Part 9

Navigate Part 9 of the Magic: The Gathering Arena walkthrough. Discover strategies for decks like Chaos & Slaughter, Cruel Denial, and more, including the Duel 1-4 report.

This section of the guide details various deck archetypes and strategies within Magic: The Gathering Arena, focusing on their strengths, weaknesses, and key card interactions. It also includes a specific report for Duel 1-4 against Avacyn.

Deck Strategies:

1. oe's worst nightmare: Focuses on preventing the opponent from acting, using cards like Vampiric Feast and Guttersnipe for control and damage. Switcheroo can steal key enemy creatures.
2. CHAOS & SLAUGHTER: Utilizes the Maulhorn/Lightning Talons combo to pressure the opponent. Pitchburn Devils and Regathan Firecat are good targets for Lightning Talons, with Pitchburn Devils also providing direct damage.
3. CRUEL DENIAL: A blue-black deck that can be slower. It relies on bounce effects (Surrakar Banisher, Void Snare) and removal (Flesh to Dust, Frost Lynx) to control the board. Shadowcloak Vampire is important to play early.
4. ECHOING ROAR: With Advocate of the Beast, this deck can compete directly. It uses control elements like Frost Lynx and Void Snare to support its creatures. Surrakar Banisher can target tapped creatures, enabling combos like bouncing Quickling to reuse Timberland Guide.
5. FREEZING WINDS: A white-blue deck with flyers and draw power from cards like Inspiration and Military Intelligence. It uses control spells like Angelic Edict and Void Snare. Be aware that creatures lose counters when bounced or exiled.
6. HEED THE CALL: Effective when utilizing Advocate of the Beast and Primal Huntbeast. Alternatively, it can swarm with tokens and convoked creatures like Siege Wurm or Seraph of the Masses, enhanced by Nimbus Wings. The Wandering Wolf + Titanic Growth combo is also noted.
7. HEROIC CHARGE: Benefits from auras, featuring the Maulhorn/Regathan Firecat + Lightning Talons combo, Nimbus Wings, and Ordeal of Heliod. Act of Treason can be powerful after clearing the opponent's board.
8. LIFE AND DEATH: Features growing creatures like Ajani's Pridemate, Cruel Sadist, and Bloodflow Connoisseur, which can be augmented by Nimbus Wings. Angelic Edict and Flesh to Dust are used for removal and protection.
9. NATURAL ORDER: Best as an Advocate of the Beast deck due to numerous targets. It lacks flyers outside of Shadowcloak Vampire, making enemy flyers vulnerable. Hunt the Weak and Flesh to Dust are used for removal.
10. SMASH AND BURN: Similar to Natural Order, it leverages Advocate of the Beast and creatures like Kiln Fiend. Lightning Talons and direct damage spells like Shock and Volcanic Geyser make it a highly aggressive deck.

DUEL 1-4: REPORT TO AVACYN

This section details a white human/angel life gain deck used by Avacyn. It includes creatures like Archangel, Cathedral Sanctifier, and Emancipation Angel, along with instants and sorceries for control and healing. Key cards include Staff of the Sun Magus and Seraph Sanctuary for life gain. The deck's most powerful attacker is a 7/7 Archangel. Be wary of instants like Rebuke, Zealous Strike, Cloudshift, and Banishing Stroke, especially Avacyn's ability to cast Banishing Stroke for its Miracle cost.