Deck Strategies
Thalia and The Gitrog Monster
Ramp aggressively by playing multiple lands per turn to generate massive mana and use that advantage to win via large spells or overwhelming board states.
Slimefoot and Squee
Create and sacrifice saproling tokens to drain opponents' life totals and generate card advantage through graveyard interactions.
Saint Traft and Rem Karolus
Use convoke mechanics to cast spells efficiently by tapping creatures, generating tokens, and leveraging untap effects to maintain pressure.
Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
Deploy aggressive creatures and use combat damage to generate value, supplemented by poison effects to threaten opponents.
Gameplay Insights
- 1
Early use of tutors by Slimefoot and Squee helped set up key combo pieces and ensured consistent draws.
- 2
Saint Traft and Rem Karolus's convoke strategy allowed casting spells cheaper and generating tokens quickly, creating a growing board presence early.
- 3
Thalia and The Gitrog Monster’s focus on land ramp created a mana advantage that could enable powerful late-game spells or combos.
- 4
Players showed patience with limited early aggression, focusing on development and interaction to set up mid to late-game plays.
- 5
Etali’s aggressive and poison-focused build added a layer of pressure forcing opponents to manage damage and poison counters carefully.
Notable Cards
Myriad Landscape
Vampiric Tutor
Painful Truths
Spire Garden
Triumph of the Hordes
Summary
The game began with each player establishing their board state cautiously, with early plays such as Myriad Landscape and basic lands setting up the mana base. Thalia and The Gitrog Monster focused on ramping lands and generating extra mana to leverage big plays, while Slimefoot and Squee aimed to create and sacrifice saproling tokens to chip away at opponents' life totals and generate incremental value. Etali, Primal Conqueror was played with an emphasis on aggressive and nefarious tactics, including poison and impactful board presence. Saint Traft and Rem Karolus utilized convoke mechanics, tapping and untapping creatures to cast spells more cheaply and create a token-heavy board for pressure and synergy. Key turning points included early tutors from Slimefoot and Squee, setting up combos with saprolings, and Saint Traft and Rem Karolus casting convoke spells to quickly amass tokens. Meanwhile, Thalia and The Gitrog Monster’s strategy hinged on playing as many lands as possible to generate overwhelming mana advantage. Etali’s deck added pressure with aggressive creatures and potential poison counters. The game showed careful resource management and interaction among players, with no immediate rush to combat, indicating a strategic buildup toward larger plays. The win conditions varied from Thalia and The Gitrog Monster's mana-intensive combos, Slimefoot and Squee’s token sacrifice synergy, Saint Traft and Rem Karolus’s convoke token swarm, to Etali’s aggressive combat and poison strategy.
