FOR THE EMPEROR! | 40K PRECONS | Szarekh vs. Lucea Kane vs. Greyfax vs. Abaddon | MTG Commander

Deck Strategies

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  Szarekh, the Silent King

  Utilizes milling to filter through the deck and retrieve artifact, creature, or vehicle cards from the top cards, aiming to build a resilient board with synergistic artifacts and creatures.

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  Magus Lucea Kane

  Uses X-cost spells and creatures with evolve mechanics to grow a formidable board presence, ramping mana quickly and leveraging creatures that become stronger as the board develops.

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  Inquisitor Greyfax

  Builds a soldier token army with vigilance and deathtouch enhancements, generates clue tokens for card draw, and controls the board by tapping and weakening opponents' creatures.

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  Abaddon the Despoiler

  Focuses on dealing damage to opponents to reduce their life totals, triggering cascade on spells with mana value X or less, allowing for a chain of powerful spells to overwhelm opponents.

Gameplay Insights

• 1

  Szarekh's milling ability allowed selective retrieval of key artifact and creature cards, accelerating his board development.

• 2

  Magus Lucea Kane's Tyranid Prime gained evolve counters quickly, synergizing with other creatures to grow in power and toughness over time.

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  Inquisitor Greyfax built a wide token army and enhanced it with abilities granting vigilance and deathtouch, making attacks and blocks highly effective.

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  Abaddon's strategy to cascade spells based on opponents' life lost added a dynamic chain of spellcasting that pressured other players' resources and life totals.

• 5

  Players used mana ramp artifacts and lands effectively to accelerate their game plans, such as Chromatic Lantern enabling flexible color mana and Myriad Landscape for land fixing.

• 6

  Equipment like Cranial Plating poised to boost attackers later in the game, adding a potential burst of combat damage when attached.

Notable Cards

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  Tyranid Prime

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  Company Commander

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  Chromatic Lantern

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  Cranial Plating

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  Talisman of Progress

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  Talisman of Indulgence

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  Myriad Landscape

Summary

The game began with each player establishing their mana base and setting up early board presence. Szarekh used his ability to mill cards and selectively add artifact, creature, or vehicle cards to his hand, focusing on assembling synergistic pieces. Magus Lucea Kane ramped mana and played evolution-style creatures like Tyranid Prime, which grows stronger with each bigger creature that enters the battlefield. Inquisitor Greyfax developed a soldier token army with vigilance and deathtouch buffs, providing both board control and card advantage through clue tokens. Abaddon the Despoiler aimed to leverage life loss on opponents to cascade into efficient spells, using his cascade mechanic to chain powerful plays.