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MTG FOUNDATIONS Commander on a BUDGET | Alesha VS Ghalta VS Krenko VS Niv-Mizzet

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Decklists

Deck & Commander Strategies

  • Alesha, Who Smiles at Death

    This deck focuses on filling the graveyard with creatures and using Alesha's reanimation ability to bring them back to the battlefield.

  • Krenko, Mob Boss

    Krenko, Mob Boss

    This deck aims to rapidly populate the board with goblins and apply constant pressure to the opponents.

  • Ghalta, Primal Hunger

    Ghalta, Primal Hunger

    This deck aims to ramp up quickly, while deploying large creatures like Ghalta, using cards like Elvish Mystic and Predator Ooze.

  • Niv-Mizzet, Visionary

    Niv-Mizzet, Visionary

    This deck focuses on manipulating the library and taking advantage of drawing cards to control the game state.

Gameplay Insights

  • 1

    Playing Predator Ooze early gave Bill a significant advantage due to its indestructibility.

  • 2

    Aaron's decision to fill his graveyard and reanimate creatures using Alesha's ability provided a steady stream of threats.

  • 3

    Jan's aggressive strategy of populating the board with goblins put pressure on the other players.

  • 4

    Despite missing land drops, Jim was able to stabilize his position by using Opt and Serum Visions to manipulate his deck.

Notable Cards

  • Predator Ooze

    Predator Ooze

  • Elvish Mystic

    Elvish Mystic

  • Ghalta, Primal Hunger

    Ghalta, Primal Hunger

  • Alesha, Who Smiles at Death

    Alesha, Who Smiles at Death

  • Krenko, Mob Boss

    Krenko, Mob Boss

  • Opt

    Opt

  • Serum Visions

    Serum Visions

Gameplay Summary

The game started off with all players developing their board states.

Bill, playing Ghalta, Primal Hunger, managed to get an early advantage by deploying a Predator Ooze and Elvish Mystic, which he used to ramp into Ghalta.

Meanwhile, Aaron, playing Alesha, Who Smiles at Death, focused on filling his graveyard and reanimating creatures, using Alesha's ability.

Jan, playing Krenko, Mob Boss, focused on aggressively populating the board with goblins and applying pressure to the other players.

Jim, playing Niv-Mizzet, Visionary, started off slowly, missing land drops, but was able to stabilize his position by using spells like Opt and Serum Visions to manipulate his deck.

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