Deck & Commander Strategies
Tivit, Seller of Secrets
A blue-white-black artifact and control deck. It uses Council's dilemma to generate treasures and clues, then converts them into extra turns with Time Sieve while using Rhystic Study, tutors and Amphibian Downpour to disrupt opponents. It wins by looping Time Sieve and attacking with Tivit.
Derevi, Empyrial Tactician
A stax and tempo deck. It puts Derevi onto the battlefield to dodge commander tax and untaps mana with Kinnan, Arcane Signet and Derevi triggers. It uses Voice of Victory, Drannith Magistrate and Flesh Duplicate to stop opponents from casting spells or commanders, then pushes damage with tokens and flyers and ramps into Gleaming Splendor.
Godo, Bandit Warlord
A fast-mana equipment combo deck. It tries to use free spells, Ragavan, Urza's Saga and a Command Beacon plan to find Godo and a lethal equipment combo, while using Wishclaw Talisman, Grafdigger's Cage and Drannith Magistrate to disrupt opponents.
Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh / Silas Renn, Seeker Adept
A partner-based blue-red-black artifact deck built around free spells and mana rocks. It uses Mana Vault, Mox Opal, Vampire Tutor and wheel effects (Wheel of Fortune, Windfall) to set up a fast combo or Thassa's Oracle win. It carries lots of free interaction.
Gameplay Insights
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Voice of Victory stopped opponents from casting spells on Derevi's turn, so Jan could resolve Kinnan, Mockingbird and Gleaming Splendor without facing counterspells.
- 2
Putting Derevi onto the battlefield with its ability avoided commander tax and triggered Derevi's untap effect.
- 3
Players repeatedly paid for each other's Rhystic Study triggers, and Wishclaw Talisman and Scheming Symmetry handed tutors and cards to opponents. Some of that help ended up benefiting the eventual winner.
- 4
Several Drannith Magistrates and Grafdigger's Cage locked out commander casting and graveyard and library plays, which stopped Godo from being cast and slowed Alex's plan.
- 5
Wheel of Fortune and Windfall refilled hands repeatedly, but Phil's combo lacked Voice of Victory protection and could not push through two blue decks holding free counterspells.
- 6
Amphibian Downpour with storm, followed by a Mirror Made copy, turned Voice of Victory and the Flesh Duplicate Magistrate into powerless frogs, which let Tivit's deck start casting its spells.
- 7
Tivit's Council's dilemma, with extra votes, gave five artifacts at once. Those fed a Time Sieve loop (sacrifice five artifacts, take an extra turn, attack with Tivit for more treasures and clues) that won the game.
Notable Cards
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Time Sieve
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Voice of Victory
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Rhystic Study
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Amphibian Downpour
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Drannith Magistrate
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Flesh Duplicate
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Wishclaw Talisman
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Wheel of Fortune
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Windfall
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Urza's Saga
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Grafdigger's Cage
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Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
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Thassa's Oracle
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Scheming Symmetry
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Gleaming Splendor
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Misdirection
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Force of Negation
Gameplay Summary
The game opened quickly with fast mana and cheap free interaction.
Alex's Godo deck got Ragavan, Urza's Saga and Wishclaw Talisman online.
Phil's Rograkh and Silas Renn deck went for Mana Vault, Vampire Tutor and a Wheel of Fortune, which Alex answered with a Mental Misstep-style response.
Early on, several players paid for each other's Rhystic Study triggers.
Jan's Derevi, Empyrial Tactician put itself onto the battlefield, untapped mana with Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy and Arcane Signet, and cast Voice of Victory.
That card stopped everyone else from casting spells on Jan's turn, so Jan could build a board of Kinnan, a Mockingbird copy of Kinnan, Delney and Gleaming Splendor without fear of counterspells. The middle of the game was a tug-of-war over tutors, wheels and stax.
Players handed each other tutors through Wishclaw Talisman and Scheming Symmetry.
Drannith Magistrates and Grafdigger's Cage shut off commander casting and graveyard and library plays, and Flesh Duplicate and Clever Impersonator added more copies.
Phil cast Windfall and Wheel of Fortune and combo-ed hard, but the hands he refilled never produced a win through the table's free counterspells.
A Thassa's Oracle attempt with Tainted Pact was contested by free interaction like Misdirection and Force of Negation.
Tivit's player used Amphibian Downpour with storm to shrink key permanents, including Voice of Victory, into 1/1 frogs without abilities.
A Mirror Made copy of that Downpour then repeated the effect on the Flesh Duplicate Magistrate and removed the stax and the Voice of Victory lock. Once the Voice of Victory restriction was gone, Tivit's player had a window.
He cast Tivit with spare mana from Kinnan, and its Council's dilemma ETB, boosted by extra votes, gave him five artifacts.
With those he cast Time Sieve.
The loop was to sacrifice five artifacts to Time Sieve for an extra turn, attack with Tivit to make five more treasures and clues, and repeat.
This outpaced the other three players, who had spent their resources on wheels, tutors and stax, so Tivit won through repeated extra turns.
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