SYTHIS vs OB NIXILIS vs TYMNA|JESKA vs KINNAN - PLAY TO WIN GAMEPLAY WITH JOSEPH JOHNSON

Deck Strategies

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  Tymna the Weaver

  Utilizes evasive creatures to draw cards from combat damage and provides incremental value through combat and disruption, aiming to outlast opponents with steady pressure.

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  Jeska, Thrice Reborn

  Builds mana through treasures and artifact synergies to enable powerful tutors and game-ending spells, focusing on a slow but steady mana advantage to dominate the mid-to-late game.

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  Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy

  Ramps mana and exploits mana generation synergies to cast large spells or combos quickly, aiming for explosive turns that overwhelm opponents.

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  Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin

  Uses his planeswalker's ability to exile cards for card advantage and to grow counters, combined with damage-dealing enchantments like Burning Earth and Mayhem Devil to control the board and chip away at opponents' life totals.

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  Sythis, Harvest's Hand

  Leverages enchantments and treasure generation to produce card advantage and mana, using enchantress-style mechanics to outvalue opponents over time.

Gameplay Insights

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  The combination of Ob Nixilis’s exile ability and damage triggers from Burning Earth and Mayhem Devil created a loop that steadily dealt damage to all players, demonstrating a powerful synergy to control the game.

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  Jeska’s use of multiple tutors early in the game allowed for critical artifact and enchantment disruption, enabling her to slow down opponents while building a mana base.

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  Sythis’s enchantment-based treasure generation with Smothering Tithe provided a strong resource engine that threatened to outpace other players’ mana development.

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  Players had to carefully manage life loss from artifacts like Mana Vault and Mana Crypt alongside damaging enchantments, balancing aggression with survivability.

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  The presence of artifacts and enchantments that generate treasures and incremental damage prompted strategic decisions around which permanents to prioritize removing or protecting.

Notable Cards

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  Smothering Tithe

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  Demonic Tutor

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  Worldly Tutor

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  Dockside Extortionist

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  Mana Crypt

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  Mana Vault

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  Burning Earth

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  Mayhem Devil

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  Consecrated Sphinx

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  Reckless Fireweaver

Summary

The game started with players establishing their mana bases and early board states, with key ramp and card draw spells being deployed. Jeska, Thrice Reborn’s player focused on building mana with treasures and casting powerful tutors like Demonic Tutor and Worldly Tutor to find critical pieces such as Manglehorn. Sythis, Harvest's Hand leveraged enchantments and incremental value, utilizing cards like Smothering Tithe to generate treasures and card advantage. Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin applied pressure through his planeswalker's ability to exile cards and grow counters, synergizing with burning Earth and Mayhem Devil for incremental damage to all players. Tymna the Weaver’s deck aimed to maintain pressure with evasive creatures and card advantage triggers, while Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy sought to ramp and generate mana for explosive plays.