Deck Strategies
Muerra, Trash Tactician
This deck focuses on creating a board presence with raccoons and dragons. The deck uses extra mana generated by raccoons to trigger Muerra's abilities and search for powerful dragon creatures to dominate the battlefield.
Kastral, the Windcrested
The deck is a bird tribal, aiming to swarm the field with flying creatures and benefit from synergies such as reduced casting costs and attack buffs. The deck also has a sub-theme of reanimating creatures.
Helga, Skittish Seer
This deck aims to ramp mana and cast large green spells, often relating to frog creatures. Helga's ability is used to further cast high mana value creature spells.
Clement, the Worrywort
Clement, the Worrywort deck is also a frog-themed deck that aims to control the board by using stun counters to tap opponents' creatures and draw cards.
Gameplay Insights
- 1
Alex's decision to search for Clouth, Unrivaled Ancient with Surrak’s Triumph and then deal damage with Invasion of Tarir showcased a powerful synergistic move that ramped up his board presence rapidly.
- 2
Jan's strategy of casting fliers and buffing them with Watcher of the Spheres and Plume Creed Mentor showed a strong tribal synergy.
- 3
Jerry's use of Arcane Signet for ramp and casting Helga, Skittish Seer, demonstrated a focus on casting high mana value creatures.
- 4
Eliot's play of Dream Do Incer to tap down creatures and draw cards indicated a control strategy, aiming to manipulate the board state to his advantage.
Notable Cards
Watcher of the Spheres
Arcane Signet
Summary
The game kicked off with all players focusing on building their mana bases and setting up their creatures. Alex, playing Muerra, Trash Tactician, was the first to make a significant move, casting Surrak’s Triumph to search for a dragon creature card, revealing Clouth, Unrivaled Ancient. Alex then cast Invasion of Tarir, dealing damage and transforming the card into a formidable dragon. Meanwhile, Jan, playing Kastral, the Windcrested, focused on bird tribal synergies, summoning Watcher of the Spheres and Plume Creed Mentor to manipulate the battlefield. Jerry, playing Helga, Skittish Seer, ramped up with Arcane Signet and began to establish a powerful frog-themed board presence. Eliot, playing Clement, the Worrywort, also followed a frog-focused strategy, casting Dream Do Incer to draw cards and stun opponents' creatures. The game was shaping up to be a battle of different tribal strategies, with the potential for explosive plays and powerful synergies.