Najal vs Tatyova vs Dihada vs Jetmir [EDH/Commander, Magic The Gathering Gameplay 2022]

Deck Strategies

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  Najal, the Storm Runner

  Najal's deck focuses on copying instant and sorcery spells to generate value and create infinite or high-impact combos, often leveraging spells like Aggravated Assault for extra combat phases and damage output.

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  Jetmir, Nexus of Revels

  Jetmir's strategy revolves around producing numerous creature tokens and boosting them with anthem effects to gain vigilance, trample, and double strike, enabling overwhelming combat damage through large, synergistic boards.

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  Dihada, Binder of Wills

  Dihada’s deck exploits legendary permanents to generate treasures and ramp, aiming to leverage the value from legendary synergies and mana production to fuel bigger plays and maintain resource advantage.

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  Tatyova, Steward of Tides

  Tatyova utilizes landfall triggers to ramp mana, draw cards, and create creatures, focusing on steady growth and incremental advantage through playing lands and attacking with tokens or creatures generated.

Gameplay Insights

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  Jetmir’s ability to suddenly boost a large number of tokens with vigilance, trample, and double strike was the key turning point, allowing for massive multi-target damage in one combat phase.

• 2

  Najal's spell copying was impactful but was unable to keep pace with Jetmir’s overwhelming board state.

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  Dihada’s treasure generation and legendary synergy provided incremental mana advantage but lacked a definitive win condition or explosive combo in this game.

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  The players demonstrated careful combat math, particularly around Jetmir’s double strike triggers, to maximize damage output and eliminate opponents efficiently.

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  Interactive plays such as Abrade targeting artifacts and responses to potential board wipes affected tempo but could not prevent the eventual surge of tokens.

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  Maintaining and leveraging anthem effects on tokens was a decisive strategy that highlighted the power of token synergy in multiplayer Commander games.

Notable Cards

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  Aggravated Assault

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  Jetmir, Nexus of Revels

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  Cloudstone Curio

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  Arcane Signet

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  Birds of Paradise

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  Increasing Devotion

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  Heroic Intervention

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  Abrade

Summary

The game started with each player establishing their mana base and early board presence. Najal, the Storm Runner, utilized spell copying and aggressive combos, aiming to generate value from repeated spell casts. Jetmir, Nexus of Revels, focused on creating token creatures and leveraging their synergy with anthem effects to buff his team, quickly amassing a threatening board. Dihada, Binder of Wills, aimed to capitalize on legendary permanents with treasure generation, although the player was still exploring the deck's optimal lines. Tatyova, Steward of Tides, pursued a landfall strategy to ramp and draw cards, steadily developing creatures and resources. The turning point came when Jetmir assembled a large number of creatures, triggering multiple anthem effects to grant vigilance, trample, and double strike, creating lethal combat phases. Despite attempts by other players to respond, the overwhelming power and evasion of Jetmir's board state threatened elimination of multiple opponents simultaneously. Najal's spell-copying and Dihada's treasure tokens added pressure but could not match the explosive finish from Jetmir's token army. The game escalated into multiple combat phases where damage was dealt across the table, forcing players to focus on survival or elimination. The gameplay highlighted interactive decisions around combat, board wipes, and resource management, with Jetmir's token synergy proving decisive in the mid to late game.