Stella Lee vs Loot vs Gev vs Hashaton

Deck Strategies

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  Hashaton, Scarab's Fist

  A deck focused on artifact synergies and control elements, using ramp and utility artifacts to generate value and maintain board presence.

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  Stella Lee, Wild Card

  A versatile deck aiming to leverage aggressive creatures with haste and double strike to apply early pressure and close games quickly.

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  Loot, the Pathfinder

  A tempo and card advantage deck that uses card selection and efficient creatures to control the board and deal incremental damage.

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  Gev, Scaled Scorch

  A combo-centric deck that utilizes creature-based combos involving Molten Duplication and Dualcaster Mage to generate infinite damage and end the game swiftly.

Gameplay Insights

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  The Gev player cleverly used Molten Duplication combined with Dualcaster Mage to create an infinite token combo that ended the game.

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  Notion Thief was strategically used to steal draw triggers from Risk Study, limiting opponents' card advantage.

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  The importance of haste and double strike in Stella Lee's aggressive strategy was evident in early combat phases.

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  Players maintained a balance of ramp and interaction early on, delaying the combo until sufficient mana and pieces were assembled.

Notable Cards

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  Molten Duplication

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  Dualcaster Mage

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  Notion Thief

Summary

The game began with all players setting up their mana bases and early plays, including ramp and signets. Early turns saw moderate interaction with some damage dealt via combat and pinger effects, but the game remained fairly balanced. A key moment arose when one player cast Risk Study, drawing cards and generating value. As the game progressed, players exchanged damage and board presence, with several creatures and utility lands entering play. The pivotal turning point came when the player piloting Gev, Scaled Scorch successfully assembled an infinite combo by casting Molten Duplication targeting their Vine Slasher and flashing in Dualcaster Mage to copy the duplication. This combo generated an infinite number of hasty Vine Slasher tokens, effectively ending the game immediately. Notably, interaction like Notion Thief was used to disrupt card draw triggers but was insufficient to stop the combo finish. The game concluded soon after with a convincing victory from the Gev player leveraging the combo.