with cards like Gutter Snipe.
Narset, Enlightened Exile
The Narset deck focuses on wheel and breach strategies, growing its commander's power, dealing heavy damage and stealing powerful cards from opponents' graveyards.
The Pride of Hull Clade
This deck aims to flood the board with cheap creatures to have a free commander that generates valuable card draw without life loss. It uses green ramp and +1/+1 counter strategies to quickly build a formidable board presence.
Gameplay Insights
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Hidden's early game advantage with Gemstone Caverns and Esper Sentinel set the pace for his game.
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The use of Chain of Vapor to save key creatures from removal played a significant role in controlling the board state.
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The strategic counter of Thassa's Oracle and Demonic Consultation combo using Force of Will and Swan Song showed resourceful gameplay. However, Hidden's follow-up with a Mindbreak Trap to ensure the combo resolved was a game-winning move.
Notable Cards
Gemstone Caverns
Esper Sentinel
Thassa's Oracle
Demonic Consultation
Mindbreak Trap
Chain of Vapor
Force of Will
Swan Song
Summary
This game was a showdown of strategy and skill between the decks of Hashaton, Scarab's Fist, Niv-Mizzet, Visionary, Narset, Enlightened Exile, and The Pride of Hull Clade. The early game saw players developing their boards with a variety of mana ramping and card drawing tools. Hashaton's player, Hidden, made a strong early play with a Gemstone Caverns and an Esper Sentinel. As the game progressed, the board state became more complex with players casting powerful spells and creatures, and attempting to counteract each other’s strategies. A defining moment was when Hashaton's player cast a Thassa's Oracle followed by a Demonic Consultation, which was initially countered but then successfully resolved with a Mindbreak Trap, leading to Hidden's victory by exiling his library and meeting the win condition of Thassa's Oracle.
