Pushing AETHERDRIFT brews to the RED LINE | Mendicant Core VS Samut VS Ketramose VS Daretti

Deck Strategies

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  Daretti, Rocketeer Engineer

  The deck focuses on artifact manipulation and reanimation, utilizing Daretti's ability to swap artifacts from the battlefield and the graveyard.

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  Mendicant Core, Guidelight

  This deck is an Azorius artifact aggro that aims to get to max speed and copy artifacts for a low cost.

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  Samut, the Driving Force

  A Naya token strategy that benefits from speed, it uses non-creature spell discounts and creature attack bonuses based on the current speed.

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  Ketramose, the New Dawn

  This deck revolves around exiling cards from the battlefield or graveyards, with Ketramose becoming a powerful menace, lifelink, indestructible creature once seven or more cards are in exile.

Gameplay Insights

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  Alex's Mendicant Core, Guidelight was instrumental in accelerating the game speed and dealing consistent damage.

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  Jim's Ghost Vacuum and Wasteland Strangler provided significant graveyard and board disruption.

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  Bill's use of Harvest Season and Awaken the Woods, despite lower effectiveness, showed a resourceful way to generate lands.

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  Eliot's deployment of the Sol Artifact Creature and Brass's Tunnel Grinder demonstrated the deck's focus on artifact manipulation.

Notable Cards

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  Mendicant Core, Guidelight

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  Ghost Vacuum

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  Wasteland Strangler

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  Harvest Season

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  Awaken the Woods

Summary

The game showcased a mix of speed and control, with each player trying to steer their deck to victory. One of the key moments was Alex's Mendicant Core, Guidelight, which was effective in both dealing damage and increasing speed, highlighting the deck's aggressive artifact strategy. However, Jim's Ketramose, the New Dawn, played a significant control role with the Ghost Vacuum and Wasteland Strangler to disrupt opponents' graveyards and board state. Despite the lack of lands, Bill's Samut, the Driving Force, managed to keep up the pace with cards like Harvest Season and Awaken the Woods, although their effectiveness was limited. Eliot's Daretti, Rocketeer Engineer also made its presence felt with the Sol Artifact Creature and Brass's Tunnel Grinder.