Deck Strategies
Atraxa, Praetors' Voice (Superfriends)
Builds a board full of planeswalkers, leveraging proliferate effects and control elements like counterspells to protect them. The deck wins through planeswalker ultimates and incremental value from planeswalker abilities.
Atraxa, Praetors' Voice (+1/+1 Counters)
Focuses on accumulating +1/+1 counters on creatures, especially the commander itself, to win through commander damage and overwhelming board presence. Uses synergy cards to draw and grow creatures quickly.
Gameplay Insights
- 1
Countering the opponent's Atraxa commander was a pivotal play that stalled the +1/+1 counters deck’s momentum.
- 2
The use of proliferate by the superfriends deck maximized planeswalker value and board control.
- 3
Deploying Dovin Baan to limit the opponent's untap step slowed down their resource development significantly.
- 4
The +1/+1 counters deck struggled to maintain pressure due to key creatures being countered or removed before they could snowball.
- 5
Despite being at low life, the +1/+1 counters deck was forced into defensive plays, allowing the superfriends deck to secure a commander damage finish.
Notable Cards
Atraxa, Praetors' Voice
Dovin Baan
Thrun, the Last Troll
Fathom Mage
Hydra's Growth
Good-Fortune Unicorn
Overgrown Tomb
Summary
The game featured a head-to-head match between two Atraxa decks: one focused on planeswalkers and superfriends, and the other centered on +1/+1 counters and commander damage. Early turns involved careful mana development and setting up key creatures and planeswalkers. The superfriends Atraxa deck gained an advantage by deploying powerful planeswalkers like Dovin Baan and leveraging proliferate mechanics effectively. This deck also used counterspells to disrupt the opposing Atraxa's strategies, notably countering key threats like the opposing Atraxa commander. Meanwhile, the +1/+1 counters Atraxa deck aimed to build up incremental growth on creatures such as Fathom Mage and Thrun, the Last Troll, with support from cards like Hydra's Growth and Good-Fortune Unicorn to draw cards and increase counters. However, the superfriends deck's control elements and pressure from planeswalker ultimates limited the counters deck's ability to establish its win condition. In the late game, the superfriends Atraxa reduced the opponent to one life and finished with commander damage, demonstrating the power and resilience of planeswalker synergy in a 1v1 setting.
