Deck Strategies
Ureni of the Unwritten
Leverages flying and trample to attack while enabling a dragonstorm-style strategy by revealing the top eight cards of the library and placing a dragon creature directly onto the battlefield to quickly amass a board of dragons.
Felothar the Steadfast
Focuses on creatures dealing combat damage equal to toughness and allows attacking with creatures that have defender. Uses sacrifice outlets to draw cards and discard, optimizing hand quality and board presence with a toughness-based damage theme.
Elsha, Threefold Master
Utilizes prowess and trample to generate monk tokens upon dealing combat damage to players, with a heavy reliance on casting instants and sorceries to boost token production and board presence.
Teval, the Balanced Scale
Combines milling and land recursion to generate zombie druid tokens, gaining incremental advantage from cards leaving the graveyard while ramping into larger threats and sustaining board presence through token generation.
Gameplay Insights
- 1
Felothar's ability to have creatures deal damage equal to toughness changes typical combat calculations and enables unusual attackers, especially combined with the ability to sacrifice creatures for card draw and discard.
- 2
Ureni's dragon-recruiting effect from the top eight cards of the library allows for explosive turns and rapid board development, making it a key win condition in the dragonstorm meta.
- 3
Elsha benefits significantly from Goblin Electromancer reducing spell costs, enabling multiple instant and sorcery casts per turn to quickly generate monk tokens with prowess triggers.
- 4
Teval's milling combined with land recursion creates a synergistic engine that generates zombie druid tokens, providing both board presence and resource replenishment.
- 5
Defensive creatures like Wall of Omens and Hornet Nest provide important board stability early, allowing players to set up their combos and strategies without being overwhelmed.
Notable Cards
Goblin Electromancer
Wall of Omens
Hornet Nest
Faithless Looting
Talisman of Impulse
Summary
The game begins with players deploying early ramp and defensive creatures while setting up their board states. Ureni of the Unwritten aggressively searches for dragons from the top cards of the library, aiming to flood the battlefield with powerful dragon creatures. Felothar the Steadfast utilizes toughness-based combat damage and the ability to sacrifice creatures to draw cards, focusing on a unique 'booty bumping' attack strategy with creatures that can attack despite defender status. Elsha, Threefold Master generates monk tokens with prowess whenever dealing combat damage to players, leveraging spellcasting to boost her presence. Meanwhile, Teval, the Balanced Scale mills cards to fuel land recursion and generate zombie druid tokens, creating incremental advantage through graveyard interactions. As the game progresses, key turning points include Felothar's ability to draw cards by sacrificing creatures, allowing for hand filtering and combo setup, and Ureni's ongoing dragon recruitment that pressures opponents with flying threats. Defensive walls like Wall of Omens and Hornet Nest help stabilize the board, while Goblin Electromancer reduces instant and sorcery costs, enabling Elsha’s prowess triggers and spell-based token generation. The gameplay showcases a dynamic mix of ramp, card draw, creature generation, and strategic combat damage manipulation, culminating in a high-powered dragonstorm environment where multiple players seek to leverage their commanders' synergies and powerful dragons to establish board dominance.