Deck & Commander Strategies
The Swarmweaver
The Swarmweaver's strategy revolves around self-milling and using the graveyard as a resource. It aims to deploy insect tokens on the battlefield and use them for defense or as sacrifice fodder for various effects.
Strefan, Maurer Progenitor
Strefan's deck is a vampire tribal strategy that capitalizes on opponent's life loss to create blood tokens. It aims to control the board state with powerful vampire creatures and utilize them for aggressive strategies.
Wick, the Whorled Mind
Wick's deck focuses on creating rat tokens and utilizing them for various synergies. It also has a sub-theme of card draw, which allows it to keep its hand filled and have multiple options at any given point.
Volo, Guide to Monsters
Volo's deck aims to take advantage of the commander's ability to copy creature spells, thereby maximizing value from each creature spell cast. It focuses on ramping mana and casting creatures that provide additional benefits when they enter the battlefield.
Gameplay Insights
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Chandler's casting of Blasphemous Act was a game-changing moment. It not only cleared the board but also, due to Kitesail Freebooter's effect, it allowed him to create a significant number of bat and zombie tokens.
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Although Strefan's controller had a significant advantage post-board wipe, the other players were not out of the game. For example, Wick's ability to generate rat tokens and Volo's potential to duplicate creatures could help them rebuild their board state.
Notable Cards
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Blasphemous Act
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Kitesail Freebooter
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Wick, the Whorled Mind
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Volo, Guide to Monsters
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The Swarmweaver
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Strefan, Maurer Progenitor
Gameplay Summary
The Halloween-themed game between The Swarmweaver, Strefan, Maurer Progenitor, Wick, the Whorled Mind, and Volo, Guide to Monsters was quite eventful.
The game started with each player laying out their mana base and casting their commanders.
As the game progressed, players started to develop their board states, with Wick generating rat tokens, Volo duplicating creatures, and the Swarmweaver creating spider tokens.
The turn of events was the casting of Blasphemous Act by Chandler controlling Strefan, which wiped the board, but due to the presence of Kitesail Freebooter, Chandler was able to create bat tokens and zombie tokens, significantly boosting his board presence.
The transcript ended before the conclusion of the game.
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