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Drawfee is Sorry About This Commander Game w/ CommanderMechanic | Ep 179 - Magic The Gathering

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Commanders featured in this Gameplay Reviewed & Verified

Decklists

Deck & Commander Strategies

  • Vihaan, Goldwaker

    Vihaan, Goldwaker

    Generate treasure tokens to ramp and create additional creatures or resources, using treasures to fuel a growing board presence.

  • Obeka, Splitter of Seconds

    Obeka, Splitter of Seconds

    Maximize upkeep triggers to gain incremental advantages and disrupt opponents without relying on combat damage to win.

  • Kuja, Genome Sorcerer // Trance Kuja, Fate Defied

    Kuja, Genome Sorcerer

    Build a large army of small creatures and use damage doublers and triplers to exponentially increase their offensive power.

  • Teysa, Opulent Oligarch

    Teysa, Opulent Oligarch

    Leverage death and triggered abilities doubling to generate overwhelming value and control the board through sacrifice synergies.

Gameplay Insights

  • 1

    The interaction between Vihaan's treasure token generation and Obeka's upkeep triggers created a layered approach to resource accumulation and disruption.

  • 2

    Kuja's strategy of combining numerous small creatures with damage multipliers showcased the power of incremental damage scaling in multiplayer Commander.

  • 3

    Teysa's triggered ability doubling applied pressure by turning sacrifice and death triggers into potent board control tools, forcing opponents to carefully consider timing and removal.

  • 4

    Players negotiated artifact creation carefully to avoid empowering Vihaan's damage output via Generous Plunderer, demonstrating the importance of managing token synergies.

  • 5

    Obeka’s ability to reset or copy triggered abilities at critical moments shifted momentum and allowed for surprise plays that kept opponents off balance.

Notable Cards

  • Generous Plunderer

    Generous Plunderer

  • Ledger Shredder

    Ledger Shredder

  • Temple of Malice

    Temple of Malice

Gameplay Summary

The game began with players developing their boards and setting up their respective strategies.

Vihaan, Goldwaker focused on generating treasure tokens and leveraging them to deploy additional creatures and resources.

Obeka, Splitter of Seconds aimed to maximize upkeep triggers to disrupt opponents and take them out without combat damage.

Meanwhile, Kuja, Genome Sorcerer centered on creating a large number of small 0/1 creatures and enhancing their damage through doublers and triplers for a devastating offensive.

Teysa, Opulent Oligarch's deck was a thick, synergistic build that threatened to overwhelm opponents by doubling triggered abilities and creating value through sacrifice and death triggers. As the game progressed, Vihaan's treasure production and aggressive deployment of creatures kept steady pressure on the table.

Obeka's ability to reset key moments and generate incremental advantage through upkeeps made her a challenging opponent to pin down.

Kuja's damage multipliers turned a swarm of small creatures into a lethal threat, causing tension among the players.

Teysa's control and value engine forced others to consider how to handle her growing board and the powerful triggered effects she enabled.

The pivotal moments included managing artifact token production from Vihaan's Plunderer and the timing of Obeka's triggered abilities, which allowed for significant tempo swings.

Ultimately, the game featured a dynamic interplay of treasure generation, damage amplification, and triggered ability doubling, with players carefully negotiating threats and opportunities as the board state evolved.

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