March of the Machine The AFTERMATH! #MTG gameplay | WNL96

Deck Strategies

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  Karn, Legacy Reforged

  An artifact-heavy deck focused on deploying numerous artifacts and equipping them to creatures to create a powerful Stompy board presence. Karn synergizes with colorless artifacts and equipment to enhance threats.

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  Narset, Enlightened Exile

  A prowess and graveyard recursion deck that attacks with Narset to copy non-creature spells from graveyards and cast them for free, generating continuous value and pressure through spellcasting triggers.

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  Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin

  A life-drain and card advantage deck that punishes opponents by draining life each turn while exiling and casting cards from the top of the library, leveraging incremental value and disruption.

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  Kiora, Sovereign of the Deep

  A sea creature tribal deck that cheats additional sea creature spells from the top of the library onto the battlefield, focusing on flooding the board with large creatures and generating overwhelming board presence.

Gameplay Insights

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  Karn's early equip of Colossal Hammer set a strong tempo play that pressured opponents immediately.

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  Narset's ability to cast non-creature spells from graveyards for free created continuous card advantage and board impact.

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  Ob Nixilis's passive life drain combined with the ability to exile and play cards from the library was a steady incremental advantage engine.

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  Kiora's synergy with sea creatures and the ability to cheat spells from the top of the library allowed for explosive board development.

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  Players used treasure generation strategically to ramp into key spells and artifacts, accelerating their game plans.

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  The use of Maze's Mind Tome for card draw and life gain provided important sustainability and resource replenishment.

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  Attention to mana base development including color-fixing and utility lands like Reliquary Tower was crucial to maintaining flexibility.

Notable Cards

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  Mind Stone

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  Talisman of Indulgence

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  Reliquary Tower

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  Big Score

Summary

The game began with each player developing their board and mana base according to their unique Commander strategies. Early turns were focused on ramping and setting up key artifacts, creatures, and lands. Karn, Legacy Reforged started by assembling artifacts and equipping creatures with powerful gear, aiming for a Stompy artifact synergy. Narset, Enlightened Exile leveraged her prowess ability and the ability to cast non-creature cards from graveyards for free, creating value and pressure. Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin steadily drained opponents' life while utilizing his exile and play-from-exile abilities for card advantage. Kiora, Sovereign of the Deep focused on casting big sea creature spells to cheat additional cards into play from the top of her library, aiming to overwhelm the board with large creatures and value from sea-themed spells. As the midgame progressed, players developed their board states with key artifacts like Mind Stone and Maze's Mind Tome, lands that interacted with life loss, and creatures that synergized with their commander themes. Karn's deployment of equipment like Colossal Hammer ramped up the threat level. Narset's prowess triggers and free casting from graveyards created a steady flow of impactful spells. Ob Nixilis's life drain and card exile mechanics kept opponents on edge, while Kiora's ability to cheat in sea creatures started to snowball. The game featured strategic treasure generation and artifact synergies that allowed for explosive plays. The tension rose with players holding key answers and building towards their win conditions, highlighting the importance of artifact and creature synergy, card advantage, and incremental life loss effects.