Deck Strategies
Roon of the Hidden Realm
Uses flicker effects to generate value from enter-the-battlefield triggers, protecting key creatures and disrupting opponents with creatures like Eternal Witness and Mold Drifter to maintain card advantage.
Keranos, God of Storms
Controls the board through spells and incremental damage, leveraging Keranos’s ability to draw cards and deal damage, combined with life-halving effects like Heartless Hidetsugu to weaken opponents.
Thrasios, Triton Hero and Tymna the Weaver
A strong value and hatebear deck that uses efficient creatures and equipment to generate board presence, card advantage, and disruption, aiming to lock opponents down while slowly building a winning board state.
Homura, Human Ascendant // Homura's Essence
Transforms into a powerful enchantment that pumps creatures and generates token advantage, controlling the board with artifact/enchantment synergies and aggressive combat damage.
Gameplay Insights
- 1
Trevor's use of Heroic Intervention in response to Wheel of Fortune prevented a devastating board wipe, maintaining his board presence and disrupting opponents' plans.
- 2
Mike W carefully managed card draw and board control with Timna and Thrasios, including sacrificing artifacts to Caravan Feeder to maintain board advantage and keep key permanents safe.
- 3
Dave’s strategic sacrifice of Homura to High Market enabled the transformation into Homura's Essence, increasing his board's power and creating tokens that pressured opponents.
- 4
Mike's timely activation of Heartless Hidetsugu to halve players' life totals shifted the game state dramatically, forcing opponents to reevaluate their attack and defense strategies.
- 5
The interaction between Aura Shards and artifact/enchantment heavy boards created tension, as players needed to protect or remove key permanents to maintain advantage.
Notable Cards
Heroic Intervention
Wheel of Fortune
Fracturing Gust
Heartless Hidetsugu
Sword of Feast and Famine
Tymna the Weaver
Thrasios, Triton Hero
Pia and Kiran Nalaar
Aura Shards
Summary
The game started with all four players establishing their mana bases and early board presence, with ramp spells and small creatures setting the pace. Mike W utilized efficient card draw and creature synergy with Timna and Thrasios, focusing on incremental advantage and hatebear effects. Trevor's Roon deck developed value through flicker effects and protective spells, notably using Heroic Intervention to safeguard key permanents against board wipes such as Wheel of Fortune and Wrath of God. Dave’s Homura deck aimed to transform its commander into a powerful enchantment, generating tokens and pumping damage through synergies with Pia and Kiran Nalaar, while Mike’s Keranos deck focused on controlling the board and dealing incremental damage through spells and abilities like Heartless Hidetsugu to halve life totals, creating pressure on opponents.
