Deck & Commander Strategies
Kodama of the East Tree
Ramp and cheat large permanents into play using Kodama's trigger to create explosive board states and combo opportunities, eventually attacking with big creatures enhanced by evasion and combat tricks.
Admiral Beckett Brass
Pirate tribal focused on generating treasures, stealing opponent creatures temporarily or permanently, and assembling multiple combos to win or take over the game state.
Eruth, Tormented Prophet
Self-mill to exile the deck while leveraging replacement effects that prevent losing from decking out, playing cards exiled from the top of the library for value, and potentially winning through alternate library-exile conditions or board wipes.
Liesa, Shroud of Dusk
Life-drain and aristocratic style deck that taxes opponents for casting spells, uses sacrifice and graveyard recursion synergies, and can win by amassing a critical mass of certain creatures or draining opponents' life totals.
Gameplay Insights
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Kodama's ability to cheat permanents with equal or lesser mana cost onto the battlefield enabled explosive plays and combo assembly, particularly by including lands as permanents to maximize triggers.
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Admiral Beckett Brass's deck leveraged pirate tribal synergies and treasure generation to fuel combos and creature theft, creating unpredictable tempo shifts.
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Eruth's self-mill and exile strategy combined with Jace, Wielder of Mysteries replacement effect allowed the player to avoid decking out and maintain card advantage, setting up alternate win conditions.
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Liesa's life payment instead of commander tax, combined with taxing opponents' spells for life and aristocratic synergies, created a taxing environment that pressured opponents' life totals and board presence.
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Early game decisions included strategic mulligans and ramp plays such as establishing hideaway lands and early treasure generation to accelerate deck strategies.
Notable Cards
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Kodama of the East Tree
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Admiral Beckett Brass
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Eruth, Tormented Prophet
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Liesa, Shroud of Dusk
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Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
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Vault of Champions
Gameplay Summary
The game began with all four players deploying their respective commanders and setting up their early boards.
Kodama of the East Tree's player aimed to ramp and cheat large permanents into play through Kodama's ability, seeking to assemble combos and swing with big creatures.
Admiral Beckett Brass's player focused on pirate-themed synergy, generating treasure tokens and looking to leverage combo chains and steal opponent's creatures for advantage.
Eruth, Tormented Prophet's pilot worked on self-milling the deck while utilizing cards like Jace, Wielder of Mysteries to create an alternate win condition and maintain card advantage by exiling and playing cards from the top of the library.
Liesa, Shroud of Dusk's deck employed a life-drain strategy, taxing opponents' spells and aiming to win through aristocratic and sacrifice synergies, including a potential combo that wins if certain conditions are met with creature counts.
