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Ganax/Acolyte v Kasla the Broken Hero v The Scarab God v Liberty Prime Recharged Commander Gameplay

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Commanders featured in this video Reviewed & Verified

Decklist

Deck Strategies

  • Ganax, Astral Hunter

    Ganax, Astral Hunter

    Dragon tribal focused on ramping with treasures, reducing dragon costs, and drawing cards to flood the board with powerful dragons and generate value.

  • The Scarab God

    The Scarab God

    Zombie tribal leveraging zombie tokens and creature recursion to control the board and chip away at opponents' life totals.

  • Liberty Prime, Recharged

    Liberty Prime, Recharged

    Artifact synergy deck that sacrifices artifacts to gain energy, draw cards, and generate value, while controlling the board with creatures and energy-based abilities.

  • Kasla, the Broken Halo

    Kasla, the Broken Halo

    Midrange tribal with potential for creature counters and buffs, supporting an aggressive board presence.

  • Acolyte of Bahamut

    Acolyte of Bahamut

    Likely dragon or powerful creature synergy focused on ramp and midrange plays to establish board dominance.

Gameplay Insights

  • 1

    Ganax used treasure tokens effectively to ramp into multiple dragons and cast spells with reduced costs, enabling a strong midgame board presence.

  • 2

    The Scarab God player leveraged Adaptive Automaton to turn all creatures into zombies, enhancing tribal synergies and combat effectiveness.

  • 3

    Liberty Prime's sacrifice of artifacts for energy and card draw helped maintain resources but was vulnerable to mass removal.

  • 4

    The game ended with a dramatic mass board wipe using Blasphemous Act combined with Repercussion, dealing lethal damage to all players and creatures simultaneously, resulting in a unique scenario where one player expected to win after the simultaneous deaths.

  • 5

    Strategic use of artifact vehicles and token generators provided incremental advantages but were ultimately overwhelmed by the board wipe combo.

Notable Cards

  • Orb of Dragonkind

    Orb of Dragonkind

  • Guardian Project

    Guardian Project

  • Goldspan Dragon

    Goldspan Dragon

  • Garruk's Uprising

    Garruk's Uprising

  • Repercussion

    Repercussion

  • Blasphemous Act

    Blasphemous Act

  • Adaptive Automaton

    Adaptive Automaton

  • Tainted Adversary

    Tainted Adversary

  • Champion of the Parish

    Champion of the Parish

Summary

The game started with players developing their mana bases and early board presence, including ramp and artifact plays. Ganax, Astral Hunter focused on generating treasures and drawing cards through a dragon tribal synergy, casting multiple dragons and leveraging effects like Guardian Project and Garruk's Uprising to maintain card advantage. The Scarab God deck established a zombie tribal presence with key creatures like Tainted Adversary and Adaptive Automaton, enhancing the zombie theme and applying pressure through attacks. Liberty Prime, Recharged utilized artifact synergies, sacrificing artifacts to gain energy and draw cards, while Kasla the Broken Halo and Acolyte of Bahamut contributed with their respective tribal and thematic strategies, though less detail was given about their specific actions.

Description

In this Bracket 3 Commander gameplay episode, we are playing a fun Mid Power Commander game. We are fortunate to play commander at home with the use of Spelltable. In the Command Zone today, we have Ganax/Acolyte, Kasla the Broken Hero, The Scrab God, and Liberty Prime Recharged. Each player is playing to win, who will come out on top?

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