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The Monster Mash | Innistrad Remastered Box Brawl

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Commanders featured in this video Reviewed & Verified

Deck Strategies

  • Edgar Markov

    Edgar Markov

    Build a wide vampire board quickly using vampire spells to create multiple 1/1 vampire tokens and pump them with counters, focusing on aggressive attacks and overwhelming opponents with tribal synergy.

  • Arlinn Kord // Arlinn, Embraced by the Moon

    Arlinn Kord // Arlinn, Embraced by the Moon

    Use werewolf tribal synergies to create wolf tokens and flip Arlinn into a more aggressive planeswalker form, using combat tricks and token generation to apply continuous pressure.

  • The Gitrog Monster

    The Gitrog Monster

    Leverage land sacrifice and graveyard interactions to draw extra cards each turn, ramping lands aggressively and controlling the board through resource advantage.

  • Olivia Voldaren

    Olivia Voldaren

    Utilize vampire tribal synergy combined with control elements by dealing damage to creatures to convert them into vampires and stealing opponent’s vampires, gaining board control and attrition advantages.

Gameplay Insights

  • 1

    Edgar Markov's ability to generate vampire tokens whenever a vampire spell is cast led to rapid board development, forcing opponents to respond quickly or fall behind.

  • 2

    Arlinn Kord's ability to create wolf tokens and transform provided consistent pressure and allowed for aggressive early plays.

  • 3

    The Gitrog Monster's synergy with sacrificing lands and drawing cards enabled a steady resource advantage, allowing for multiple plays per turn.

  • 4

    Olivia Voldaren's ability to turn opposing creatures into vampires and steal them created a unique form of board control and disrupted opponents' strategies.

  • 5

    Westvale Abbey was played early by Arlinn's pilot, signaling a plan to either generate tokens or transform it for a strong late-game presence.

Notable Cards

  • Westvale Abbey // Ormendahl, Profane Prince

    Westvale Abbey // Ormendahl, Profane Prince

  • Edgar Markov

    Edgar Markov

  • The Gitrog Monster

    The Gitrog Monster

  • Olivia Voldaren

    Olivia Voldaren

  • Duskwatch Recruiter // Krallenhorde Howler

    Duskwatch Recruiter // Krallenhorde Howler

  • Blood Artist

    Blood Artist

  • Faithless Looting

    Faithless Looting

Summary

Key moments included Ryan casting Westvale Abbey early, signaling a potential powerful late-game flip or token generation strategy. Charlie struggled with mana consistency but relied on Edgar Markov's vampire tribal to swarm the board. Matt's deck capitalized on sacrificing lands to draw cards, slowly increasing his advantage in resources. Drew's Olivia Voldaren introduced threat versatility by stealing and converting creatures, adding pressure on opponents. The interplay of aggressive tribal strategies combined with resource generation and control elements made for a dynamic game. The interaction between Edgar Markov's vampire tokens and Olivia's theft ability created tension, while The Gitrog Monster's card draw engine threatened to overwhelm opponents if unchecked.

Description

SCARY AUDIO ENDS 2:44

Team Jacob? Team Edward? Nah, move over, check out these handsome thumbnail monster-lads and the rest of the gang as we monster mash our way through Innistrad Remastered.

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Box Brawl is a series of Magic: The Gathering Youtube videos that seeks to answer two questions: what would happen if we played through every single set of Magics history and who would be named its champion at the end of it? Well, Charlie “MoistCr1tikal” “penguinz0”, Matt (ZACK AGAIN!?), Ryan, and Drew are doing exactly that, playing through some modified sealed/limited rules for the commander format, almost close to brawl. The game works like this: Open a box of magic cards that hasn’t been opened yet Each player gets an amount of cards to build a 60 card deck out of, naming a commander along the way (which can be any creature, not restricted to legendary creatures) Play a game and give points out based on placements, 3 for first, 2 for second, 1 for third, and 0 for last. Also the player that opens the most expensive card gets a point for free. Eventually we will have played through all of the sets and at the end the player with the most points will be crowned the best magic player in the world, unquestionably. Along the way we’ll laugh, we’ll cry, and maybe we will have a few guests in the mean time. Stay tuned!!

Finally, hello again. You’ve reached the final farewell of this description. It is I, Ryan, here to thank you for joining me for this mandatory comment meeting. I’d like to formally discuss how awesome our editor, Jesse, is. Like dude check out his beautiful edits. Like dude. Anyway you guys are great hope you enjoy this absolute GAME of a GAME!