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It's Joe Manganiello & Jimmy Wong! Aragorn | Frodo & Sam | Ziatora | Esior & Ardenn MTG EDH GAMEPLAY

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Commanders featured in this Gameplay Reviewed & Verified

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Deck & Commander Strategies

  • Ziatora, the Incinerator

    Ziatora, the Incinerator

    Uses sacrifice and graveyard interactions with spooky creatures like werewolves and zombies to deal damage, generate treasures, and control the board.

  • Sam, Loyal Attendant Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit

    Sam, Loyal Attendant & Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit

    Focuses on creating food tokens and gaining life to stabilize while using thematic support from The Lord of the Rings characters to generate value and sustain in combat.

  • Esior, Wardwing Familiar

    Ardan, Intrepid Archaeologist & Esior, Wardwing Familiar

    Leverages artifact equipment to grant ward and protection to commanders, enhancing their survivability and enabling aggressive attacks.

  • Aragorn, the Uniter

    Aragorn, the Uniter

    Cast multicolor spells to produce soldier tokens, building a wide board and attacking aggressively to overwhelm opponents.

Gameplay Insights

  • 1

    Using food tokens generated by Sam, Loyal Attendant to repeatedly gain life and stabilize against aggressive decks was a key defensive strategy.

  • 2

    Casting Reckless Stormseeker to grant haste and boost the power of key creatures helped in applying timely offensive pressure.

  • 3

    The artifact equipment synergy in the Ardan and Esior deck made commanders significantly harder to remove, allowing for sustained board presence.

  • 4

    Ziatora's sacrifice of thematic creatures like Jack-o'-Lantern to generate mana and fuel graveyard recursion showcased an effective resource loop.

  • 5

    Choosing to attack with Frodo to trigger combat effects despite potential retaliation demonstrated calculated risk-taking to maximize value.

Notable Cards

  • Sam, Loyal Attendant

    Sam, Loyal Attendant

  • Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit

    Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit

  • Ziatora, the Incinerator

    Ziatora, the Incinerator

  • Esior, Wardwing Familiar

    Esior, Wardwing Familiar

  • Aragorn, the Uniter

    Aragorn, the Uniter

  • Dark Confidant

    Dark Confidant

  • Reckless Stormseeker // Storm-Charged Slasher

    Reckless Stormseeker // Storm-Charged Slasher

  • Jack-o'-Lantern

    Jack-o'-Lantern

  • Misty Rainforest

    Misty Rainforest

  • Wasteland

    Wasteland

Gameplay Summary

The game began with players setting up their boards with thematic creatures and utility lands, establishing their early game presence.

Frodo and Sam focused on generating food tokens and leveraging life gain mechanics, steadily building up defenses and resource advantages.

Ziatora's player used a variety of spooky-themed creatures and removal effects to control the board while generating treasure tokens for mana ramp.

The blue-white artifact-focused deck aimed to assemble a suite of powerful equipment to protect and buff their commanders, while the Aragorn deck sought to flood the battlefield with soldiers through multicolor spells and aggressive combat strategies. Key turning points included the casting of powerful commanders such as Sam, Loyal Attendant and Ardan, Intrepid Archaeologist, moving the game into a phase where utility and synergy cards started to take effect.

Combat interactions with Frodo attacking and generating food tokens to sustain life helped stabilize the board, while removal spells and card advantage engines began to shift momentum.

The use of Reckless Stormseeker to grant haste and pump creatures indicated attempts to apply pressure and close out the game through combat damage.

The interplay of equipment granting ward and tactical advantage made certain commanders difficult to remove, contributing to critical board control.

The game continued with strategic sacrifices, token generation, and incremental advantages aiming toward each deck’s unique win condition.

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