Deck & Commander Strategies
The Scarab God
Utilizes graveyard recursion and Zombie token generation to control the board and gain incremental advantage. The deck can play defensively or aggressively by leveraging powerful upkeep triggers and reanimation effects, aiming to outvalue opponents with attrition and efficient removal.
Syr Konrad, the Grim
Focuses on aggressive damage through creature sacrifice and milling. Uses synergistic creatures and artifacts to fill the graveyard quickly and capitalize on damage triggers when creatures die, aiming to close out the game with burst damage or board wipes combined with graveyard recursion.
Gameplay Insights
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Sacrificing the entire board in response to a board wipe like Deadly Tempest can prevent damage and allow key creatures like The Scarab God to return to hand for recasting, preserving board state advantage.
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Using Scrap Trawler to trigger on all artifact deaths synergizes well with artifact ramp packages, enabling card draw and recursion loops.
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The Scarab God's ability to generate Zombie tokens and recur creatures from all graveyards provides a strong defensive backbone that can absorb aggressive damage strategies.
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Timing the Toxic Deluge to minimize opponent casualties while clearing the board can shift tempo, but miscalculations in X value can lead to suboptimal outcomes; however, resilience and follow-up plays may compensate for such errors.
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Syr Konrad's combo of milling, sacrifice outlets, and damage triggers can be potent, but requires careful mana management to execute critical turns involving multiple spells and activations.
Notable Cards
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The Scarab God
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Syr Konrad, the Grim
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Toxic Deluge
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Meteor Golem
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Deadly Tempest
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Carrion Feeder
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Scrap Trawler
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Perpetual Timepiece
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Field of the Dead
Gameplay Summary
The game featured a 1v1 duel between The Scarab God and Syr Konrad, the Grim, each piloted by players with distinct strategies.
The Scarab God player focused on a slower, methodical approach, leveraging graveyard interactions, Zombie token generation, and incremental advantage through upkeep triggers.
Early ramp and card draw helped set up a solid board presence, including Field of the Dead and multiple Zombie tokens, while recurring threats like Meteor Golem and The Scarab God itself maintained pressure.
Syr Konrad's deck aimed for aggressive damage and milling, using creature sacrifice combos fueled by cards like Carrion Feeder, Scrap Trawler, and the powerful artifact Perpetual Timepiece to quickly fill the graveyard and deal damage through commander activations and spells like Deadly Tempest and Grey Merchant of Asphodel. A pivotal moment occurred when the Scarab God player cast Toxic Deluge with X=4, wiping most creatures except Meteor Golem and Syr Konrad, who then returned with counters.
The Scarab God player used clever timing to sacrifice their entire board in response to Deadly Tempest, avoiding damage and enabling their commander to return to their hand, then recasting it to maintain board control.
Despite a slight misplay with Toxic Deluge, the Scarab God deck's resilience and efficient graveyard recursion outpaced Syr Konrad's aggressive milling and sacrifice strategy, securing victory through sustained board presence and life drain.
![Commander VS S17E4: Linden VS Syr Konrad VS Kenrith VS Torbran [EDH] thumbnail](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PvUddo1rzeo/sddefault.jpg)
