Deck & Commander Strategies
Piru, the Volatile
Generate treasures through Smothering Tithe and other effects to ramp into high-impact spells and abilities. Use Piru’s self-damage and sacrifice effects to clear opponents’ boards and deal damage indirectly.
Jorn, God of Winter
Control the board by untapping snow permanents and accumulating time counters on the Millennium Calendar to eventually cause massive life loss to all opponents. Use snow mana and synergy to ramp and protect resources.
Wulfgar of Icewind Dale
Focus on aggressive combat, doubling attack triggers to maximize damage output. Maintain board presence with efficient creatures and use haste or attack triggers to keep pressure on opponents.
Rydia, Summoner of Mist
Utilize landfall triggers to cycle cards and generate value. Use Rydia’s ability to grant haste to key creatures or combos, enabling fast and surprising plays.
Gameplay Insights
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The player controlling Jorn used untapping snow lands combined with the Millennium Calendar to steadily build up a lethal time counter count, threatening a one-shot kill on all opponents.
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Piru’s pilot carefully managed treasure tokens generated from Smothering Tithe and other sources to cast high-impact enchantments like Repercussion, which punishes damage dealt to creatures, creating a deterrent against attacks.
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Rydia’s landfall ability was used effectively to discard and draw cards, maintaining a steady flow of resources and enabling combo setups that require haste.
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Wulfgar’s player focused on maximizing combat damage through attack trigger doubling, maintaining pressure while opponents developed their board states.
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Players avoided overextending on lands early to maximize the effectiveness of landfall and burgeoning triggers, optimizing resource development.
Notable Cards
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Smothering Tithe
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Repercussion
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Black Market Connections
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Growth Spiral
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Petrified Field
Gameplay Summary
The game started with each player setting up their mana bases and early ramp, with lots of focus on snow permanents and treasure generation.
Wulfgar of Icewind Dale aimed to double his attack triggers and maintain aggressive board presence, while Jorn, God of Winter built towards a slow but devastating mill and life loss strategy using the Millennium Calendar.
Piru, the Volatile focused on generating treasures via Smothering Tithe and other treasure synergies to cast powerful spells, including his own commander.
Rydia, Summoner of Mist utilized landfall triggers to draw cards and generate value, preparing to use her ability to give haste to creatures or combos on the field. A key turning point was when the player piloting Jorn utilized his ability to untap snow permanents and put multiple time counters on the Millennium Calendar, threatening a massive life loss to all opponents.
Meanwhile, the player with Piru leveraged treasure generation and cast powerful enchantments like Repercussion to punish creature damage.
Rydia’s landfall triggers continuously refilled her hand, allowing her to maintain card advantage and threaten combos.
The interplay of treasure tokens, mana ramp, and landfall effects created dynamic board states with high resource generation and interaction.
The win condition revolved around either overwhelming damage from Piru’s aggressive spells and combos or the slow but lethal life loss from Jorn’s Millennium Calendar, with Wulfgar pressuring via combat and Rydia looking to capitalize on repeated landfall and combo activations.
