Deck & Commander Strategies
Szarel, Genesis Shepherd
Recursively plays lands from the graveyard while sacrificing non-token permanents to distribute +1/+1 counters to other creatures, aiming to build a wide and powerful board through incremental value and land recursion.
Kilo, Apogee Mind
Utilizes haste and proliferate triggered by tapping to quickly accumulate counters on artifacts and creatures, enhancing the station mechanics to create overwhelming board states.
Inspirate, Flagship Vessel
Builds up artifact counters on stations and makes artifacts indestructible, focusing on using station mechanics to turn artifacts into formidable threats and protect them from removal.
Hearthhull, the Worldseed
Leverages landfall triggers and sacrifices lands to generate tokens and value, focusing on manipulating the board state through land sacrifice and land-based synergies.
Gameplay Insights
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Sacrificing multiple lands with Cabaretti Courtyard early to accelerate land drops and trigger landfall synergies.
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Using proliferate strategically after dealing combat damage to increase counters on key artifacts and creatures, enabling exponential growth.
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Casting Zerel midgame to maximize value from land recursion and sacrificial triggers, setting up powerful counter distributions.
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Temporary alliances form around targeting the strongest player’s permanents, showing the importance of diplomatic plays in multiplayer Commander.
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Playing Steel Overseer with sunburst early to quickly grow the artifact-based board and synergize with station mechanics.
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Using Roying Regrowth to sacrifice lands and fetch basics, further fueling landfall and sacrifice synergies while controlling board tempo.
Notable Cards
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Steel Overseer
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Astral Cornucopia
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Skyshroud Claim
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Thrummingbird
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Cabaretti Courtyard
Gameplay Summary
The game begins with players developing their mana bases and setting up their respective strategies with early ramp and utility lands.
Hearthhull, the Worldseed focuses on landfall triggers and sacrificing lands for value, while Inspirate, Flagship Vessel aims to build up artifact counters and make artifacts indestructible through station mechanics.
Szarel, Genesis Shepherd emphasizes graveyard recursion of lands combined with sacrificing non-token permanents to bolster other creatures with +1/+1 counters.
Kilo, Apogee Mind seeks to proliferate counters on permanents, leveraging haste and artifact synergies to overwhelm opponents. Key moments include the deployment of Steel Overseer with sunburst to quickly grow artifact creatures, the casting of Zerel to enable land recursion and counter distribution, and multiple land sacrifices generating tokens and value.
Players engage in tactical proliferate triggers and combat damage to escalate counters on key permanals such as Gavl of the Righteous and Steel Overseer.
The game features interactive plays involving land sacrifice combos and counter manipulation, with players forming temporary alliances to gang up on stronger boards.
The win condition centers around overwhelming board presence via large creatures powered up by counters and landfall triggers, supported by artifact tokens and incremental value from sacrificing lands and other permanents.
