Deck Strategies
Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener
Focuses on the backup mechanic to place plus one plus one counters on creatures, growing them and gaining various beneficial abilities. The deck looks to leverage these counters to dominate combat and control the board.
Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir
Utilizes knights and the Eminence mechanic to generate card draw and incremental advantage while applying pressure through evasive combatants with horsemanship. The deck aims to maintain a steady stream of threats and sustain resources.
Kasla, the Broken Halo
Aims to produce numerous small tokens early and then convoke out large, game-changing spells. The deck relies on token synergy and powerful convoke spells to overwhelm opponents and secure victories.
Rashmi and Ragavan
Combines ramp and efficient creatures to establish early board presence and generate card advantage. The deck plays a tempo game with aggressive creatures and spells, using synergy between Rashmi and Ragavan to maintain pressure.
Gameplay Insights
- 1
The Planechase mechanic significantly influenced gameplay, with players often rolling chaos to distribute plus one plus one counters, enhancing various decks’ strategies involving counters.
- 2
Sidar Jabari’s Eminence ability triggered multiple card draws and incremental advantages during combat, making aggressive attacks both a source of damage and card advantage.
- 3
Kasla’s token generation combined with convoke enabled casting large spells earlier than usual, creating pressure on opponents quickly.
- 4
Bright-Palm’s interaction with the plane that distributes counters synergized well with the backup mechanic, accelerating creature growth and making blocking difficult for opponents.
- 5
The use of treasure tokens for ramp and card draw alongside creatures that grow with counters created a resilient board presence that was hard to remove.
Notable Cards
Goblin Instigator
Wood Elves
Replicating Ring
Silverwing Squadron
Summary
The game features four players piloting the March of the Machine preconstructed decks, each led by a unique commander with distinct strategies. The game begins with the players adapting to the Planechase mechanic, which introduces random global effects and chaos triggers influencing the flow of the game. Early on, players focus on developing their board states through creature deployment and leveraging their commanders’ unique abilities. Sidar Jabari’s deck uses knights and the Eminence mechanic to generate card advantage and pressure opponents, while Kasla, the Broken Halo’s token strategy aims to flood the board and convoke large spells for impactful plays. Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener’s deck emphasizes the backup mechanic to grow and empower creatures with plus one plus one counters, synergizing with planes that enhance counters or combat effectiveness. Rashmi and Ragavan’s deck plays a tempo game with ramp and aggressive creatures, capitalizing on card draw and incremental advantages.
