UNRAVELING FEAT. OOPS...ALL SALT - S5E9 - ANHELO v BJORNA/WERNOG v KODAMA/SAKASHIMA v UKKIMA/CAZUR

Deck Strategies

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  Anhelo, the Painter

  Utilizes a cascade-like mechanic to cast spells for free, focusing on ramp and disruption to enable combos and quick board development.

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  Kodama of the East Tree

  Focuses on landfall triggers and ramping lands onto the battlefield to generate value and assemble combos.

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  Sakashima of a Thousand Faces

  Leverages copying creatures to create synergistic board states and enable combo finishes, often involving sacrifice and recursion.

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  Cazur, Ruthless Stalker

  Aggressive creature-based strategy with sacrifice outlets and damage synergies, aiming to control the board and close out games quickly.

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  Ukkima, Stalking Shadow

  Enables a Food Chain infinite combo by repeatedly sacrificing and returning to the battlefield to deal incremental damage.

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  Bjorna, Nightfall Alchemist

  Uses alchemy and artifact synergies to control the board and outvalue opponents with incremental advantage.

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  Wernog, Rider's Chaplain

  Focuses on life gain and sacrifice themes to stabilize and generate incremental value, supporting combo or control elements.

Gameplay Insights

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  Using Opposition Agent to steal key spells and disrupt opponents' tutoring and combo assembly proved pivotal to gaining tempo and advantage.

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  Casting Demonic Consultation to tutor Food Chain was a critical combo enabler, showcasing the power of precise tutoring in Commander.

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  The infinite combo involving Food Chain and Ukkima allowed for repeated sacrifice and damage triggers to close out the game efficiently.

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  Players carefully managed early mana rocks and counterspells like Fierce Guardianship to protect their combo pieces and maintain board control.

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  Strategic use of card draw engines such as Sylvan Library and Mystic Remora helped maintain a steady flow of resources to support combo assembly.

Notable Cards

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  Food Chain

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  Opposition Agent

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  Demonic Consultation

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  Mana Crypt

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  Chrome Mox

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  Sylvan Library

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  Trinket Mage

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  Mystic Remora

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  Fierce Guardianship

Summary

The game started with players establishing their mana bases and early board presence through ramp spells and mana rocks like Chrome Mox and Mana Crypt. Early interactions included counterspells and card draw engines, with players cautiously developing their hands and board states. A key turning point was when an Opposition Agent was cast, leading to a crucial interaction where a player used Demonic Consultation to tutor for Food Chain. This enabled a powerful combo with Ukkima, Stalking Shadow, repeatedly sacrificing and returning to the battlefield to ping opponents and generate infinite damage, securing a victory in the first game. The game showcased careful resource management and timing of spells to disrupt opponents' plans and assemble the combo safely. The second game began similarly with ramp and setup spells like Carpet of Flowers and Sylvan Library. Players continued to develop their boards, but the focus remained on searching for key combo pieces and maintaining card advantage. Despite some early pressure and interaction, the transcript cuts off before a clear conclusion, but the setup indicates intense strategic plays revolving around mana acceleration, card draw, and combo assembly.