Chaos Ensues - MOM Planechase || Elder Dragon Social Club

Deck Strategies

• Siddar Jabari of Zhalfir

  A knight tribal deck that draws and discards cards upon attacking with Knights, with a recursion ability that returns Knights from the graveyard to the battlefield when dealing combat damage, enabling continuous board presence and value.

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  Kasla, the Broken Halo

  A convoke-focused Ally tribal deck that utilizes spells with convoke to generate card advantage through scrying and drawing, aiming to flood the board with Allies and gain incremental value.

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  Gimbal, Gremlin Prodigy

  An artifact-centric deck that generates and buffs artifact creature tokens, leveraging trample granted to artifacts and creating a board full of growing tokens that apply pressure through artifact synergies.

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  Brimaz, Blight of Oreskos

  A deck focused on casting Forexsian creature and artifact creature spells to create incubator tokens and proliferate when those creatures die, aiming to build up counters and overwhelm opponents with incremental growth.

Gameplay Insights

• 1

  Rolling the planar die early and often shaped the game flow, with Chaos triggers forcing players to sacrifice non-artifact creatures, heavily affecting token strategies and board development.

• 2

  Choosing which token to create on The Pit plane (angel or demon) had strategic implications due to the upkeep sacrifice on demons, influencing early board state and risk management.

• 3

  Players leveraged their commanders' abilities to maintain board presence and card advantage amidst chaos, especially in decks that could recur creatures or generate tokens.

• 4

  Artifact and creature synergies were critical in mitigating the loss caused by planar Chaos effects, with artifact tokens often surviving where creatures did not.

• 5

  The interaction between planes that modified creatures entering the battlefield and Chaos events created a dynamic environment requiring flexible and adaptive gameplay.

Notable Cards

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  Battle Screech

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  Thriving Heath

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  Improbable Alliance

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  Spire of Industry

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  Terramorphic Expanse

Summary

The game began with players introducing their commanders and setting up on the plane known as The Pit in the Plane of the Abyss. Players chose between creating either a 3/3 white angel or a 6/6 black demon token, which added early board presence but with upkeep sacrifice drawbacks for the demons. The early turns were spent ramping mana and cautiously rolling the planar die, which led to chaotic board states when the Chaos ability triggered, forcing players to sacrifice non-artifact creatures and dramatically impacting token strategies. Key moments included the frequent rolling of the planar die causing repeated Chaos triggers, which destabilized the board and forced players to adapt their strategies around token generation and creature loss. The presence of planes that modified creature attributes and forced sacrifices kept tension high and led to a dynamic, constantly shifting game state. The game revolved around leveraging the unique Emblems and triggers of their commanders, with a focus on artifact and creature synergies and managing the risk of losing tokens and creatures in the chaos of plane effects.