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Strixhaven: School of Mages | Game Knights 44 | Magic The Gathering Commander Gameplay EDH

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Decklists

Deck Strategies

  • Felisa, Fang of Silverquill

    Felisa, Fang of Silverquill

    Get counters on non-token creatures, sacrifice them to create more token creatures, and repeat this process to create an overwhelming board state.

  • Dina, Soul Steeper

    Dina, Soul Steeper

    Set up repeatable life gain and drain opponents to death, capitalizing on life gain in various ways for value.

  • Jadzi, Oracle of Arcavios // Journey to the Oracle

    Jadzi, Oracle of Arcavios // Journey to the Oracle

    Cast instants and sorceries to cheat big spells into play for only one mana.

  • Veyran, Voice of Duality

    Veyran, Voice of Duality

    Cast cheap cantrip spells to double triggers and overwhelm opponents with value.

Gameplay Insights

  • 1

    Olivia's strategy of sacrificing creatures with counters to create more tokens provided a solid board state.

  • 2

    Kat's 'gain and drain' strategy proved to be an effective tactic, capitalizing on life gain to drain opponents.

  • 3

    Jimmy's strategy of casting instants and sorceries to cheat big spells into play was a game changer.

  • 4

    JLK's strategy of casting cheap cantrip spells to double triggers overwhelmed opponents with value.

Notable Cards

  • Felisa, Fang of Silverquill

    Felisa, Fang of Silverquill

  • Dina, Soul Steeper

    Dina, Soul Steeper

  • Jadzi, Oracle of Arcavios // Journey to the Oracle

    Jadzi, Oracle of Arcavios // Journey to the Oracle

  • Veyran, Voice of Duality

    Veyran, Voice of Duality

Summary

In this exciting game of Magic: The Gathering Commander, the players represented different colleges of Strixhaven: School of Mages. Olivia, representing Silverquill college, commanded Felisa, Fang of Silverquill and focused on a strategy involving getting counters on her non-token creatures and then sacrificing them to create more token creatures. Kat, representing Witherbloom college, commanded Dina, Soul Steeper and focused on a 'gain and drain' strategy involving life gain and draining opponents. Jimmy, representing Quandrix college, commanded Jadzi, Oracle of Arcavios // Journey to the Oracle, he focused on casting instants and sorceries to cheat big spells into play. Lastly, representing Prismari college, JLK commanded Veyran, Voice of Duality and aimed to cast cheap cantrips to double his triggers and bury his opponents in an avalanche of value.

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Show Notes:

This isn’t your average school-yard tussle! CAG member Olivia Gobert-Hicks and cosplayer TarmoKat join Jimmy and Josh to represent their Strixhaven colleges and teach each other a few lessons in humility!

It’s Felisa vs Dina vs Jadzi vs Veyran

Who will be the top of the class? ONLY ONE MAY STAND!


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Where to find our guests online:

Olivia Gobert-Hicks: Twitter: @goberthicks Instagram: @goberthicks Twitch: www.twitch.tv/affinityartifacts Website: affinityartifacts.jewelershowcase.com

TarmoKat: Twitter: @TarmoKat IG: @tarmokat


Deck lists:

Kat’s Dina: www.archidekt.com/decks/4663970/tarmokats_dina_game_knights_44

Jimmy’s Jadzi: www.archidekt.com/decks/4663968/jimmys_jadzi_game_knights_44

JLK’s Veyran: www.archidekt.com/decks/4663980/jlks_veyran_game_knights_44

Olivia’s Felisa: www.archidekt.com/decks/4663969/olivias_felisa_game_knights_44


Credits:

Director: Josh Lee Kwai Post Production Supervisor: Jake Boss Editors: Josh Murphy and Manson Leung VFX, Animations and GFX: Sam Waldow Assistant VFX: Patrick Nan Director of Photography: Jake Boss Sound Mix: Jake Boss Additional GFX: Grant Aldrich and Geoffrey Palmer Production Design: Ashlen Rose and Ladee Danger Set Design: Bonnie Vacevich

Dina (voice): Ladee Danger Felisa (voice): Ashlen Rose

Strixhaven College Videos:

Directed by: Josh Lee Kwai Produced by: Ashlen Rose and Josh Lee Kwai Written by: Jordan Pridgen Director of Photography: Jon Salmon Edited by: Josh Lee Kwai, Jake Boss, Gaurav Gulati Art Direction and Wardrobe: Ashlen Rose and Ladee Danger Gaffer: Skyler Rousselet and Stewart Hollins Additional Writing by: Meghan Wolff, Sam Gasch, Sean Tabares, Kyle Hill Post Production and VFX Supervisor: Jake Boss Key Set PA: Yair Villanueva Production Assistant: Arthur Meadowcroft and Patrick Nan VFX Artists: Sam Waldow, Yves McCrae, Brian Kokoszka, Truyen Senh Dang Illustrators: Catherine Garrison, Georgia Stanley, Mackenzie Dunn Sound Recording: Kim Kylland and Lamps Lampadinha Sound Mix: Jake Boss

Witherbloom (appearing): Sean “Day9” Plott Keiko Inouye Nessa Meow Meow Alex Kessler Jake Boss Vincent Truong TarmoKat Ladee Danger Craig Blanchette Gaurav Gulati Hannah Tran Keko Tran (VO) Maria Bartholdi

Silverquill (appearing) Jordan Pridgen Joseph Johnson Erika Ishii Patrick Nan Ashlen Rose Ben Bateman Josh Murphy Alexander Ward “D” Josh “Xell” Kim Olivia Gobert-Hicks Mary Sola Spohn (Fencer #1) Jacob Padilla (Fencer #2)

Quandrix (appearing): Kyle Hill Sam Waldow Manson Leung Riley Silverman Yair Villanueva Jimmy Wong Freddie Wong Clinton Jones (VO) The Professor

Lorehold (appearing) DJ Rachel Weeks Cassius Marsh Sam from Rhystic Studies Sheldon Menery (VO) Marshall Sutcliffe

Prismari (appearing) Becca Scott Jovenshire Arthur Meadowcroft Josh Lee Kwai (VO) Alexis-Nichole Pineda (Dancer #1) Alfred Remulla (Dancer #2) David Wells (Drummer)


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