This Game Will Make You Love Nath

Deck Strategies

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  Zur the Enchanter

  Utilizes Demonic Consultation and Fastbond or similar cards to exile their library and win quickly by assembling a combo. Uses Zur’s ability to tutor and protect key enchantments.

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  Anje Falkenrath

  Leverages madness cards and Anje’s ability to cycle through the deck rapidly, aiming to generate infinite mana and untaps with Worldgorger Dragon to win through a combo.

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  Thrasios, Triton Hero & Vial Smasher the Fierce (Curious Control)

  Controls the game with counters and card advantage while using Vial Smasher to chip away opponents' life totals. Looks to win through a Demonic Consultation-based combo.

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  Nath of the Gilt-Leaf

  Employs hand disruption and resource denial with cards like Oppression and Contamination to lock down opponents. Supports the strategy with aggressive elves to apply pressure and close out the game.

Gameplay Insights

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  Nath’s early use of Swords to Plowshares to exile Anje’s commander significantly delayed Anje’s combo setup.

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  The control deck’s Carpet of Flowers generated mana advantage and helped maintain card flow while setting up counters.

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  Nath’s strategic hand disruption and board presence created a lock that prevented opponents from executing their combos effectively.

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  Counterspells were crucial in stopping powerful spells like Tangle Wire, allowing the control player to maintain game control.

• 5

  Players leveraged their commanders’ abilities actively to generate card draw or mana, shaping the pace of the game.

Notable Cards

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  Demonic Consultation

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  Fastbond

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  Ghostly Pilferer

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  Swords to Plowshares

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  Carpet of Flowers

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  Tangle Wire

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  Eldritch Evolution

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  Oppression

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  Contamination

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  Chains of Mephistopheles

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  Worldgorger Dragon

Summary

The game starts with a typical setup of ramp and early board development among four different decks: a consultation-based Zur deck aiming for a fast combo kill, an Anje Falkenrath madness deck focused on infinite mana combos, a partner commander control deck leveraging Thrasios and Vial Smasher for card advantage and combo potential, and a disruption-heavy Nath of the Gilt-Leaf deck focused on locking down opponents' hands and board. Early plays involve ramping mana, deploying utility creatures like Ghostly Pilferer and Arbor Elf, and setting up the board state with lands and low-cost spells. Nath exiles Anje's commander with Swords to Plowshares early, disrupting Anje’s aggressive start. Meanwhile, the control player uses Carpet of Flowers and counters to maintain control over the game state. Nath’s disruptive strategy begins to take shape as he plays cards that restrict opponents’ resources, applying pressure with efficient creatures and disruption. The key turning point is Nath’s ability to keep opponents' hands low and deny them crucial spells, while maintaining a steady board presence with elves. Although the other players attempt to assemble their combos or control the game with counterspells and card draw, Nath’s oppressive hand disruption and steady damage output eventually dominate. The game highlights Nath’s unique playstyle of attrition and resource denial, leading to a slow but decisive victory by locking opponents out of the game.