Deck & Commander Strategies
Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter
Focuses on creating tokens, reanimating creatures, gaining life, and causing life loss. The deck aims to sacrifice creatures repeatedly for value and drain opponents' life.
Kaalia of the Vast
The deck is designed to cheat out powerful angels, demons, and dragons from hand to the battlefield, aiming to overtake the game with large flying threats.
Bosh, Iron Golem
The game plan revolves around amassing artifacts to fuel Bosh's ability, hurling them at opponents for lethal damage.
The Scarab God
Built around zombie tribal with a mill sub-theme, aiming to fill opponents' graveyards and reanimate their best creatures while applying pressure with a horde of zombies.
Gameplay Insights
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Joseph's early setup of Phyrexian Altar and Cruel Celebrant hinted at a potent sacrifice combo that could potentially lead to massive life swings.
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Jimmy's setup for a hasty Kaalia using Stoneforge Mystic to grab Lightning Greaves indicated a potential for high-power creatures hitting the board early.
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Ashlen's explosive first turn of Sol Ring and Thought Vessel, followed by a Mind's Eye, demonstrated the strong ramp and card draw capabilities of her deck.
Notable Cards
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Phyrexian Altar
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Cruel Celebrant
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Sol Ring
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Thought Vessel
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Mind's Eye
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Chromatic Lantern
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Stoneforge Mystic
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Kaalia of the Vast
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Lightning Greaves
Gameplay Summary
The game kicked off with a strong start, with players quickly ramping up their mana bases.
Joseph Johnson playing Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter, started off with a combo of Phyrexian Altar and Cruel Celebrant, setting up potential for massive life loss.
Meanwhile, Jimmy Wong with Kaalia of the Vast, managed to get a Chromatic Lantern and Stoneforge Mystic, setting up for a hasty Kaalia play in the next turn.
Ashlen Rose, piloting Bosh, Iron Golem, began with an impressive first turn drop of Sol Ring and Thought Vessel, followed by a Mind's Eye, setting an early game advantage.
Josh piloting The Scarab God had a comparatively slower start with a Fellwar Stone on his second turn.
The early game clearly demonstrated that all players had set up their respective deck strategies efficiently and were ready to execute their game plan.