One Final Fantasy card turns Edge of Eternities’ World Shaper into a 256‑damage beast
Magic: The Gathering’s new Edge of Eternities preconstructed Commander deck called World Shaper has a clear, focused theme and a powerful new commander. The deck centers on sacrificing and replaying lands, and in practice it can produce very large, sudden swings in board state. Additionally, one card from the Universes Beyond Final Fantasy crossover — Tifa Lockhart — interacts with the deck in a way that can create extremely large attack values in a single turn.
- What changed in Commander rules and why it matters
- How the World Shaper precon and its commander Hearthhull, the Worldseed work
- How Tifa Lockhart scales with multiple land plays and a concrete example
- Cards to consider adding for consistent land recursion
Rule change and the World Shaper precon
Last July, Wizards of the Coast updated Commander rules so a commander can be noncreature — for instance, a legendary vehicle or a spacecraft. As a result, Edge of Eternities introduced spacecraft cards that can be commanders. One of the two preconstructed decks for the set, World Shaper, is a red-green-black (Jund) precon built around a spacecraft commander called Hearthhull, the Worldseed.
How Hearthhull, the Worldseed works
Hearthhull’s activated ability reads: pay 1 mana, tap Hearthhull, and sacrifice a land. In exchange, you draw two cards and gain the ability to play an additional land that turn. Moreover, each time you sacrifice a land with Hearthhull, each opponent loses two life. The deck is designed to exploit repeated land sacrifices and land drops.
Consequently, the precon includes many synergies: cards that trigger when you sacrifice a land, Landfall abilities that trigger when you play a land, and effects that let you replay lands from the graveyard or return many lands at once. For example, the deck can use cards that let you play lands from your graveyard such as Szarel, Genesis Shepherd, or cards that return lands en masse, such as Aftermath Analyst. These interactions can create loops where you sacrifice and replay the same lands multiple times each turn.
Tifa Lockhart and a concrete result
Tifa Lockhart is a legendary creature printed in the Universes Beyond: Final Fantasy crossover. Her ability doubles her power each time you play a land. That ability becomes significant in a deck that can play many lands in a single turn.
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In testing, the precon included a sorcery that can return many lands at once. The precon contains Worldsoul’s Rage, which enables large land replays. For example, after replaying eight lands in one sequence, Tifa’s power went from 1 to 256, and she had trample. That combination was sufficient to end the game in that instance.
Why that happens, briefly
Each time you play a land while Tifa is on the battlefield, her power doubles. Starting from a base power of 1, eight land plays in one turn produce 2^8 = 256 power. Because the deck enables multiple land plays through Hearthhull’s extra land, land recursion, and mass-return effects, the math can scale quickly.
Cards to consider adding
The World Shaper precon is built around the sacrifice-and-replay idea, but it has comparatively few mass-land-return spells. Therefore, adding more recursion or mass-return effects improves consistency. For example, the author of the original report added Lumra, Bellow of the Woods, a creature that helps return lands when played. Other similar effects that let you replay multiple lands will further increase the deck’s explosive turns.
Bottom line
World Shaper is a focused Jund precon that uses Hearthhull, the Worldseed to create repeated land plays and sacrifice triggers. In practice, adding land-recursion tools and a card like Tifa Lockhart can produce very large attack values in a single turn, which may end games suddenly. For players who enjoy Landfall and land-sacrifice synergies, this precon offers a strong starting point and clear upgrade paths.
