Deck & Commander Strategies
Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
A storm combo deck that ramps mana quickly to cast expensive spells and generate lethal storm counts, using rituals and tutors like Dark Petition and Culling the Weak to assemble a winning combo.
Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh
An aggressive Rakdos deck focusing on direct damage, disruption, and resource denial to control the board and pressure opponents, preventing them from executing their strategies.
Slimefoot, the Stowaway & Squee, the Immortal
A golem and token sacrifice deck that generates incremental value and damage through sacrificing creatures and tokens, aiming to overwhelm opponents with steady board presence and lethal token synergies.
Gameplay Insights
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Using Dauthi Voidwalker early to lock down the storm player's ability to cast spells was a key disruption tactic that slowed down their combo assembly.
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Sacrificing Dauthi Voidwalker to cast Dark Petition demonstrated a high-risk, high-reward play to tutor for critical cards under pressure.
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Grief was used effectively to counter the storm player's tutor, preventing them from finding needed combo pieces and maintaining board control.
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Rograkh’s decision to destroy artifacts and lands, such as Great Furnace, was a strategic choice to hinder the storm player's mana acceleration and combo potential.
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The token-generating and sacrificing synergies of Slimefoot and Squee applied consistent pressure, culminating in a lethal multi-creature attack that leveraged sacrifice triggers.
Notable Cards
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Lotus Bloom
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Dauthi Voidwalker
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Engineered Explosives
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Abrupt Decay
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Dark Petition
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Grief
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Culling the Weak
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Behold the Beyond
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Underworld Breach
Gameplay Summary
The game featured a clash between a storm combo deck led by Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools and a grindy golem and tokens strategy with Slimefoot and Squee, alongside an aggressive Rakdos deck with Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh.
Early on, the storm player focused on ramping mana with cards like Lotus Bloom and Soul Talisman, aiming to assemble a powerful storm combo using rituals such as Culling the Weak.
However, the presence of Dauthi Voidwalker (Dowy) proved problematic, effectively locking down the storm player's ability to cast spells and build their combo.
The other players capitalized on this disruption, with the Rograkh player applying pressure through direct attacks and resource denial, including destroying key artifacts and lands to slow down the storm deck's development. A pivotal moment came when the storm player sacrificed Dauthi Voidwalker to cast Dark Petition, using it to tutor for a critical card, but was quickly met with a response from the opponent's creature Grief, which removed that tutor, further hindering the storm deck's options.
Meanwhile, Slimefoot's and Squee's tokens and sacrifice synergies generated incremental damage and board presence, pushing the game towards a lethal attack phase involving multiple creatures and sacrificial triggers.
Despite the storm player's strong late-game potential, the persistent disruption and pressure from Rograkh and the token strategies ultimately culminated in a lethal assault that ended the game.
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