Deck & Commander Strategies
Winter, Cynical Opportunist
Utilizes a green-black graveyard delirium strategy that mills cards to enable casting large creatures cheaply and generating powerful tokens, aiming to overwhelm opponents with massive beaters.
Aminatou, Veil Piercer
Focuses on enchantments with the Miracle mechanic to cast big enchantments at reduced costs, leveraging enchantment synergies and graveyard recursion to control the board and generate value.
Zimone, Mystery Unraveler
A Simic landfall deck that manifests cards face-down, gaining card advantage and mana acceleration through untapping lands, leveraging landfall triggers and creature flipping to maintain tempo.
Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls
A damage-focused deck that punishes opponents for various actions like losing life, tapping lands, and casting spells, gradually growing its commander and drawing cards to control the game and whittle down opponents.
Gameplay Insights
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Winter’s deck uses delirium to cheat out large creatures and generate large ooze tokens, providing a significant board presence early on.
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Aminatou’s Miracle mechanic enables casting powerful enchantments for very low cost, creating explosive turns and strong board states.
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Zimone’s ability to manifest cards face-down and untap lands during combat phases provides flexibility and mana advantage, allowing for multiple spells or activations per turn.
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Valgavoth’s deck punishes opponents for common actions such as tapping lands or casting spells, creating a taxing environment that can slowly chip away at multiple opponents simultaneously.
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The interaction between landfall triggers and manifesting creatures in Zimone’s deck draws additional cards and floods the board, creating pressure through card advantage and board presence.
Notable Cards
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Convert to Slime
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Formless Genesis
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Demolisher Spawn
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Aminatou, Veil Piercer
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Shriekwood Devourer
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They Came from the Pipes
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Nightshade Harvester
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Fate Unraveler
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Barbflare Gremlin
Gameplay Summary
The game begins with four players piloting preconstructed decks from the new Duskmourn set, each showcasing distinct strategies.
Winter, Cynical Opportunist focuses on a graveyard-based delirium theme that mills cards and cheats out large creatures, leveraging cards like Convert to Slime and Demolisher Spawn to create formidable threats.
Aminatou, Veil Piercer leads a deck centered on enchantments with a Miracle mechanic, enabling casting powerful enchantments at reduced costs and utilizing synergies like duplicating enchantments and graveyard recursion.
Zimone, Mystery Unraveler plays a Simic landfall deck that manifests cards face-down and capitalizes on untapping lands mid-turn to accelerate mana and draw cards through triggered abilities.
Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls employs a damage-based grind strategy, punishing opponents whenever they lose life or perform certain actions like tapping lands or casting spells, incrementally growing the commander and drawing cards.
