Deck & Commander Strategies
Alela, Artful Provocateur
Builds a flying fairy army using artifacts and enchantments, leveraging equipment and token doublers to overwhelm opponents and win through commander damage and air superiority.
Grenzo, Dungeon Warden
Flips creatures from the bottom of the deck to assemble combos, generate treasure tokens, and use creatures like Kiki-Jiki for value and board control, winning through combo synergies and aggressive board presence.
Xyris, the Writhing Storm
Generates snake tokens and uses damage triggers from pumping those tokens to deal incremental damage to all opponents, combining token production with wheels and draw engines for sustained pressure.
Zirda, the Dawnwaker
Uses mana cost reduction to ramp into value spells and create a steady stream of tokens, which either ping opponents or get buffed for combat damage, aiming to win through incremental token damage and combat.
Gameplay Insights
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Grenzo's repeated activations of his ability to flip creatures from the bottom of the deck was a game-changing play, allowing him to assemble powerful combos and remove Xyris at a critical moment.
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The use of Blasphemous Act by Xyris effectively reset the board, but leaving Alela's commander alive allowed her to rebuild quickly and maintain board presence with tokens.
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Endless Atlas was strategically used to draw cards and enable smooth land drops, ensuring consistent mana and card advantage.
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Equipping Sword of the Enemy to flying tokens enabled effective commander damage pressure and forced opponents to make difficult blocking decisions.
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The interaction of token doublers like Anointed Procession and Divine Visitation with Alela's fairy tokens created a formidable aerial army that dominated combat phases.
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Xyris's token generation combined with Impact Tremor triggered incremental damage across all opponents, increasing the pressure on the table.
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Sacrificing tokens to Ashnod's Altar to fetch combo pieces demonstrated a well-timed recursion tactic that kept Grenzo's engine running smoothly.
Notable Cards
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Endless Atlas
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Sacred Mesa
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Blasphemous Act
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Ashnod's Altar
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Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
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Anointed Procession
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Divine Visitation
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Treasure Nabber
Gameplay Summary
The game began with all four players ramping and setting up their board states, each leveraging their commanders' unique strengths.
Alela, Artful Provocateur, focused on assembling an artifact and enchantment-based flying army, supported by token generators and equipment for commander damage.
Grenzo, Dungeon Warden, aimed to utilize his ability to flip creatures from the bottom of the library, assembling powerful combos including Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker to gain board advantage.
Xyris, the Writhing Storm generated tokens and leveraged damage triggers from pumping snakes, while Zirda, the Dawnwaker used mana reduction to ramp and create tokens for incremental value and combat damage.
Early skirmishes involved trading flying creatures and artifacts while players deployed key enchantments like Anointed Procession and Divine Visitation, amplifying token production. The pivotal moment came when Grenzo activated his ability multiple times, revealing crucial combo pieces and destroying Xyris, crippling his token strategy.
A subsequent board wipe by Françoise (Xyris player) with Blasphemous Act reset the board but left Alela's commander intact, allowing her to rebuild quickly with tokens and equipment.
The game saw careful management of resources with players leveraging cards like Endless Atlas for card draw and Sword of the Enemy for aggressive attacks.
Zirda's repeated token creation added pressure, while Grenzo's treasure generation and creature recursion created threats that demanded attention.
The interplay of damage triggers from Xyris and token buffs from Alela and Zirda kept the board dynamic and dangerous.
The game progressed with escalating combat damage and strategic removal until the final moments, where one player capitalized on the amassed tokens and equipment to secure victory through overwhelming aerial assaults and commander damage.
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