Deck & Commander Strategies
Regna the Redeemer and Crab the Unredeemed
An Aristocrats style deck that gains life and energy from creatures entering and dying, using these resources to place counters and transform attackers into flying angels. The deck aims to outvalue opponents through incremental life gain and removal triggers while leveraging synergy between Regna and Crab.
Karlach, Fury of Avernus with Raised by Giants
A burn and combat-focused aggressive deck that seeks to maximize the number of combat phases and damage output. It uses exert mechanics for extra damage and haste, combined with large creatures and token generation to overwhelm opponents quickly.
Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
A colorless Eldrazi deck centered on ramping mana efficiently to cast huge Eldrazi creatures and powerful colorless spells. It relies on utility lands and mana dorks like Somberwald Sage and Thran Dynamo to accelerate into game-ending threats while maintaining board control through interaction and disruption.
The Pride of Hull Clade
A defensive but value-oriented deck using creatures with defender and toughness-based effects. The deck leverages the Pride of Hull Clade's ability to draw cards when creatures with high toughness deal combat damage, aiming to grind out card advantage and eventually attack with creatures that can bypass defender.
Gameplay Insights
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Regna's deck used energy counters to place +1/+1 counters and flying on attacking creatures, turning combat into a source of incremental advantage.
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The Pride of Hull Clade deck exploited the synergy between defender creatures and drawing cards on dealing combat damage by attacking with creatures that ignore defender.
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Ulamog's Eldrazi deck ramped aggressively with mana dorks and colorless lands to cast large threats early, using utility lands to maximize mana production.
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Karlach's deck leveraged exert abilities and haste from Arena of Glory to maximize damage output during combat phases, focusing on aggressive board presence.
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Players respected the 11 CMC mana cost rule for commanders, emphasizing the challenge and strategic planning required to cast these powerful commanders.
Notable Cards
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Guide of Souls
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Somberwald Sage
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Thran Dynamo
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Planar Nexus
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Arena of Glory
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Caretaker's Talent
Gameplay Summary
The game started with each player establishing their board presence by ramping mana and setting up their respective strategies.
Regna and Crab's Aristocrats-style deck focused on gaining life and energy through creatures entering and leaving the battlefield, leveraging cards like Guide of Souls and Elis Ilcore to generate incremental advantages.
Karlach and Raised by Giants aimed to maximize combat phases and aggressive damage output, highlighted by creatures such as Tally Primal Conqueror and the exert mechanic from Arena of Glory to push damage while summoning large threats.
Meanwhile, Ulamog's colorless Eldrazi deck developed through powerful mana ramp from cards like Somberwald Sage and Thran Dynamo, playing heavy-hitting Eldrazi and utility lands like Planar Nexus to out-resource opponents and control the board with disruptive spells and creatures.
