Commander Game - Korvold, Ur Dragon, Prosper, Lathril

Deck Strategies

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  Korvold, Fae-Cursed King

  Builds value through sacrificing artifacts, creatures, and lands to grow stronger, draw cards, and generate board control. Wins by overwhelming opponents with large creatures and continuous card advantage.

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  The Ur-Dragon

  Cheats out powerful dragons quickly using ramp and cost reduction, controlling the board with impactful dragon effects and burn abilities to dominate combat.

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  Prosper, Tome-Bound

  Focuses on exiling cards to generate treasure tokens and ramp mana, enabling casting of expensive spells and protecting the commander while slowly accruing value through artifact synergies.

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  Lathril, Blade of the Elves

  Generates and pumps elf tokens to create a wide board presence, leveraging continuous card draw and combat damage to overwhelm opponents through sheer numbers and buffs.

Gameplay Insights

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  Korvold’s player maximized treasure sacrifice loops with Dockside Extortionist and Rapacious Dragon to generate large amounts of mana and card advantage in a single turn.

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  Prosper’s use of exiling cards with Theater of Horrors and his commander ability kept a steady flow of treasure tokens to ramp into impactful spells and protect his board.

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  Lathril’s player capitalized on elf synergies with Elvish Archdruid and Guardian Project to maintain card advantage and create token pressure, though was disrupted by removal.

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  The Ur-Dragon player’s Steel Hellkite was a key threat for board control but was neutralized with targeted removal, limiting his ability to dominate the battlefield.

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  Sacrificial synergy and recurring card draw were the central engines driving the game’s tempo and favoring Korvold’s deck as a major turning point.

Notable Cards

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  Dockside Extortionist

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  Ravenous Squirrel

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  Rapacious Dragon

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  Deathsprout

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  Steel Hellkite

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  Theater of Horrors

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  Lightning Greaves

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  Guardian Project

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  Elvish Archdruid

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  Tibalt, Cosmic Impostor // Tibalt, Cosmic Impostor

Summary

The game began with each player establishing their board presence through ramp and early creatures. Korvold quickly gained momentum by leveraging artifact and creature sacrifices to build a formidable board state. His use of Dockside Extortionist to generate treasures and then sacrificing them to both pump himself and draw cards created a major swing in resources and board control. This allowed him to cast large dragons and removal spells, including killing Lathril, which was a key early threat. Prosper, Tome-Bound focused on exiling cards to generate treasure tokens and ramp mana, enabling him to cast powerful spells and protect his commander with Lightning Greaves. He also used Theater of Horrors to exile additional cards and draw more treasures, maintaining a steady flow of resources. Lathril’s player ramped aggressively with elves and card draw engines like Guardian Project, creating tokens and pumping them to apply steady pressure. The Ur-Dragon player aimed to cheat out dragons and control the board with creatures like Steel Hellkite but was disrupted by removal from other players. A pivotal moment was Korvold’s explosive turn sacrificing treasures and creatures to generate massive mana, draw cards, and deploy threats like Rapacious Dragon and Deathsprout, swinging the game heavily in his favor. Despite threats from other players, Korvold’s ability to repeatedly gain value from sacrifices and card draw proved decisive. Removal spells and combat interactions kept the board dynamic, but Korvold's synergy with sacrifice and card advantage drove the main tempo of the match toward his favor.