Commander Gameplay #39 - Braids v. Silvar and Trynn v. Syr Gwyn v. Rin and Seri [Casual EDH]

Deck Strategies

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  Braids, Conjurer Adept

  Focuses on cheating large, high-impact permanents like Blightsteel Colossus into play quickly using Braids’ ability, supported by card draw and ramp to overwhelm opponents with massive threats.

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  Silvar, Devourer of the Free and Trynn, Champion of Freedom

  Human tribal aristocrats strategy that generates numerous tokens and leverages +1/+1 counters on Champion of the Parish to threaten wide board pressure and incremental life gain.

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  Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale

  Knight tribal deck that focuses on equipping knights with powerful equipment to win through combat damage while using removal like Single Combat to control the board.

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  Rin and Seri, Inseparable

  Token combo strategy that creates many cat and dog tokens and uses Impact Tremors along with infinite combos to deal damage through token ETB triggers.

Gameplay Insights

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  Grayson’s early cheat-in of Blightsteel Colossus protected by Kira and Lightning Greaves was a key turning point, enabling lethal infect damage.

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  Danny effectively used Increasing Devotion to flood the board with tokens and grow Champion of the Parish, creating multiple combat threats and life gain interactions.

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  Chris’s use of Single Combat to clear opponents’ creatures and the synergistic equipping of knights allowed him to maintain board control and pressure.

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  Spencer’s token generation from Rin and Seri combined with Impact Tremors provided steady incremental damage, pushing opponents' life totals down over time.

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  Show and Tell was leveraged to cheat in powerful artifacts, including Alhammarret's Archive, amplifying card draw and drawing the game out into resource battles.

Notable Cards

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  Blightsteel Colossus

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  Kira, Great Glass-Spinner

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  Champion of the Parish

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  Alhammarret's Archive

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  Impact Tremors

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  Lightning Greaves

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  Single Combat

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  Soul Warden

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  Increasing Devotion

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  Show and Tell

Summary

The game began with slow development from all players, featuring typical early-game plays of ramp and card draw. Grayson on Braids, Conjurer Adept focused on cheating out large threats, quickly establishing a board presence with Blightsteel Colossus and Kira, Great Glass-Spinner to protect it. Danny piloting Silvar and Trynn leveraged a human tribal aristocrats theme, generating multiple tokens while growing Champion of the Parish with +1/+1 counters. Chris on Syr Gwyn equipped knights to apply steady pressure through combat damage, while Spencer on Rin and Seri aimed to assemble a token-based combo with Impact Tremors to chip away at opponents' life totals. A pivotal moment came when Grayson successfully put Blightsteel Colossus into play and protected it from Kira's first counter before equipping it with Lightning Greaves, allowing him to attack for lethal infect damage against Danny's board. Meanwhile, Danny and Spencer built up wide boards of tokens, with Danny utilizing Increasing Devotion to flood the board and Spencer leveraging Rin and Seri's token generation and Impact Tremors for incremental damage. Chris used Single Combat to clear opponents’ creatures and pushed damage through his equipped knights. Grayson continued to ramp and cheat in powerful artifacts like Alhammarret's Archive via Show and Tell, maintaining card advantage. The game saw frequent combat phases with careful blocking and damage assignments, as each player tried to leverage their synergies and board states. Ultimately, the game revolved around Grayson's ability to cheat in massive threats and protect them, Danny's token aristocrats growth, Spencer's combo token damage, and Chris's equipment-enhanced combat aggression.