Deck & Commander Strategies
Terra, Magical Adept
A reanimator deck that uses graveyard synergies, flicker effects, and tutors like Demonic Tutor to cheat powerful creatures onto the battlefield. The deck focuses on controlling the board while setting up combo lines with cards like Birthing Pod and maintaining continuous value through graveyard recursion.
Magda, the Hoardmaster
A midrange Red Deck Wins build that leverages treasure generation and aggressive creatures, including dragons with haste, to apply fast pressure. The deck disrupts opponents’ graveyards and creatures through commit crime triggers and targeted removal, aiming to grind out value and finish the game with direct damage from dragons.
Gameplay Insights
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Magda's commit crime triggers effectively taxed Terra's graveyard resources, significantly hampering her reanimation plans.
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Terra's early tutor and reanimation plays were stymied by timely removal and land destruction from Magda, demonstrating the importance of disruption in this matchup.
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Casting Ruination was a pivotal moment to clear Terra's lands, limiting her ability to cast spells and maintain tempo.
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Magda's treasure generation enabled her to quickly cast dragons with haste, providing reach and lethal pressure before Terra could stabilize.
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Terra's reliance on graveyard combos made her vulnerable to Magda's graveyard hate and exile effects, which played a crucial role in controlling the game flow.
Notable Cards
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Terra, Magical Adept // Esper Terra
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Magda, the Hoardmaster
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Demonic Tutor
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Spellseeker
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Hunting Grounds
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Unlicensed Hearse
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Ruination
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Soul-Guide Lantern
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Seal of Fire
Gameplay Summary
The game unfolded as a tense duel between a reanimator-focused Esper deck led by Terra and a midrange Red Deck Wins (RDW) style deck spearheaded by Magda, the Hoardmaster.
Terra's player utilized a combination of reanimation, flicker effects, and powerful tutor spells like Demonic Tutor to establish board presence and recover threats from the graveyard.
Early on, Terra successfully cast her commander and leveraged cards like Spellseeker and hunting grounds to set up her graveyard synergies.
Magda's player responded aggressively with commit crime effects to disrupt Terra's graveyard and creature base, using removal spells like Roast and Unlicensed Hearse to keep the board clear while generating treasures to fuel her dragons for reach damage. A critical turning point came when Terra faced continuous graveyard disruption and land destruction, notably through commit crime triggers and Ruination, which stalled her reanimation plans.
Magda capitalized by casting a haste-bearing dragon that dealt significant damage quickly, forcing Terra into a concession in the first game.
The second game saw a similar dynamic, with Terra trying to assemble her combo pieces while Magda applied pressure with treasure generation and repeated removal.
Despite Terra's resilient graveyard strategies, Magda's consistent tempo and aggressive dragon threats ultimately dominated the board state, pushing Terra to a losing position again.
