Deck & Commander Strategies
Dr. Eggman
Focuses on artifact synergies with constructs, robots, and vehicles, using villainous choice to disrupt opponents and cheating large threats like Reaver Titan into play to dominate the board.
Kilo, Apogee Mind
Utilizes proliferate mechanics to rapidly increase counters on artifacts and creatures, aiming to assemble combos that generate infinite or overwhelming value.
Tannuk, Steadfast Second
Aggressive mono-red strategy that cheats in large creatures and boosts their damage output, leveraging enter-the-battlefield and attack triggers to pressure opponents.
Ragost, Deft Gastronaut
Boros food-focused deck that generates food tokens, uses sacrifice outlets to gain life and deal damage, and employs explore triggers to generate card advantage and board presence.
Gameplay Insights
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Chandler’s timing of villainous choice at end steps forced opponents into difficult discard decisions while enabling him to cheat powerful artifacts and creatures into play.
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Ethan’s repeated proliferate triggers on Everflowing Chalice and Darksteel Reactor steadily built a resource engine threatening combo or overwhelming board development.
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Tanner’s use of Gratuitous Violence combined with Tannuk’s cheating of large creatures generated high damage outputs quickly, forcing opponents to react or lose life rapidly.
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Sam’s activation of Ragost to sacrifice food tokens effectively dealt damage to all opponents while gaining life, maintaining his survivability and board control.
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Multiple responses and stops during second main phases showed high interaction levels, with players carefully timing their plays to maximize impact and disrupt opponents’ plans.
Notable Cards
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Dr. Eggman
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Reaver Titan
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Everflowing Chalice
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Darksteel Reactor
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Gratuitous Violence
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Ragost, Deft Gastronaut
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Solemn Simulacrum
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Steel Overseer
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Cyberdrive Awakener
Gameplay Summary
The game began with all four players establishing their mana bases and early board presence, quickly showcasing their respective strategies.
Chandler on Dr. Eggman focused on assembling a powerful artifact and construct synergy, leveraging villainous choice to disrupt opponents while cheating big threats like Reaver Titan into play.
Ethan piloted Kilo, Apogee Mind, utilizing proliferate to ramp counters and develop combos, supported by artifact synergies such as Everflowing Chalice and Darksteel Reactor.
Tanner on Tannuk, Steadfast Second, aggressively cast large creatures and enhanced them with effects like Gratuitous Violence to pressure opponents with heavy combat damage.
Sam on Ragost, Deft Gastronaut, built a Boros food-themed deck that used sacrifice and life gain combos to bolt opponents while maintaining a steady stream of food tokens and incremental advantage through explore triggers and recurring creatures like Astrid and Solemn Simulacrum. Key turning points included Chandler’s use of villainous choice to force discard and his ability to cheat in massive threats like Reaver Titan, which immediately applied significant pressure, especially against Sam.
Ethan’s proliferate engine steadily increased counters on his artifacts and creatures, setting up potential infinite combos.
Tanner’s aggressive plays with Tannuk and the installation of Gratuitous Violence turned his creatures into lethal threats, forcing opponents to respond quickly.
Sam’s repeated activation of Ragost to sacrifice food for damage and life gain, plus his use of explore triggers to dig for key cards, kept his board state resilient.
The game saw multiple stops and responses during second main phases, indicating high interaction and careful timing by players to maximize their advantage.
The gameplay revolved around managing threats, resource denial, and incremental advantage until a decisive board state could be established.
