That Escalated Quickly! 🔥 Commander Gameplay ft. Jirina, Najeela, Syr Konrad & Yuan Shao | Ep. #77

Deck Strategies

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  Jirina Kudro

  This deck focuses on producing and buffing Human creature tokens. It aims to swarm the opponents with a large army of tokens and leverages various synergies in the deck to enhance the capabilities of these tokens.

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  Najeela, the Blade-Blossom

  This deck aims to generate an army of Warrior creature tokens via Najeela's ability. It also incorporates combat tricks and buffs to overwhelm opponents through sheer numbers.

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  Syr Konrad, the Grim

  This deck seeks to leverage Syr Konrad's ability to consistently drain opponents' life. It aims to fill the graveyard with creatures and repeatedly reanimate or mill them to trigger Syr Konrad.

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  Yuan Shao, the Indecisive

  This deck focuses on aggressive strategies that take advantage of Yuan Shao's unique combat ability. It aims to keep opponents on the defensive and control the flow of combat.

Gameplay Insights

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  Carl's early use of Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer to deal damage and generate treasure set a fast pace for the game.

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  Yamin's Gutterbones and Frontier Warmonger provided a reliable source of damage and encouraged attacks on other players.

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  Olivia's casting of Smothering Tithe could potentially accelerate her game plan significantly if not dealt with promptly.

Notable Cards

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  Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer

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  Gutterbones

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  Smothering Tithe

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  Pilgrim's Eye

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  Frontier Warmonger

Summary

The game began with a quick start from the players, with Carl's Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer dealing early damage and generating treasure tokens. Yamin retaliated with Gutterbones, an efficient creature that can be repeatedly returned from the graveyard, also utilizing Frontier Warmonger's Menace-giving ability to encourage attacks on other players. A key turning point occurred when Olivia cast Smothering Tithe, a powerful enchantment that can generate a lot of treasure tokens and potentially accelerate her strategy. It was clear that the game was poised for some high-impact plays, with all players setting up their strategies and preparing for the battles ahead.