Deck & Commander Strategies
God-Eternal Oketra
Plays a white-black deck with plane-heavy mana and flash and disruptive creatures such as Banisher Priest and Stonecloaker. Zombie tokens from Oketra's trigger feed sacrifice outlets, and board wipes like Rout reset the game. Mentor of the Meek and Black Market also support the deck's card flow.
Marrow-Gnawer
Builds an enormous Rat Colony army, drawing with Skull Clamp, Howling Mine and Phyrexian Arena. Tutors such as Demonic Tutor and Secret Salvage assemble the rats, and Marrow-Gnawer's sacrifice ability makes even more rats. Bontu's Last Reckoning offers a sweeper reset.
Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow
Uses ninjutsu with evasive or unblocked creatures like Throat Slitter, Sig and Phtalico Seer to trigger Yuriko, revealing cards and dealing life loss equal to their mana value to all opponents. Black Market, extra turn spells and repeated recasting add inevitability.
Yarok, the Desecrated
Ramps with Carpet of Flowers and Birds of Paradise and doubles enter-the-battlefield triggers with Yarok. Woodland Bellower, Courser of Kruphix and Field of the Dead generate value and Zombies, and the deck ends the game with a Torment of Hellfire finish or a Palinchron infinite mana loop.
Gameplay Insights
- 1
Yuriko's early ninjutsu swings dealt damage to every opponent each turn, with Sig and Throat Slitter serving as cheap, repeatable ninjutsu enablers.
- 2
Banisher Priest targeting Yuriko forced her back to the command zone, and a flashed White Plume Angel-style bounce effect let Oketra reuse the Priest on Throat Slitter.
- 3
Rout and Bontu's Last Reckoning cleared the board twice, resetting both the Rat Colony swarm and Yuriko's attackers.
- 4
Yarok doubling Woodland Bellower's trigger found extra lands and created more Zombies through Field of the Dead, producing a huge amount of mana and card advantage.
- 5
Torment of Hellfire with X equal to 14 put every opponent in a brutal position, forcing discards, sacrifices and heavy life loss, though responses meant nobody died immediately.
- 6
Yuriko killed the weakened Oketra with ninjutsu triggers, but Yarok's Mana Drain stopped the extra turn spell.
- 7
Marrow-Gnawer had to discard 14 Rat Colonies to Torment, yet still rebuilt a lethal-looking rat swarm in time to eliminate Yuriko.
- 8
Yarok found Palinchron for infinite mana and recast Torment of Hellfire, ending the game after Marrow-Gnawer could not pose lethal.
Notable Cards
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Yarok, the Desecrated
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Rout
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Bontu's Last Reckoning
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Banisher Priest
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Rat Colony
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Black Market
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Woodland Bellower
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Palinchron
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Demonic Tutor
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Mana Drain
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Field of the Dead
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Zendikar Resurgent
Gameplay Summary
The game opened with Yuriko on the play, using ninjutsu to put early pressure on the table.
Marrow-Gnawer built a swarm of Rat Colonies with Skull Clamp and Howling Mine, God-Eternal Oketra stayed on a slow plane-heavy plan, and Yarok ramped with Carpet of Flowers and Birds of Paradise.
Banisher Priest sent Yuriko back to the command zone and later exiled a Throat Slitter.
Yuriko kept recasting and chipping in with ninjutsu triggers that dealt damage to everyone, while Marrow-Gnawer drew extra cards and threatened a huge rat board. The game swung when Oketra cast Rout, wiping the board and returning Throat Slitter to the battlefield, and Marrow-Gnawer later cast Bontu's Last Reckoning for another sweep.
Yarok used Woodland Bellower to find Risen Reef and then Animate Dead on the Bellower, which fetched lands and created Zombies through Field of the Dead.
The Bellower search brought out Zendikar Resurgent, and Yarok stacked Sedris, Cream of the Crop and Torment of Hellfire with X equal to 14.
Every opponent took heavy life loss, discarded and sacrificed permanents.
Nobody died to the first resolution, but the table was left badly damaged. Yuriko used the weakened table to swing with ninjutsu and Black Market triggers, dealing 10 damage that eliminated Oketra.
His extra-turn spell was countered by Mana Drain.
Marrow-Gnawer then made a flurry of Rat Colonies, equipped Swiftfoot Boots, and attacked with the rat swarm to eliminate Yuriko.
Yarok, with far more mana than anyone, cast Demonic Tutor, found Palinchron for infinite mana, and used Ogre-Moth's Will-style recursion to cast Torment of Hellfire a second time.
Marrow-Gnawer conceded, giving Yarok the win.
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