🐲 Big Bad Bolas 🐲 ft. Nicol Bolas, Dina, Thalisse & Volo | Elder Dragon Hijinks #06

Deck Strategies

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  Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen

  The Nicol Bolas deck relies on powerful Grixis (blue, black, and red) card draw and control effects, aiming to gain advantage over the opponents through superior card advantage and powerful dragons.

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  Thalisse, Reverent Medium

  Thalisse's strategy revolves around generating a large number of spirit tokens, then leveraging those tokens for board control and to fuel various sacrifice or death triggers.

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  Dina, Soul Steeper

  Dina's strategy revolves around life gain and drain effects. The goal is to gradually whittle down opponents' life totals while staying high in life themselves.

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  Volo, Guide to Monsters

  Volo aims to cast a variety of creatures with different types, cloning them with its ability, and overwhelming the opponents with a diverse and growing army of creatures.

Gameplay Insights

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  The early deployment of Rhystic Study by the Nicol Bolas player threatened to put them at a significant card advantage if not dealt with.

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  Dina's use of Woe Strider's sacrifice ability to generate value and control the board state was a key play in the early game.

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  Volo's cloning ability, if not disrupted, could potentially lead to a swift victory through overwhelming creature advantage.

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  Thalisse's focus on spirit token generation could set up for powerful swarm attacks or fuel sacrifice-based effects.

Notable Cards

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  Rhystic Study

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  Woe Strider

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  Haunted Library

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  Volo, Guide to Monsters

Summary

The game started with a strong opening from the player running Dina, Soul Steeper, utilizing the Woe Strider to generate value from sacrificing tokens. The player running Volo, Guide to Monsters, managed to get their commander on the board early, setting the stage for potential cloning shenanigans. The player using Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen, brought out a Rhystic Study, a powerful card that threatened to provide significant card advantage unless the other players paid extra mana for their spells. Thalisse, Reverent Medium, focused on generating spirit tokens, setting up potential swarm tactics for later in the game.