Deck & Commander Strategies
Tasha, the Witch Queen
Focuses on milling opponents out by forcing them to discard and exile cards from their libraries, using powerful enchantments and demons to close out the game.
Phenax, God of Deception
A mill deck that mills opponents while benefiting from card draw and graveyard synergies, aiming to deplete opponents’ libraries quickly.
Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver
Zombie tribal deck that generates numerous zombie tokens and leverages graveyard recursion to maintain board presence and pressure opponents.
Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit & Sam, Loyal Attendant
A life gain and food token deck that uses incremental advantages and the Ring’s protection to outlast opponents and stabilize the game.
Gameplay Insights
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Players used Codex Shredder and Liliana's Death's Majesty to accelerate milling and graveyard recursion, creating a feedback loop that increased board presence and mill pressure.
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Kar's Betrayal was pivotal in allowing players to cast creatures exiled from opponents’ graveyards, turning the graveyard into a resource and swinging board control.
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The cloning of Liliana's Death's Majesty with Clever Impersonator doubled the milling impact and recursion, significantly shifting the state of the game.
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Incing Bridge was strategically employed to limit attacking creatures based on hand size, slowing aggressive board states and protecting life gain strategies.
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Life gain and food tokens provided critical defense for Frodo and Sam, allowing them to survive longer against the mill and zombie threats.
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Players carefully managed sacrifice effects and blocking choices to mitigate losses and maintain tempo in a complex multiplayer environment.
Notable Cards
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Codex Shredder
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Liliana, Death's Majesty
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Ruin Crab
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Mirage Mirror
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Remand
Gameplay Summary
The game featured an intense four-player match highlighting two mill decks, one zombie tribal deck, and a life-gain/food token deck.
Early turns saw players developing their mana bases and beginning their mill and zombie token strategies.
Tasha and Phenax aggressively pursued milling opponents’ libraries, leveraging cards like Codex Shredder and Liliana's Death's Majesty to accelerate milling and reanimate creatures.
Wilhelt focused on generating zombie tokens and synergizing with graveyard interactions, while Frodo and Sam aimed to outlast opponents through life gain and food token generation, temporarily leveraging the Ring for extra protection. Key moments included the use of Kar's Betrayal to exile creatures from graveyards and cast spells from exile, significantly impacting board presence.
Liliana's Death's Majesty was cloned and utilized to repeatedly mill massive amounts of cards and bring back powerful creatures, pushing the mill decks closer to victory.
The board state shifted as players forced sacrifices and blocked strategically, while life gain and food tokens provided resilience.
The interplay between milling and graveyard recursion created a dynamic game where players had to balance offense and defense carefully.
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