Aetherdrift Takes Center Stage in PRE-CON Showdown! #mtggameplay #mtg #edh #mtgaetherdrift

Deck Strategies

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  Saheeli, Radiant Creator

  An energy-focused artifact deck that generates energy counters through casting artifacts and artificers, then uses those counters to create haste artifact creature tokens by copying key permanents, aiming to overwhelm opponents with tempo and artifact synergies.

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  Pia Nalaar, Chief Mechanic

  Another energy-centric deck that converts energy into large flying Vehicle tokens, leveraging artifacts and crew mechanics to control the battlefield through powerful Vehicle attackers and energy manipulation.

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  Hashaton, Scarab's Fist

  A discard and token generation deck focusing on discarding creature cards to create 4/4 black Zombie tokens, with an emphasis on synergies around discarding, copying creatures, and recursion to maintain board presence.

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  Temmet, Naktamun's Will

  A zombie tribal deck that uses card draw and discard mechanics to pump zombies and generate value, with the commander providing boosts and card advantage by drawing and discarding cards on attack triggers.

Gameplay Insights

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  Saheeli's deck heavily leveraged energy production cards from recent sets and Modern Horizons to quickly build up energy counters and create multiple haste artifact creature tokens each turn, generating aggressive board presence.

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  Pia Nalaar's deck made use of energy to produce scalable Vehicle tokens, which with the addition of a double combat card (Full Throttle), allowed for potent alpha strikes and effective board control through flying threats.

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  Hashaton focused on maximizing discard synergies by creating zombie tokens from discarded creatures, but also prepared for backup strategies in case the discard plan was disrupted, showcasing flexibility in gameplay.

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  Temmet's Will capitalized on drawing and discarding cards each combat phase to pump his zombie creatures, turning incremental card advantage into a growing and threatening zombie army that could close out the game.

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  The match highlighted the tension between aggressive energy-based token creation and zombie tribal strategies, with each deck trying to outpace the others through synergistic combos and board control options.

Notable Cards

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  Aether Hub

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  Full Throttle

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  Lion's Eye Diamond

Summary

The game began with four players each piloting distinct preconstructed commanders from the Aetherdrift set, upgraded for this Commander showdown. Saheeli, Radiant Creator focused heavily on generating and utilizing energy counters to create artifact creature tokens that copy her permanents. Pia Nalaar, Chief Mechanic also leveraged energy but aimed to produce and crew large Vehicle tokens to dominate combat. Hashaton, Scarab's Fist built around discarding creature cards to create Zombie tokens, aiming for incremental board presence through recursion and token copying. Temmet, Naktamun's Will led a zombie tribal deck that sought to draw and discard cards to grow and buff his zombie army, swinging with a wide board.