Deck & Commander Strategies
Inalla, Archmage Ritualist
The Inalla deck focused on maximizing the value from wizards and their enter-the-battlefield abilities, with a sub-theme of mill as a potential win condition.
Gorion, Wise Mentor
The Gorion deck aimed to leverage the adventure mechanic to generate value, playing a control-oriented strategy while applying steady combat pressure.
Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
The Trostani deck focused on creating and buffing tokens, gaining life, and leveraging enter-the-battlefield effects.
Selenia, Dark Angel
The Selenia deck played a life manipulation strategy, using life gain and drain effects to control the board and pressure opponents.
Gameplay Insights
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Max's decision to kick Maddening Cacophony significantly disrupted all players' strategies by forcing a massive mill of their libraries.
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Eric's use of Capsizing Wave at key points effectively controlled the board state by bouncing key creatures and artifacts back to hand.
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Max's use of Chaos Wand to cast Primal Surge from Eric's deck, leading to a cascade of spells and creatures that significantly shifted the game in his favor.
Notable Cards
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Maddening Cacophony
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Primal Surge
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Chaos Wand
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Rod of Absorption
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Mindcrank
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Angel of Destiny
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Fauna Shaman
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Karmic Guide
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Survival of the Fittest
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Panharmonicon
Gameplay Summary
The gameplay was intense with a slew of spells and creatures being cast and a myriad of strategies being played out.
Early in the game, players were building their boards and setting up their strategies with Inalla focusing on Wizard synergies, Gorion aiming for adventure-themed plays, Trostani generating value from tokens, and Selenia playing a life manipulation strategy.
A pivotal moment in the game occurred when Max playing Inalla, Archmage Ritualist triggered a massive mill using a kicked Maddening Cacophony, forcing each player to mill half their libraries.
Later, he flipped Eric's Primal Surge with Chaos Wand, resulting in a massive cascade of spells and creatures.
Despite the chaotic turn of events, the game concluded in Max's favor.