Deck & Commander Strategies
Kiora of Salt and Sand
A lifegain deck built around Soul Warden, Peregrine Took, Exemplar of Light and Terror of the Symbiotes. It generates Lotus and Food tokens, draws cards and grows its board through life gain triggers, with Kiora giving initiative and evasive attackers. It also carries Path to Exile and Restoration Magic for interaction.
Kwia Vigorbloom
A Jace-themed Empower deck. Avatar of Burgeoning Echoes, Way of the Paradox and Kasmina fill the board with Jace tokens and loyalty counters, and extra land drops trigger Empower. The deck wins by activating Jace, Reality Sculptor's zero ability to exile opposing libraries, with Thassa's Oracle as backup. It also holds counterspells such as Offer You Can't Refuse.
Baba Lysaga, Night Witch
A land-recursion and sacrifice deck using Undergrowth Recon, fetch lands, Exploration and ramp. Baba Lysaga is activated repeatedly to draw cards and drain opponents, and Bolas's Citadel adds extra value. The deck also has an infinite Mishra's Factory combo using Spring Heart Nentuko and Tireless Provisioner.
Urabrask, Heretic Praetor
A chaos and wheel deck that uses Sol Ring, Wheel of Misfortune, Wanda's Vision, Invoke Calamity, Delayed Blast Fireball and Price of Progress to deal damage across the table. It plays cards off the top of its library and aims to win through burn and the initiative.
Gameplay Insights
- 1
The Kwia player's Avatar of Burgeoning Echoes triggered Empower Jace on almost every land drop, building the loyalty needed for the Jace, Reality Sculptor ability while the opponents focused elsewhere.
- 2
He countered Urabrask's Improvisation Capstone with Offer You Can't Refuse, stopping a big spell from the Urabrask player.
- 3
The Kiora player's response with Restoration Magic and a chain of life gain triggers kept the Exemplar of Light alive against Spell Ruin, setting up another round of card draw.
- 4
The Kiora player ate a Food token in response to Invoke Calamity to trigger his life gain abilities, and cast Fierce Bloom Charm to save his Soul Warden from Delayed Blast Fireball.
- 5
The Baba player assembled an infinite Mishra's Factory loop but had no way to convert it into a win and had to pass with the mana unused.
- 6
Kiora used Path to Exile on Urabrask while the Jace player was closing in on the win, taking out the commander that had been pressuring the table.
- 7
The Kwia player cast Tamiyo's Resistance on Kiora to empower Jace for four, which pushed Jace, Reality Sculptor to enough counters for its zero ability and won the game despite Bolas's Citadel in response.
- 8
The Baba player's end-of-turn Baba Lysaga activations and Bolas's Citadel gave him card advantage and damage, but none of it stopped the library exile.
Notable Cards
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Soul Warden
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Avatar of Burgeoning Echoes
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Way of the Paradox
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Kasmina, Enigmatic Mentor
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Enter the Infinite
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Jace, Reality Sculptor
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Thassa's Oracle
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Wheel of Misfortune
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Invoke Calamity
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Delayed Blast Fireball
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Price of Progress
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Bolas's Citadel
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Tireless Provisioner
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Exemplar of Light
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Restoration Magic
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Path to Exile
Gameplay Summary
The game opened with a fast start from the lifegain deck, which played Soul Warden on turn one and followed with Tangle Forerunner and Peregrine Took.
The Urabrask player found a Sol Ring and used Gamble before landing his commander on turn four.
The Baba Lysaga player built a big mana base with Exploration, Farseek-style ramp and fetch lands, and used Baba Lysaga's activations at end of turn to sacrifice permanent types, draw three and deal three damage to opponents.
The Kwia player built a steady stream of Jace tokens with Way of the Paradox and drew extra cards with them. The middle of the game was about engines and big spells.
Urabrask's Wheel of Misfortune had the Baba player take 10 and let everyone except the Kiora player wheel.
Later, Invoke Calamity with Wanda's Vision, Delayed Blast Fireball, Price of Progress and Party Crasher dealt damage across the table and gave the Urabrask player the initiative.
The Kiora player gained life repeatedly through Lotus and Food tokens, Exemplar of Light and Peregrine Took, protected key pieces with Restoration Magic and Fierce Bloom Charm, and killed Garruk, Cursedbreaker.
The Baba player assembled an infinite tapped Mishra's Factory combo with Spring Heart Nentuko and Tireless Provisioner, but could not turn it into a win and had to pass. The Kwia player pulled ahead.
Avatar of Burgeoning Echoes gave him an Empower Jace trigger on nearly every land drop.
He used Kasmina to spend Jace counters on Enter the Infinite, then dug through his library with it.
The Kiora player exiled Urabrask with Path to Exile, but the Kwia player cast Way of the Mind Sculptor, Theros Proxy and Jace, Mirror Mage, then cast Tamiyo's Resistance on Kiora to empower Jace for four more.
That gave Jace, Reality Sculptor enough loyalty counters for its zero ability, which exiled each opponent's library.
The Baba player responded with Bolas's Citadel, and the Kwia player then cast Thassa's Oracle to win.
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