Deck Strategies
Sidisi, Brood Tyrant
Utilizes graveyard milling and zombie token generation through cards like Altar of the Brood and Crucible of Worlds to control opponents’ resources and generate incremental advantage.
Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
Focuses on life gain and populating tokens to create a wide board presence, leveraging creatures with ETB effects and spells like Rhystic Resurgence to gain massive card advantage and life stabilization.
Roon of the Hidden Realm
Uses blink effects to repeatedly trigger creatures’ enter-the-battlefield abilities for value, alongside control elements and token production to maintain board dominance.
Sakashima the Impostor
Copies key creatures to steal control of the board and disrupt opponents, leveraging clone effects and spells like Treachery to turn threats into advantages.
Gameplay Insights
- 1
Sidisi’s player repeatedly milled opponents’ decks while generating zombie tokens to pressure the board, effectively leveraging graveyard recursion.
- 2
Trostani’s use of populate and Rhystic Resurgence created a powerful engine for life gain and token doubling, allowing for sustained offensive and defensive plays.
- 3
Roon’s blink combos with creatures like Regal Behemoth and Peregrine Drake allowed for repeated ETB triggers and control over combat phases, including making creatures unblockable.
- 4
Sakashima’s cloning of Trostani and other key creatures using Clever Impersonator and Treachery provided diversion and disruption, turning opponent’s strengths into liabilities.
- 5
Blade of Selves combined with token generation created multiple attacking threats, significantly increasing combat pressure on opponents.
- 6
The players carefully timed Ghostly Flicker to protect key creatures and reuse ETB effects, showcasing the importance of interaction and timing in multiplayer Commander games.
Notable Cards
Altar of the Brood
Crucible of Worlds
Blade of Selves
Ghostly Flicker
Clever Impersonator
Eldrazi Displacer
Peregrine Drake
Greater Good
Persistent Petitioners
Regal Behemoth
Swords to Plowshares
Summary
The game featured a dynamic multiplayer Commander match between Sidisi, Brood Tyrant; Trostani, Selesnya's Voice; Roon of the Hidden Realm; and Sakashima the Impostor. Early on, Sidisi's player leveraged a graveyard-mill strategy using cards like Altar of the Brood, Crucible of Worlds, and various land recursion spells to mill opponents and maintain card advantage. Trostani's player focused on token creation and life gain, utilizing populates and creatures like Hornet Queen and Blade of Selves to generate multiple tokens and build a wide board presence while stabilizing life totals. Roon’s player used blink effects and value creatures such as Regal Behemoth and Peregrine Drake to generate repeated ETB effects and control the board state. Sakashima’s player employed a clone and steal/control strategy, copying powerful creatures like Trostani and cleverly disrupting opponents' plans with cards like Treachery. A critical turning point was when Trostani’s player cast Rhystic Resurgence to gain additional card draw and make their Hydras unblockable, swinging for massive damage and life gain. Meanwhile, Sidisi’s player continuously pressured the table with milling and token generation, but Trostani’s aggressive token and populate strategies created a strong offensive presence. Interactions involving Ghostly Flicker and Clever Impersonator created multiple layers of value and board manipulation. The game revolved around resource denial, recursion, and incremental advantage, with each deck showcasing its unique strengths in token production, cloning, milling, and blink synergies.
