New Editor, New Style. Work in Progress. Tymna/Kodama v Magda v Rog/Thras v Tivit - TPM Gameplay

Deck Strategies

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  Kodama of the East Tree & Tymna the Weaver

  A synergistic deck focused on incremental value through landfall triggers and card draw from combat damage. It aims to develop a resilient board state with creatures and take advantage of Tymna's card draw triggers to maintain hand advantage, slowly grinding out opponents.

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  Magda, Brazen Outlaw

  An aggressive treasure ramp deck that generates treasure tokens to accelerate mana and deploy threats quickly. It looks to apply early pressure and win through fast damage or value from artifacts and treasures.

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  Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh & Thrasios, Triton Hero

  A partner deck focused on toolbox style play with strong interaction, tutoring, and card advantage. It uses Thrasios’s mana dork and scry capabilities combined with Rograkh’s aggressive tribal synergies to control the board and assemble win conditions.

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  Tivit, Seller of Secrets

  A control and disruption deck that uses secrets and hand disruption spells to control opponents’ resources and tempo. It aims to slow down opponents while building up incremental advantage through secrets and selective card draws.

Gameplay Insights

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  Using Cursed Totem effectively to hamper Magda’s treasure token generation, slowing down her aggressive ramp strategy.

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  Deploying Chatterstorm to create a large board presence of squirrels as a defensive and offensive measure to prevent easy attacks.

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  Rograkh/Thrasios player carefully timing Worldly Tutor and card selection to ensure maximum value and set up powerful plays.

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  Players coordinating to avoid feeding card draw triggers to opponents, indicating awareness of Tymna’s card advantage potential.

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  Strategically holding back wrath effects to maximize impact on opponents' boards, particularly to counter aggressive treasure-based decks.

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  Leveraging Magus of the Candelabra to untap lands and generate multiple mana uses in a single turn, increasing tempo significantly.

Notable Cards

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  Chatterstorm

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  Esper Sentinel

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  Lotus Petal

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  Cursed Totem

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  Worldly Tutor

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  Thrasios, Triton Hero

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  Magda, Brazen Outlaw

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  Mox Amber

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  Magus of the Candelabra

Summary

The game begins with players establishing their board states cautiously, with early plays including mana acceleration like Lotus Petal, Soul Ring, and Mox Amber, alongside foundational creatures such as Esper Sentinel and various utility cards. One player leverages Kodama of the East Tree and Tymna the Weaver, focusing on generating value through card draw triggers and board presence. Meanwhile, Magda ramps aggressively using treasure tokens, threatening fast damage output, while the Rograkh/Thrasios player sets up a toolbox strategy with powerful interaction and card advantage tools like Worldly Tutor and Thrasios, Triton Hero. Tivit’s unique secrets and hand disruption add an unpredictable element, aiming to control opponents' access to key resources. As the game progresses, the players engage in careful resource management and interaction, with notable moments including the use of Chatterstorm to generate a squirrel army, attempts to slow down Magda’s treasure-driven aggression via Cursed Totem, and strategic deployment of wrath effects to reset the board. The Rograkh/Thrasios deck’s tutoring and card selection allow for consistent threats and answers, while Tymna/Kodama’s synergy provides steady card advantage. The game tension revolves around preventing Magda from overwhelming the table quickly while building up sufficient board presence and card resources to secure a win. The likely win conditions revolve around either overwhelming the table with tokens and value creatures or leveraging powerful combos and card advantage engines from the Rograkh/Thrasios and Tymna/Kodama decks.