Deck & Commander Strategies
The Ur-Dragon
Cast a series of Dragons by reducing their costs, drawing cards on Dragon attacks, and using aggressive flying threats to control the board and overwhelm opponents.
Gisela, the Broken Blade
Deploy lifelink flying creatures and combine key creatures to create a powerful merged entity, using combat damage and lifegain to outpace opponents.
Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge
Ramp mana effectively using lands and artifacts, then cheat powerful creatures or planeswalkers onto the battlefield each turn to generate continuous value and board advantage.
Tiamat
Search for Dragons of different colors from the deck to flood the board with powerful Dragon creatures, leveraging synergy and incremental advantage from casting multicolor Dragons.
Gameplay Insights
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The Ur-Dragon’s cost reduction for Dragon spells allowed for efficient casting of high-impact creatures and enabled explosive board presence.
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The combination of Gisela and another creature to form Brisela was a pivotal moment, significantly increasing board threat and pressure.
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Esika’s ability to cheat creatures and planeswalkers from the deck each turn created continuous value and maintained board control.
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Using artifacts like Chromatic Lantern improved mana consistency across five colors, supporting multicolor strategies.
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Tiamat’s ability to search for five differently named Dragons helped maintain a steady supply of threats with varied colors and abilities.
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Board wipes and protection spells like Persistent Defiance helped stabilize the game state and prevent opponent’s countermeasures.
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The players made strategic use of planeswalker abilities to generate card advantage and manage the board.
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The synergy between lifelink and combat damage boosted survivability and pressured opponents' life totals effectively.
Notable Cards
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The Ur-Dragon
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Gisela, the Broken Blade
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Brisela, Voice of Nightmares
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Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge
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The Prismatic Bridge // The Prismatic Bridge
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Tiamat
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Serra Ascendant
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Chromatic Lantern
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Chandra, Fire Artisan
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Ramos, Dragon Engine
Gameplay Summary
The game featured four players piloting powerful and thematic Commander decks centered around Dragons, Angels, and multicolor value.
The Ur-Dragon deck built around a massive flying 10/10 Dragon Avatar that reduced the cost of other Dragon spells while providing card draw and land deployment on attacks.
This deck focused on assembling and casting a critical mass of Dragons to dominate the board.
Meanwhile, the Gisela, the Broken Blade deck leveraged flying lifelink creatures and eventually merged with another creature to form Brisela, a strong threat capable of swinging combat decisively.
The Esika, God of the Tree deck emphasized ramp, versatile mana production, and cheating powerful creatures or planeswalkers into play thanks to The Prismatic Bridge.
Lastly, the Tiamat deck looked to cheat Dragons directly from the deck and use incremental value and board presence from Dragon synergy.
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