I just had the craziest game with my
Ayara, First of Locthwain deck. Opponents were
Evra, Halcyon Witness;
Melek, Izzet Paragon; and
Depala, Pilot Exemplar.
Early on, I got a
Carrion Feeder,
Zulaport Cutthroat, and Ayara out.
The Evra player got an early
Mother of Runes, and Melek came out quick because
Sol Ring things. Luckily, I had a pretty devastating
Mire in Misery. After a few somewhat uneventful turns consisting of us setting up and me doing some draining.
Then, I drew
Army of the Damned. At this point, my opponents were at ~30 life, and if Army resolved, the life I would have drained from 13 zombies entering & leaving the battlefield (
Carrion Feeder sac +
Zulaport Cutthroat drain) and various other extra creatures would have won me the game. Unfortunately, I didn't have enough mana. It's fine, though. Ayara was drawing me an extra card a turn cycle, so I was hitting my land drops. I bided my time, and in a couple turns, I had my chance.
The blue player was tapped out, so I figured I was in the clear. I turned all my mana sideways and went for it.
Evra player:
Mana Tithe.
Mana Tithe?
Mana Tithe??I can't even be mad, tbh, although the next turn was difficult. The Evra player had Evra in play and
Whispersilk Cloak equipped to her. I was able to do enough damage to avoid getting one shot by Evra, but they still smacked me for 19, and we were in dire straits.
But then, the Melek player revealed an
Invoke the Firemind on the top of their library, and cast it for x=8. Melek copied it once, and the
Swarm Intelligence they had out copied it again, dealing a total of 24 damage to the Evra player at 23 life.
So it came to my turn again, and I top decked probably the most fun card in my deck:
Bolas's Citadel. I'll be honest, I love the card so much. Probably too much, tbf.
I began the turn at 23 life, and my 2 remaining opponents had ~25 and ~30 life, respectively. I played a bunch of cards and did a bit of drain with Ayara. Notably, I got a
Sengir Autocrat &
Nightmare Shepherd (probably my 2nd favorite card). I dropped all the way to 2 life on my citadel spree, but to the utter disbelief and dismay of my opponents, I managed to kill them that turn. Apparently, looping
Sengir Autocrat, making a bunch of Serf tokens, and saccing them to win with Ayara and Cutthroat does a lot of damage. (There's also a bit of irony in a noble using serfs to win the game, I suppose)