3 Year Anniversary Game - Bilbo Vs. Gallia Vs. Balloon Man Vs. Burakos - EDH Gameplay Ep 132

Deck & Commander Strategies

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  Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant

  Focuses on creating food tokens and sacrificing them in various ways to generate value, grow creatures, gain life, and potentially cheat cards into play, aiming for a resilient board and incremental advantage.

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  Gallia of the Endless Dance

  Aggressive combat deck that attacks with multiple creatures to trigger card draw and discard effects, maintaining hand advantage and board presence through continuous pressure and card cycling.

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  The Jolly Balloon Man

  Utilizes small creatures with enter-the-battlefield effects, creating balloon tokens that copy those ETBs, generating repeated value and a growing board state for incremental advantage.

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  Burakos, Party Leader

  A ramp and combat-focused deck that uses aggressive creatures and treasure generation to apply pressure early, combining resource acceleration with combat tricks to overwhelm opponents.

Gameplay Insights

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  Bilbo’s use of food tokens combined with sacrifice outlets and cards like Sam, Loyal Attendant, created a steady engine that fueled both growth and card advantage.

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  Gallia’s ability to draw cards via attack triggers helped maintain momentum and pressure, especially by discarding less useful cards and drawing multiple new ones.

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  The Jolly Balloon Man’s strategy to generate balloon tokens to copy ETB triggers led to exponential value from small creatures, reinforcing board presence.

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  Burakos’s early ramp with cards like Magic Fire Diamond and treasure generation allowed for flexible plays and aggressive tempo, keeping opponents on their heels.

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  The interplay between discard, draw, and resource generation mechanics across decks created a dynamic environment where timing attacks and managing board state were crucial.

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  The presence of cards like Smothering Tide introduced taxing effects on opponents' card draw, adding an additional layer of strategic interaction to the multiplayer game.

Notable Cards

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  Sam, Loyal Attendant

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  Bag of Holding

Gameplay Summary