Deck & Commander Strategies
The Cabbage Merchant
Generate and utilize food tokens created by opponents' non-creature spells to ramp mana and fuel card advantage engines, aiming to overwhelm opponents through resource attrition and synergy.
Bumi, Eclectic Earthbender
Leverage landfall and land creature synergies to grow creatures with +1/+1 counters while ramping mana through lands and creatures like Lotus Cobra, focusing on incremental board development.
Toph, the First Metalbender
Utilize artifact synergies by turning artifacts into lands, casting powerful artifacts like the One Ring, and generating card draw and mana acceleration to dominate the midgame.
Appa, Steadfast Guardian
Support food token generation and sacrifice outlets to gain card advantage and control, deploying creatures that protect food tokens and provide milling and card retrieval.
Gameplay Insights
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The Cabbage Merchant’s ability to generate food tokens off opponents' non-creature spells created a continuous resource engine that enabled both mana acceleration and card advantage.
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Toph’s use of artifact lands and casting of the One Ring allowed for efficient mana usage and multiple card draw activations, maintaining strong board presence.
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Bumi’s landfall triggers and +1/+1 counter distribution on land creatures steadily increased board threat levels while ramping mana through Lotus Cobra and fetch lands.
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Appa’s deployment of Bristle Bud Farmer and Trail of Crumbs created a defensive food token engine that provided both protection and card advantage through sacrificing food tokens.
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Multiple players leveraged scry and card draw effects upon creature and artifact entries to optimize their upcoming plays and maintain hand quality.
Notable Cards
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The Cabbage Merchant
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Ancient Tomb
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Trail of Crumbs
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Lotus Cobra
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Arcane Signet
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Green Sun's Zenith
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Blinkmoth Nexus
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Gemstone Caverns
Gameplay Summary
The game began with each player establishing their board state through ramp and resource generation.
The Cabbage Merchant player focused on accumulating food tokens by leveraging his ability to create food whenever opponents cast non-creature spells.
This enabled mana acceleration and provided resource synergy throughout the game.
Bumi, Eclectic Earthbender applied a landfall strategy by adding +1/+1 counters to land creatures and maximizing mana production with cards like Lotus Cobra.
Meanwhile, Toph, the First Metalbender utilized artifact synergies, including the powerful One Ring and artifact lands, to fuel her game plan.
Appa, Steadfast Guardian also contributed with artifact and food token synergies, casting creatures like Bristle Bud Farmer to protect food resources and draw cards through sacrifice triggers. The pivotal moment came with the Cabbage Merchant amassing numerous food tokens, which were used both as mana sources and to fuel card advantage engines like Trail of Crumbs and Bristle Bud Farmer's milling and card retrieval.
Toph’s artifact package, including casting the One Ring and setting up artifacts as lands, created a strong mana base and card draw engine.
Bumi’s strategy centered around enhancing land creatures and gaining incremental value via landfall triggers, steadily growing his board presence.
Throughout the game, the players traded resources and tried to outpace each other’s synergies.
The game was characterized by incremental advantage through token creation, artifact ramp, and strategic land interactions, setting up potential win conditions revolving around overwhelming board presence or comboing off with food and artifact synergies.
