Not your average Sisay

Deck Strategies

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  Sisay, Weatherlight Captain

  Focuses on a planeswalker chain combo that generates value and control through Sisay's ability to fetch legendary permanents, aiming to win by leveraging powerful planeswalkers and their synergies.

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  Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph

  Utilizes storm combo lines centered around Underworld Breach and Grapeshot, aiming to win by generating a massive storm count and finishing with a lethal Grapeshot or curiosity-based combo.

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  Saheeli, the Sun's Brilliance

  Generates infinite artifact creature tokens by leveraging Dockside Extortionist, untap effects like Dramatic Reversal and Intruder Alarm, and uses the tokens to overwhelm opponents or combo off with Underworld Breach and Grinding Station.

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  Atraxa, Grand Unifier

  Runs a Food Chain combo to generate infinite creature mana, enabling Atraxa or other creatures to draw the entire deck and win through combat damage or combos like Thrasios and Demonic Consultation.

Gameplay Insights

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  Saheeli’s use of multiple copies of Dockside Extortionist combined with token creation and untap effects gave her a substantial mana advantage and board presence.

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  Overloading Cyclonic Rift was a critical play that cleared opponents' boards while allowing Saheeli to maintain her treasure tokens, significantly shifting board control.

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  The tension around paying for Rhystic Study and other taxing effects influenced players’ tempo and resource management, creating moments of hesitation and opportunity.

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  Intuition was used to tutor key combo pieces like Intruder Alarm and Time Stream Navigator, signaling a strategic pivot to a combo finish.

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  Abrade and other removal spells targeted pivotal combo enablers, highlighting the importance of disruption in a multiplayer combo-heavy environment.

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  Players carefully managed mana from artifacts like Mox Diamond and Chrome Mox, balancing the cost of activation taxes against the need for fast combo execution.

Notable Cards

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  Dockside Extortionist

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  Rhystic Study

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  Ancient Tomb

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  Mana Crypt

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  Cyclonic Rift

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  Intruder Alarm

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  Abrade

Summary

The game opened with players developing their mana bases and setting up key combo pieces, with Sisay, Weatherlight Captain focused on a planeswalker chain combo, Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph aiming for storm combo lines using Underworld Breach and Grapeshot, Saheeli, the Sun's Brilliance working towards infinite artifact creature token generation through Dockside Extortionist and untap effects, and Atraxa, Grand Unifier planning a Food Chain infinite mana combo. Early turns featured heavy interaction around key mana artifacts like Mox Diamonds, Ancient Tomb, and mana crypts, with players casting spells such as Rhystic Study to tax opponents and setting up their combo enablers carefully. Midgame saw Saheeli ramping into multiple treasures using Dockside Extortionist copies, generating significant mana advantage while opponents tried to disrupt with spells like Abrade and Cyclonic Rift. A key turning point was the overload Cyclonic Rift that cleared opponents' boards but allowed Saheeli to keep treasures and maintain pressure. Another pivotal moment involved casting Intuition to tutor combo pieces like Intruder Alarm and Time Stream Navigator, signaling a brewing infinite token or mana combo. The dynamic board state was further complicated by players activating Sisay’s ability, generating tokens, and using cards like Den Ring Steward for incremental advantage and life drain. The game was shaping up as a tense battle of combo execution and disruption, with multiple players close to assembling their win conditions but constantly pressured by interaction and board wipes.