Deck & Commander Strategies
The Reaper, King No More
A jund value deck centered on applying minus one minus one counters to disrupt opponents' boards and then reanimating creatures with counters to gain overwhelming board presence and card advantage.
Mass of Mysteries
A five-color elemental deck that aims to maximize ETB triggers and uses the myriad ability to swarm opponents with multiple elemental tokens, leveraging value and board presence.
Auntie Ool, Cursewretch
Focuses on spreading minus one minus one counters across creatures to generate card draw and disrupt opponents, capitalizing on synergy with other decks that benefit from counters.
Ashling, the Limitless
An elemental deck that uses evoke and sacrifice mechanics to double elementals and create large, explosive combat phases and value plays.
Gameplay Insights
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The passing around of Off-Nab Goat among players creates a unique shared resource dynamic, leading to multiple draws and life loss triggers that shape early game pacing.
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The Reaper King No More’s ability to put minus one minus one counters on creatures and reanimate them creates recurring threats and forces opponents to carefully consider each creature’s fate.
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Players’ reliance on many tapped lands slows early development but is offset by the value engines revolving around counters and ETB effects.
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Ashling’s evoke and sacrifice synergy allows for explosive turns by duplicating elementals, which can swing board states dramatically once enough mana is available.
Notable Cards
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Festering Thicket
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Devoted Druid
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Eclipsed Flamekin
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Lamentation
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The Reaper, King No More
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Cultivate
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Jubilation
Gameplay Summary
The game kicks off with all players deploying early lands, many of which enter tapped, leading to a slow initial pace.
The players gradually develop their boards with low-impact creatures and mana sources, setting the stage for the interaction-heavy midgame.
A focal point arises around a unique creature that can be passed among players, accumulating minus one minus one counters and generating card draw and life loss at death, creating a humorous and strategic tension.
The Reaper King No More enters to manipulate minus one counters, enabling creature recycling that threatens to overwhelm opponents with recurring value.
Meanwhile, the Mass of Mysteries player focuses on elemental synergy and ETB effects, and Auntie Ool provides value through minus one counters and card draw.
Ashling, the Limitless leverages evoke and sacrifice mechanics on elementals to set up explosive plays.
