Deck & Commander Strategies
Ao, the Dawn Sky
Utilizes a loop with the commander to flip the deck onto the table and assemble a combo win.
Najeela, the Blade-Blossom
A five-color good stuff deck aiming to win through Ad Nauseam or a combo involving the commander and Derevi to generate infinite combat steps.
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
Mono-black storm deck that uses K'rrik’s ability to pay life instead of mana, enabling powerful reanimation and storm combos, often winning with Merchant of Asphodel.
Korvold, Fae-Cursed King
Treasure storm deck that leverages sacrifice synergies and treasure generation to draw cards and cheat large threats like Dockside Extortionist into play, aiming to overwhelm opponents quickly.
Gameplay Insights
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Drake skillfully uses Underworld Breach combined with Intuition and Sevinne's Reclamation to repeatedly recur Dockside Extortionist, rapidly generating treasures and mana to fuel his combo.
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The use of Brain Freeze targeting self to mill the entire library and then casting Thassa's Oracle to win demonstrates a precise combo sequence from Drake's Najeela deck.
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Ashani’s Korvold setup on turn one with Jeweled Lotus, Mana Crypt, and Lion's Eye Diamond enables explosive starts that quickly generate card advantage and board presence through treasure tokens.
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Charles’ timely use of Touch the Spirit Realm to exile Ashani’s Mana Crypt shows an important disruption of fast mana sources to slow down aggressive starts.
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Peter’s mulligan strategy and graveyard setup with Chainer Dementia Master and Buried Alive indicate a focus on reanimation and storm synergy, although he is pressured early by the aggressive treasure generation from Korvold and Najeela.
Notable Cards
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Dockside Extortionist
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Underworld Breach
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Brain Freeze
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Thassa's Oracle
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Lion's Eye Diamond
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Jeweled Lotus
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Sevinne's Reclamation
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Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
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Intuition
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Defense Grid
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Mana Crypt
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Portable Hole
Gameplay Summary
The game starts with each player developing their board and setting up their mana bases, with Ashani on Korvold, Charles on Ao, Peter on K'rrik, and Drake on Najeela.
Ashani quickly establishes Korvold and starts drawing cards by sacrificing permanents.
Drake aggressively builds treasure tokens with Dockside Extortionist and uses recursion with Underworld Breach alongside Intuition to assemble a combo involving Brain Freeze and Thassa's Oracle, which allows him to mill his library and win the game.
After a swift first game, the players proceed to round two with similar aggressive setups, Korvold continuing to capitalize on treasure and card draw, and the other players developing their strategies and board presence.
Notably, Ashani's Korvold deck leverages treasure storm and sacrifice synergies, while Drake focuses on a combo involving Najeela and recursive spells to win quickly.
