Deck Strategies
Birgi, God of Storytelling
Utilizes treasure generation and mana acceleration to assemble infinite mana combos, enabling massive card draw and combo finishes.
Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
Focuses on spellcasting and controlling the board with disruption and countermagic while assembling value engines.
Thrasios, Triton Hero
Employs mana ramp and card advantage to control the game and find combo pieces or powerful finishers.
Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker
Builds up power incrementally through combat damage and leverages synergy with equipment and spells.
Krark, the Thumbless
Relies on spell duplication and chaotic effects to generate value and disrupt opponents.
Kenrith, the Returned King
Uses versatile abilities to support combos, gain incremental advantage, and adapt to board states.
Gameplay Insights
- 1
The use of Assassin's Trophy and Abrupt Decay early to target key combo pieces was crucial in slowing down the explosive starts.
- 2
Players leveraged treasure tokens from Magda and other sources to accelerate mana and enable big turns.
- 3
Copying spells with effects like Sheoldred's ability to look at hands twice provided valuable information for decision-making.
- 4
Birgi's player timing the cracking of LED and generating infinite mana was the game-winning sequence, demonstrating the power of combining treasure generation with combo enablers.
- 5
The balance of spell-based disruption and incremental advantage through card draw and mana ramp defined the midgame tension.
Notable Cards
Assassin's Trophy
Abrupt Decay
Dark Confidant
Cathartic Reunion
Mana Crypt
Arcane Signet
Urza's Saga
Summary
The game started with players developing their mana bases and setting up early board presence, with some initial targeted removal and disruption attempts, such as Assassin's Trophy and Abrupt Decay, aiming to slow down key threats. Midgame saw a flurry of interactions involving treasure generation, hand information reveals, and incremental advantage plays. Birgi's player notably leveraged treasures and mana acceleration to cast key spells like Magda, Raisin Outlaw and eventually established a combo with cards like LED, creating infinite mana. The game’s pivotal turning point was when Birgi’s player cracked LED for infinite mana, then used that mana to generate infinite white and blue mana, cast their commander, and drew the entire table out, decisively ending the game. Throughout, players balanced aggression with countermagic and resource denial, but the combo deck's explosive mana generation and card draw ultimately secured the win.
