Deck & Commander Strategies
Toph, the First Metalbender
Transforms artifacts into lands and uses metalbending to enhance creatures and lands, creating a synergy with land creatures and anthem effects to overwhelm opponents.
Wan Shi Tong, All-Knowing
Monocolor control deck leveraging repeated enters-the-battlefield effects and library manipulation to disrupt opponents and generate spirit tokens for incremental damage.
Bumi, Unleashed
Aggressive landfall deck that ramps quickly with lands and landfall triggers to put counters on creatures, untap lands, and push for continuous combat damage.
Aang, at the Crossroads // Aang, Destined Savior
Focuses on earthbending triggers and utilizing ETB effects, with a plan to flip the commander and maximize combat damage through repeated triggers and control elements.
Gameplay Insights
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Using Wan Shi Tong's ability in combination with blink effects like Thassa’s to repeatedly bounce creatures and generate tokens created a strong tempo advantage.
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Toph's strategy of turning artifacts into lands enabled powerful land creature synergies and anthem effects that boosted the board state efficiently.
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Bumi leveraged landfall triggers effectively to grow creatures and maintain board pressure while drawing cards through +1/+1 counter interactions.
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Early ramp of mana rocks like Soul Ring and Patchwork Banner allowed players to cast powerful midgame threats quickly.
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The interaction of non-basic lands and landfall effects played a significant role in maintaining tempo and enabling multiple triggers per turn.
Notable Cards
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Wan Shi Tong, All-Knowing
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Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
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Crop Rotation
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Field of the Dead
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Patchwork Banner
Gameplay Summary
The game began with players ramping up their mana and establishing board presence through artifact mana rocks and efficient creatures.
Wan Shi Tong made an early impactful entrance by bouncing a nonland permanent to the bottom or second-from-the-top of a library, then generating tokens that pressured opponents.
The interaction of Wan Shi Tong’s ability with blink effects, such as Thassa, created repeated disruption and token generation, swinging board state in favor of the control player.
Meanwhile, Toph’s deck focused on turning artifacts into lands and leveraging metalbending with powerful creatures and land creatures bolstered by anthem effects.
Aang's deck aimed to maximize earthbending triggers and combat ETB effects, while Bumi pursued aggressive landfall synergies to grow creatures and draw cards.
Key plays involved landfall triggers putting counters on creatures and repeated flickering of permanents to trigger value and disruption.
The game was marked by incremental board development, strategic removal, and token production, setting up multiple win conditions that revolved around board control and combat damage through token swarms or enhanced creatures.
