Deck & Commander Strategies
Urza, Lord High Artificer
The Urza deck aims to utilize artifacts to generate infinite mana and take over the game.
Inalla, Archmage Ritualist
Inalla takes advantage of the commander's Eminence ability to create token copies of wizards, setting up powerful combos with cards like Spellseeker.
Kraum, Ludevic's Opus and Tymna the Weaver
Known as Bluefarm, this deck aims to generate value and card advantage with its commanders while disrupting opponents.
Shorikai, Genesis Engine
The Shorikai deck leverages artifacts and its commander's ability to create and manipulate charge counters for a variety of effects.
Gameplay Insights
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Inalla's player demonstrated the power of a well-executed combo, using Spellseeker and Inalla's Eminence ability to quickly tutor for key pieces.
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The importance of life management was highlighted when the Inalla player had to switch from Reanimate to Persist due to the life loss becoming a potential issue.
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Combining Scholar of Ages with Persist and Burnt Offering allowed the Inalla player to establish an infinite mana and spell recursion loop, demonstrating the potential explosiveness of this combo.
Notable Cards
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Spellseeker
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Burnt Offering
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Reanimate
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Entomb
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Persist
Gameplay Summary
The game kicked off with all players setting up their boards with mana rocks and lands.
Inalla, Archmage Ritualist player made a fast start, utilizing the commander's Eminence ability to generate multiple copies of Spellseeker through reanimation spells.
This allowed them to repeatedly tutor for key cards.
They managed to assemble a powerful combo with Scholar of Ages, persistently reanimating it to repeatedly recast Burnt Offering and Reanimate.
Although they encountered a hurdle with the life loss from Reanimate, they expertly navigated around it by entombing and then casting Persist, successfully establishing an infinite loop to secure the win.
