1 Mana Commanders with Tulok - EDH Gameplay Ep 83

Deck Strategies

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  Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm

  Utilizes graveyard recursion and death touch creatures to control the battlefield. Flips into a planeswalker that mills opponents, creates tokens, and destroys disruptive artifacts or enchantments, aiming to win through attrition and token swarms.

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  Tinybones, the Pickpocket

  Focuses on discarding opponents' hands and stealing nonland permanents from their graveyards to disrupt their strategy and slowly take control of the board, finishing with tough-to-block death touch creatures.

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  Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar

  Generates clues and card advantage while proliferating counters on planeswalkers. The deck aims to ultimate Tamiyo to draw a large portion of the deck and dominate with multiple planeswalkers on board.

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  Zabaz, the Glimmerwasp

  Leverages artifact synergy with modular and recursion mechanics to grow creatures and generate incremental advantage. The deck focuses on putting artifacts into the graveyard and bringing them back for value and board presence.

Gameplay Insights

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  Grist's ability to flip into a planeswalker early and generate death touch tokens applies continuous pressure and leverages graveyard recursion effectively.

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  Using Urza's Saga to ramp and cheat out key artifact creatures like Zabaz provided early board development and modular triggers.

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  Tinybones struggled to find openings due to the abundance of blockers and limited graveyard targets for stealing, highlighting the meta challenge of a one-drop pod.

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  Life from the Loam's dredge mechanic was effectively used to fill the graveyard and enable recursion, although timing and targets are crucial to maximize value.

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  Tamiyo's investigate triggers and card draw helped maintain hand size and options, setting up for a powerful planeswalker proliferation strategy.

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  Using modular and sacrifice outlets like Arcbound Ravager allowed incremental growth and board presence in an otherwise low-cost commander environment.

Notable Cards

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  Grist, Voracious Larva // Grist, the Plague Swarm

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  Tinybones, the Pickpocket

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  Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar

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  Zabaz, the Glimmerwasp

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  Urza's Saga

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  Life from the Loam

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  Dark Ritual

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  Emry, Lurker of the Loch

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  Arcbound Ravager

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  Grimoire of the Dead

Summary

The game features a unique pod where all commanders have a converted mana cost of one, resulting in very fast and interactive gameplay. Early turns see players establishing their board presence with small but impactful creatures and planeswalkers. Grist, Voracious Larva quickly flips into a planeswalker, leveraging graveyard recursion and death touch tokens to control the board. Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student focuses on clue generation and card draw, aiming to proliferate planeswalker counters and eventually unleash a powerful ultimate. Zabaz, the Glimmerwasp capitalizes on artifact synergy, using modular triggers and artifact recursion to grow its board and gain value. Tinybones, the Pickpocket aims to disrupt opponents by discarding their hands and stealing permanents from their graveyards, although the fast pace and defensive setups from other players make it challenging to break through early defenses. Key turning points include Grist's transformation into a planeswalker, which enables continuous milling and token generation, putting pressure on opponents. The artifact engine from Zabaz also provides consistent incremental advantage by reanimating and modularly buffing artifacts. Meanwhile, Tinybones struggles to find openings due to the presence of blockers and limited graveyard targets early in the game. Overall, the game revolves around leveraging efficient one-drop effects, graveyard recursion, and incremental value from modular and planeswalker synergies to control the board and outpace opponents. The win condition appears to focus on attrition through death touch damage, overwhelming token armies, and planeswalker ultimates.