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Commanders featured in this Gameplay Reviewed & Verified

Decklists

Deck & Commander Strategies

  • Rainbow Dash

    Rainbow Dash

    Aggressive combat-focused deck leveraging haste and flying creatures to apply pressure quickly and deal direct commander damage for the win.

  • Pinkie Pie

    Pinkie Pie

    Value-oriented deck focused on incremental advantage through creature synergies and board presence, utilizing land ramp and support spells.

  • Princess Twilight Sparkle

    Princess Twilight Sparkle

    Ramp and control deck that develops board presence through mana acceleration and powerful creatures, aiming to control the game and outvalue opponents.

  • Discord, Lord of Disharmony

    Discord, Lord of Disharmony

    Combo-synergy deck that doubles abilities and copies spells to amplify effects, focusing on overwhelming opponents with powerful damage and board control.

Gameplay Insights

  • 1

    Discord's doubling of abilities and copying of spells created significant board impact, turning damage spells into multi-target threats.

  • 2

    Rainbow Dash's ability to grow creatures with haste and flying allowed for aggressive early damage, putting pressure on opponents before they could stabilize.

  • 3

    Players utilized land ramp extensively to maintain tempo and enable casting of impactful spells and commanders.

  • 4

    The interaction of commander damage and combat damage was a focal point, with players carefully timing attacks to maximize damage output.

  • 5

    Use of utility lands and artifact ramp such as Arcane Signet helped accelerate deployment of threats and spells.

Notable Cards

  • Arcane Signet

    Arcane Signet

  • Ancient Den

    Ancient Den

  • Temple Garden

    Temple Garden

  • Blood Crypt

    Blood Crypt

  • Discord, Lord of Disharmony

    Discord, Lord of Disharmony

  • Princess Twilight Sparkle

    Princess Twilight Sparkle

  • Pinkie Pie

    Pinkie Pie

  • Rainbow Dash

    Rainbow Dash

Gameplay Summary

The game begins with players establishing their mana bases and deploying early threats, including commanders and utility creatures.

Rainbow Dash's aggressive strategy is evident early as he uses combat and haste effects to apply pressure on opponents.

Discord's deck showcases powerful synergy with doubling effects and copying abilities to increase impact, notably with Path of Anger's boost and damage doubling.

Pinkie Pie and Princess Twilight Sparkle develop board presence through land ramp and value creatures, aiming for incremental advantage and board control.

Key turning points involve Discord leveraging his commander and spells to threaten multiple opponents at once, while Rainbow Dash focuses on direct aggression and tempo.

Meanwhile, Pinkie Pie and Twilight work to stabilize with land ramp and incremental card advantage.

The game features dynamic interactions with commanders growing in power and impactful spells changing the board state, culminating in a tense mid-game where damage output and board control dictate the pace.

The win condition centers around Rainbow Dash and Discord pushing through damage with enhanced creatures and combat tricks, while Pinkie Pie and Twilight aim to outvalue through incremental advantage and board presence.

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