Deck Strategies
Morophon, the Boundless
A tribal-focused deck that reduces the cost of spells sharing a chosen creature type, enabling efficient deployment of changelings and tribal synergies to control the board and generate card advantage.
Kolvori, God of Kinship
A sliver tribal deck that utilizes sliver anthem effects and reflections to create multiple tokens, overwhelming opponents with a wide board and benefiting from tribal synergies and equipment.
Magda, Brazen Outlaw
An aggressive treasure token generator that leverages treasures to ramp into powerful artifacts and creatures, enabling explosive midgame plays and damage through equipment and sacrifice synergies.
Licia, Sanguine Tribune
A life-gain and card advantage deck that uses lifelink creatures, combos with spells like Phyrexian Reclamation and Villus to draw cards and drain opponents, while controlling the board with removal and recursion.
Gameplay Insights
- 1
Adam leveraged Magda's treasure generation to repeatedly sacrifice treasures for casting powerful creatures and equipment, enabling board control via Hellkite's damage and utility.
- 2
Omar used Chandra's Ignition to clear the board while gaining a huge amount of life, turning a losing board state into a strong position.
- 3
Scott's use of The Scarab God and changelings allowed consistent card advantage and pressure through recurring threats.
- 4
Kolvori's deck relied on tribal reflections and anthem effects to multiply tokens, turning modest board presence into a threatening army.
- 5
Key removal spells such as Swords to Plowshares and Chaos Warp were used effectively to disrupt combos and high-value creatures.
- 6
Multiple players utilized sacrifice and recursion synergies, creating a dynamic game state that required careful resource management and timing of attacks.
Notable Cards
The Scarab God
Seven Dwarves
Wheel of Fortune
Maskwood Nexus
Chandra's Ignition
Phyrexian Reclamation
Blackblade Reforged
Swords to Plowshares
Mass Appeal
Summary
The game opened with typical development from all four players, each establishing their mana bases and early board presence. Magda and her token-generating dwarves quickly accrued treasures, ramping into powerful equipment and value spells. Morophon leveraged tribal synergies, casting changelings and creatures that benefited from his ability to reduce spell costs, while Kolvori focused on tribal slivers and merfolk, generating value through reflections and tribal anthem effects. Licia emphasized life gain and card advantage, utilizing cards like Villus and Phyrexian Reclamation to maintain board presence and pressure. Key moments included Adam (Magda) generating a large treasure economy to fuel aggressive plays, sacrificing treasures to tutor and cast impactful threats such as Hellkite and Booger to Hellkite, which helped clear blockers and damage opponents. Scott (Morophon) utilized The Scarab God alongside changelings and other synergistic creatures to control the board and generate card advantage. Omar (Licia) executed a pivotal play with Chandra's Ignition, wiping the board while gaining a massive life swing, which shifted the momentum. Meanwhile, the narrator in Kolvori’s deck leveraged the synergy between tribal creatures and powerful equipment like Blackblade reforged to deal a big hit to Scott. The game featured multiple interactions involving exile, recursion, and life manipulation, with each player adapting their strategies to the shifting board state. The game’s complexity and tension escalated through these interactions, driving toward a close where aggressive damage and tribal synergies decided the winner.