Deck & Commander Strategies
Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow
Utilizes ninjutsu to sneak creatures onto the battlefield, triggering damage based on the top card of the library revealed by combat damage. The deck aims to chip away opponents through multiple small hits and card advantage.
Greasefang, Okiba Boss
Focuses on sacrificing and recurring big creatures like Reaver Titan to generate value and deal damage to all opponents. The deck leverages treasure tokens and sacrifice outlets to maintain pressure and board presence.
Kotis, the Fangkeeper
Generates vampire tokens and uses combat damage to drain life from opponents. Incorporates ninjutsu and sacrifice synergies to control the board and incrementally increase life and damage output.
Aragorn, the Uniter
Ramp into powerful draws and board control, particularly using Consecrated Sphinx combined with Rights of Flourishing to draw large numbers of cards and dominate the late game with overwhelming card advantage.
Gameplay Insights
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Greasefang's recursion of Reaver Titan multiple times created repeated board-wide damage that heavily pressured all opponents.
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Yuriko's ninjutsu shenanigans with Ornithopters and Misblade Shinobi enabled repeated triggers and damage reveals, slowly chipping opponents' life totals.
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Max's Cotus took advantage of Oko's +1 counters and Blackblade Reforged to become an indestructible, massive attacker that survived board wipes and dominated combat.
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The sacrifice of Reaver Titan for treasures followed by casting Braids, Risen Nightmare created a strong control element that forced opponents to sacrifice permanents, disrupting their plans.
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Fred's Aragorn deck used Rights of Flourishing to pump Consecrated Sphinx, enabling tremendous card draw and putting the table under pressure, briefly taking out a player.
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Max's timely use of Source to Plowshares and cycling to produce blockers helped mitigate damage and survive key attacks before finishing the game with a coordinated strike.
Notable Cards
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Reaver Titan
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Oko, Thief of Crowns
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Blackblade Reforged
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Consecrated Sphinx
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Psychosis Crawler
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Nautiloid Ship
Gameplay Summary
The game featured a four-player free-for-all with Yuriko, Kotis, Greasefang, and Aragorn commanders.
Early turns focused on ramp and setup, with Yuriko's player using ninjutsu tricks to bounce creatures and trigger damage through reveals.
Greasefang's player aggressively utilized Reaver Titan recursion, repeatedly returning it with Greasefang's ability to deal significant damage to all opponents.
Kotis leveraged token generation and ninjutsu to chip away at opponents, while Aragorn's player ramped into a powerful Consecrated Sphinx combo with Rights of Flourishing, drawing a massive number of cards and applying pressure. A key moment occurred when Greasefang's player sacrificed Reaver Titan for treasures and cast Braids, Risen Nightmare to control opponents' permanents, furthering their board presence.
However, Max's Cotus deck proved pivotal by becoming a large indestructible threat with Blackblade Reforged and Oko's interactions, dominating combat phases.
Despite multiple board wipes, Cotus remained resilient, enabling Max to control the board and ultimately win the game by eliminating the last opponent with a coordinated attack involving Oko and Sabunin.
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