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Magda vs Orvar vs Vorel vs Bruvac | Patreon Guest Special |The Command Dudes #23 | MTG EDH Gameplay

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Commanders featured in this Gameplay Reviewed & Verified

Bruvac the Grandiloquent

Bruvac the Grandiloquent

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Vorel of the Hull Clade

Vorel of the Hull Clade

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Magda, Brazen Outlaw

Magda, Brazen Outlaw

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Orvar, the All-Form

Orvar, the All-Form

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Decklists

Magda, Brazen Outlaw Deck on Archidekt

Orvar, the All-Form Deck on Moxfield

Vorel of the Hull Clade Deck on Moxfield

Bruvac the Grandiloquent Deck on Archidekt

Deck & Commander Strategies

  • Magda, Brazen Outlaw

    Magda, Brazen Outlaw

    Generate treasures early to ramp into powerful equipment like Blightsteel Colossus or Embercleave, then use equipment to deal lethal damage quickly. The deck tutors key threats to apply pressure efficiently.

  • Orvar, the All-Form

    Orvar, the All-Form

    Utilize artifact and land synergies to generate infinite mana and tokens by copying spells and permanents. The deck aims to combo off with infinite resources to overwhelm opponents.

  • Vorel of the Hull Clade

    Vorel of the Hull Clade

    Build up counters on creatures like Persistent Petitioners and use Vorel's doubling ability to rapidly increase counters, enabling massive milling of opponents' libraries to win via decking them out.

  • Bruvac the Grandiloquent

    Bruvac the Grandiloquent

    Focus on milling all opponents simultaneously using Bruvac's triggered abilities combined with Persistent Petitioners and other synergy pieces to quickly deplete opponents' libraries.

Gameplay Insights

  • 1

    Orvar's infinite combo involving Trade Routes, Sapphire Medallion, and Worldly Tutor created infinite mana and islands, forcing opponents to adjust their strategies to disrupt it.

  • 2

    Magda's ability to tutor powerful equipment off treasures pressured opponents early, emphasizing the importance of quick threat deployment in this high-powered game.

  • 3

    Vorel's milling threat with Persistent Petitioners and doubling counters pressured the group to prioritize interactive plays to avoid being milled out rapidly.

  • 4

    Bruvac's potential to mill all opponents simultaneously kept the table cautious about overextending and highlighted the power of synergistic combos in a multiplayer setting.

  • 5

    The use of cipher and other copy effects on spells like Trade Routes demonstrated advanced synergy exploitation to generate infinite resources.

Notable Cards

  • Blightsteel Colossus

    Blightsteel Colossus

  • Embercleave

    Embercleave

  • Sapphire Medallion

    Sapphire Medallion

  • Worldly Tutor

    Worldly Tutor

  • Trade Routes

    Trade Routes

  • Engineered Explosives

    Engineered Explosives

Gameplay Summary

The game featured four high-powered decks piloted by two regular Command Dudes members and two Patreon guests.

Early turns saw players developing their boards with ramp and key creatures, setting up their individual game plans.

Magda aimed to generate treasure tokens quickly and tutor powerful equipment like Blightsteel Colossus or Embercleave to apply fast pressure.

Orvar focused on creating infinite combos through land and artifact interactions, exemplified by a sequence involving Trade Routes, Sapphire Medallion, and Worldly Tutor to generate infinite islands and mana.

Vorel leveraged simic synergy and persistent petitioners to enable massive milling, threatening to mill opponents quickly with commander buffs.

Bruvac's mono-blue mill deck aimed for a combo finish by milling all opponents simultaneously using persistent petitioners and Bruvac's triggered abilities. A key turning point was Orvar's infinite mana and island generation combo, which forced opponents to consider disrupting his plays or risk losing to an overwhelming combo.

Magda's aggressive treasure generation and timely equipment tutoring kept pressure on the table, while Vorel's large-scale mill was a looming threat that demanded answers.

Bruvac's milling potential kept everyone wary of decking out.

The game featured tight interactions around combo disruption, timing, and resource management, with each player balancing offensive threats and defensive responses.

Ultimately, the game revolved around executing and preventing infinite combos and finishing off opponents with high-impact equipment or milling strategies.

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