More Streets of New Capenna [Commander VS 289] | Magic: the Gathering Commander Gameplay

Deck Strategies

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  Bennie Bracks, Zoologist

  The Bennie Bracks deck aims to generate a lot of creature tokens and use them to gain card advantage. The deck uses convoking to get around mana costs and aims to swarm the board with tokens.

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  Ognis, the Dragon's Lash

  The Ognis deck is focused on early aggression and generating treasures for an early game advantage. The deck aims to ensure its creatures have haste to keep the pressure on the opponents.

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  Queza, Augur of Agonies

  The Queza deck is focused on drawing cards and making opponents lose life through its commander's ability. The deck aims to set up a draw engine and continually drain life from opponents.

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  Giada, Font of Hope

  The Giada deck is focused on an Angel tribal strategy. It aims to generate a large number of Angel tokens and buff them with its commander's ability. The deck also uses Luminarch Ascension to generate angel tokens if left unchecked by opponents.

Gameplay Insights

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  The early aggression from the Ognis deck put pressure on the other players, setting the stage for a fast-paced game.

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  The Giada deck's Luminarch Ascension is a significant threat that could generate a large number of Angel tokens if left unchecked.

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  The Bennie Bracks deck's strategy of using tokens to convoke and gain card advantage could give it a strong board presence and a steady stream of resources.

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  The Queza deck's draw engine and lifedrain strategy could potentially whittle down the opponents' life totals over time.

Notable Cards

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  Luminarch Ascension

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  Recruit the Worthy

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  Esper Sentinel

Summary

The game kicked off with early aggression from the Ognis deck, leading to early damage taken by the other players. The Giada deck quickly set up a defense with Luminarch Ascension, threatening to generate a swarm of Angel tokens if left unchecked. Bennie Bracks, Zoologist started generating creature tokens and used them to convoke and bring out the commander early, promising a steady stream of card advantage. Queza, Augur of Agonies deck started setting up its draw engine, hinting at a lifedrain strategy. The game is poised for a conflict between the early aggression of the Ognis deck, the growing angel army of the Giada deck, the card advantage from the Bennie Bracks deck, and the life-drain strategy of the Queza deck.