POLITICAL CRIMES of the UNDEAD 💀 Gisa 🧟‍♀️ Inniaz 🦅 Atla 🦖 Chromium 🐉 WPCS #109

Deck Strategies

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  Gisa, the Hellraiser

  A zombie midrange deck that commits crimes (discard effects) to generate zombie tokens and buffs them, leveraging sacrifice outlets to grow the board and overwhelm opponents.

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  Inniaz, the Gale Force

  A flying tribal deck that uses multiple flyers to trigger an ability forcing players to exchange nonland permanents, disrupting opponents' boards and creating political chaos to gain advantage.

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  Atla Palani, Nest Tender

  An egg and dinosaur strategy focused on generating Egg tokens and sacrificing them to put large dinosaur creatures onto the battlefield, using untap effects for multiple activations per turn to accelerate board development.

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  Chromium, the Mutable

  A blue reactive control deck with flash creatures, counterspells, and card draw that punishes opponents for attacking and forces difficult decisions, maintaining tempo and control through interaction.

Gameplay Insights

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  Inniaz’s ability to pass nonland permanents to the player on their right created a shifting board state that forced players to adapt their strategies constantly.

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  Gisa’s use of discard effects to ‘commit crimes’ effectively built a zombie army while applying pressure through both tokens and sacrifice synergies.

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  Atla Palani’s generation and sacrifice of Egg tokens to cheat large dinosaurs onto the battlefield accelerated her board development unexpectedly, presenting a looming threat.

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  Chromium’s reactive playstyle with flash creatures and counterspells allowed it to respond to threats and punish attacks, maintaining control and creating tension among the players.

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  The interplay of Smothering Tithe and other ramp/reward cards influenced resource management and decision-making throughout the game.

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  Political negotiations emerged around protecting or attacking certain players, especially in response to Inniaz’s disruptive stealing effect and Gisa’s growing zombie horde.

Notable Cards

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  Gisa, the Hellraiser

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  Inniaz, the Gale Force

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  Atla Palani, Nest Tender

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  Chromium, the Mutable

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  Wayfarer's Bauble

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  Siren Stormtamer

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  Hanged Executioner

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  Smothering Tithe

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  Arcane Denial

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  Mind Stone

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  Field of Ruin

Summary

The game featured a dynamic multiplayer Commander match with four distinct strategies revolving around their unique commanders. Early turns were marked by ramp and setup plays, with players establishing their board presence through creatures and mana acceleration. Gisa, the Hellraiser focused on building a zombie army via committing crimes and sacrificing creatures, steadily growing her board with zombie tokens and utilizing synergies with sacrifice outlets. Inniaz, the Gale Force leveraged flying creatures and a disruptive ability that forced opponents to pass around nonland permanents, creating political tension and resource denial that shaped the midgame. Atla Palani, Nest Tender centered on producing Egg tokens, which were sacrificed to cheat out powerful dinosaur creatures, gradually amassing threats of significant size while using untap effects for multiple activations per turn. Chromium, the Mutable played a reactive control game, using flash creatures, counterspells, and card draw to respond to opponents' actions and punish attacks with a variety of instant-speed answers.