Deck & Commander Strategies
Nine-Fingers Keene
Utilizes a gate-centric landfall strategy to accelerate gate deployment and trigger landfall benefits, aiming for a Maze's End alternate win condition or overwhelming value through land synergy.
Ognis, the Dragon's Lash
Aggressively generates treasures and hasty creatures to create a fast-paced treasure beatdown, leveraging artifact tokens with sacrifice effects to grow other creatures and deal incremental damage.
Ziatora, the Incinerator
Focuses on casting large creatures and then using fling effects to convert their power into direct damage, supported by some treasure synergy for mana acceleration.
Olivia, Opulent Outlaw
Builds a board of outlaw creatures and generates treasures to fuel Olivia’s ability, distributing +1/+1 counters and applying life link to create a resilient, high-impact attacking force.
Gameplay Insights
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Nine-Fingers Keene’s ability to reveal and put gates into play each combat damage step rapidly accelerates her gate count, which is crucial for her Maze's End win condition.
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Ognis’s use of Heras Forge to generate growing hasty tokens that are then sacrificed synergizes well with Ravenous Squirrel's counters, enabling a snowballing board state.
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The interplay between treasure token generation and sacrifice outlets (like Mayhem Devil) creates constant incremental advantages and damage over time.
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Olivia’s utility in producing +1/+1 counters on all creatures by sacrificing treasures leverages treasure generation from outlaws and other synergies to increase board presence and combat effectiveness.
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Ziatora’s strategy of casting large creatures and flinging them at opponents provides a strong, flexible removal and damage option that pressures opponents while the treasure synergy supports mana needs.
Notable Cards
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Nine-Fingers Keene
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Maze's End
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Ognis, the Dragon's Lash
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Ravenous Squirrel
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Mayhem Devil
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Olivia, Opulent Outlaw
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Winged Boots
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Expedition Map
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Avenger of Zendikar
Gameplay Summary
The game begins with each player piloting a distinct three-color deck, focusing on their unique synergies—landfall gates, treasure generation, and aristocrat-style damage.
Nine Fingers Keene starts by advancing a gate-based strategy, rapidly deploying gates and leveraging her ability to reveal and put gates into play, aiming for a Maze's End victory.
Ognis, the Dragon's Lash presses aggressive treasure and haste synergies, creating quick damage with artifact creatures and tokens that sacrifice themselves to grow other creatures.
Ziatora, the Incinerator focuses on casting large creatures and using fling effects to turn those creatures into direct damage, while Olivia, Opulent Outlaw builds a treasure and outlaw tribal board that boosts her team with +1/+1 counters and life link, aiming for a powerful swing turn.
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