Deck Strategies
Kroxa and Kunoros
Utilize graveyard recursion by sacrificing creatures to generate mana and repeatedly escape powerful creatures like Sun Titan, while dealing damage through triggered abilities to control the board and opponents' resources.
Zimone and Dina
Maximize card draw and landfall triggers to ramp quickly, generate tokens, and leverage Escape effects to flood the board with Elementals, Scoot Swarms, and Zombies, overwhelming opponents with large numbers of creatures.
Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir
Build a Knight tribal deck focused on combat damage triggers, drawing and discarding cards, and recurring creatures to maintain board presence and pressure, supported by synergistic artifacts and token generators.
Etali, Primal Conqueror
Cast opponents’ spells to gain tempo advantage and potentially win via aggressive combat damage or infect, disrupting opponents’ plans by using their own resources against them.
Gameplay Insights
- 1
Chris's repeated use of sacrifice outlets like Frexian Altar to fuel Kroxa and Kunoros's escape and recursion loop was key in maintaining battlefield presence and recurring threats such as Sun Titan.
- 2
Kyle's timing of Escape Shift to trigger landfall on multiple lands simultaneously created a massive token army, significantly shifting the power balance in his favor.
- 3
Sidar Jabari's ability to draw and discard cards each combat facilitated continuous board development and synergy with Knights and token generators, keeping pressure on multiple opponents.
- 4
Scott’s use of Urza's Saga to tutor key artifacts like Sol Ring and Voyager Staff enabled ramp and flicker effects that provided flexibility and tempo advantage.
- 5
The interaction between Flare of the Hatebound and creature recursion generated incremental damage over time, forcing opponents to respond or lose valuable creatures and life.
- 6
The repeated casting and reanimation of commanders like Sidar Jabari and Kroxa helped maintain a resilient board state, making it difficult for opponents to establish dominance.
Notable Cards
Sun Titan
Sylvan Library
Field of the Dead
Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
Fierce Guardianship
Liliana, Waker of the Dead
Urza's Saga
Summary
The game opened with players developing their mana bases and early board presence, with Chris leveraging Kroxa and Kunoros to aggressively mill and sacrifice creatures to fuel graveyard recursion. Early disruption came from Chris's use of Flare of the Hatebound to repeatedly damage opponents and protect his board state. Kyle, piloting Zimone and Dina, focused on card draw and landfall synergies, rapidly expanding his board with token generation from Scoot Swarm and Elementals, especially after a massive Escape Shift triggered a huge landfall cascade that turned him into a formidable threat. The Sidar Jabari deck, piloted by the narrator, aimed to build a Knight tribal board with card draw and reanimation to maintain pressure, often recasting Sidar to maintain board advantage and synergize with other Knights like Adaptive Automaton and Adeline, Resplendent Kathar, generating multiple tokens and combat triggers.
