Deck & Commander Strategies
Whisper, Blood Liturgist
Sacrifice creatures to fuel reanimation effects, bringing powerful creatures back from the graveyard to the battlefield for sustained board presence and value.
Professor Hojo
Ramp and card draw by targeting creatures with activated abilities, focusing on tempo and resource advantage through efficient activation and synergy.
Beza, the Bounding Spring
Maintain a state of being behind in resources to activate multiple beneficial effects, utilizing self-destruction of permanents to generate treasures, fish tokens, and card draw.
Mr. House, President and CEO
Roll dice to create artifact creature tokens and treasures, leveraging randomness and artifact synergy to build a growing board presence and resource base.
Gameplay Insights
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The use of Whisper's sacrifice ability to repeatedly bring back creatures from the graveyard created pressure on opponents and established a resilient threat that was hard to remove.
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Beza's strategy of intentionally staying behind in board state and hand size allowed her to maximize the value of her triggered abilities, turning disadvantage into advantage through self-inflicted destruction.
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Mr. House's dice rolls to create tokens and treasures added an element of unpredictability but steadily built a wide board of artifact creatures, forcing opponents to respond quickly.
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Professor Hojo's reduction of costs for activated abilities and card draw upon targeting creatures enabled efficient use of resources and continuous card advantage.
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Equipment such as Final Fantasy Lightning Greaves was pivotal in protecting key creatures like Stitcher's Supplier, allowing for consistent graveyard milling and synergy with sacrifice effects.
Notable Cards
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Stitcher's Supplier
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Weathered Wayfarer
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Desecrated Tomb
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Midnight Reaper
Gameplay Summary
The game began with players establishing their early board states by deploying low-cost utility creatures and ramp artifacts, setting the scene for a game rich in interactions and incremental advantage.
Mr. House quickly started generating robot tokens through dice rolls, while Whisper, Blood Liturgist focused on filling the graveyard with creatures and leveraging her ability to sacrifice and reanimate large creatures, creating a resilient and threatening board presence.
Beza, the Bounding Spring played a self-sabotage style deck that aimed to stay behind in resources to maximize value from its triggered abilities, constantly blowing up her own permanents to avoid falling ahead of the others.
Professor Hojo ramped mana and drew cards by targeting creatures with activated abilities, establishing a green science-themed board that supported his strategy.