FINAL FANTASY x MAGIC w/ Jacob Bertrand | Game Knights 78 | MTG Commander Gameplay EDH Gathering

Deck Strategies

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  Terra, Herald of Hope

  Focuses on milling cards into the graveyard to enable reanimation and graveyard synergies, bringing back powerful creatures for a sustained board presence.

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  Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER

  Utilizes equipment and creature pump effects to increase power, triggering Limit Break for card advantage and mana, aiming for a large creature assault to reduce opponents’ life totals.

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  Tidus, Yuna's Guardian

  Spreads +1/+1 counters across creatures and uses proliferate to grow his team, generating incremental advantages and creating a formidable board to overwhelm opponents.

• Y’shtola, Night’s Blessed

  Casts multiple non-creature spells to create tokens and trigger token payoffs, draining opponents’ life while building a wide board presence to dominate the battlefield.

Gameplay Insights

• 1

  Terra’s milling ability early in combat allowed strategic selection of graveyard targets for reanimation, accelerating her board development.

• 2

  Cloud’s missed land drop significantly hindered his ramp and delayed his ability to equip and pump creatures effectively, giving opponents a tempo advantage.

• 3

  Tidus leveraged his commander’s proliferate ability to distribute counters efficiently, enabling rapid growth of his creatures and increasing combat threat.

• 4

  Y’shtola’s strategy to combine spellcasting with token creation created multiple layers of board presence and incremental life drain, pressuring opponents consistently.

• 5

  The interaction between board ramp and immediate board presence created a dynamic tension between players focusing on growth versus those playing aggressively early.

Notable Cards

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  Terra, Herald of Hope

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  Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER

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  Tidus, Yuna's Guardian

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  Vincent, Vengeful Atoner

Summary

The game featured a dynamic four-player Commander match using the new Final Fantasy-themed preconstructed decks. Early turns saw players establishing their board presence and ramping mana, with Terra, Herald of Hope milling cards into the graveyard to support her reanimation strategy. Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER focused on equipment and creature power boosts to capitalize on his Limit Break mechanic, while Tidus, Yuna’s Guardian spread +1/+1 counters to grow his team through proliferate effects. Y’shtola, Night’s Blessed aimed to cast numerous non-creature spells to generate tokens and drain life, setting up a wide board. Key moments included Terra successfully milling and reanimating threats, putting pressure on opponents, and Cloud’s ramp enabling aggressive swings with growing creatures. Tidus’s board development with counters started threatening a significant growth in damage output, while Y’shtola’s token generation began to overwhelm the table. A pivotal point was Jimmy’s missed land drop, which impeded Cloud’s ramp and slowed his tempo, giving others a chance to advance their plans. The game intensified as players leveraged their unique synergies, with combat phases and targeted attacks influencing life totals and board states, culminating in a tense battle for dominance.