5C Shrines vs. Light-Paws vs. Yoshimaru vs. Jin-Gitaxias | Commander Clash S12E03

Deck Strategies

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  Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice

  Mono-white enchantress build that casts and chains auras to grow Light-Paws into a large threat, leveraging repeated aura attachments to control the board and win through combat damage.

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  Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant

  Disruption-focused deck that doubles opponents' first artifact, instant, or sorcery spells each turn to maximize interference, while lacking a clear combo or win condition, relying on chaos and disruption.

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  Go-Shintai of Life's Origin

  Five-color shrine synergy deck that aims to flood the battlefield with shrine enchantments, which boost each other’s power, and uses recursion effects to maintain board presence and overwhelm opponents.

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  Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful and Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh

  Aggressive Boros beatdown deck aimed at equipping Yoshimaru to quickly deal damage, with a backup plan involving infinite rogue token combos to close games swiftly.

Gameplay Insights

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  Light-Paws leveraged its ability to attach multiple auras in a turn to grow quickly and present a large threat, despite lacking hexproof and being vulnerable to removal.

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  Jin-Gitaxias caused tension by doubling key spells, but without extra turn spells or a combo, relied on disruption to slow opponents rather than finishing the game outright.

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  The shrine deck's power depended heavily on maintaining multiple shrine enchantments; its vulnerability to enchantment removal made board control critical.

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  Yoshimaru’s synergy with Rograkh and rogue tokens demonstrated a strong aggressive line capable of overwhelming opponents quickly or winning via combo if the opportunity arose.

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  Shadow Spear was a pivotal artifact to bypass protective abilities like hexproof and indestructible, enabling key attacks or removals that otherwise would have been impossible.

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  Decree of Silence and similar counter-based enchantments played an important role in stifling spell-based combo strategies during the game.

Notable Cards

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  Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice

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  Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant

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  Go-Shintai of Life's Origin

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  Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful

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  Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh

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  Sword of the Animist

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  Decree of Silence

Summary

The game featured a dynamic four-player Commander clash centered around new Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty commanders and strategies. Early on, Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice started assembling a formidable board by layering multiple auras, aiming to grow into a threatening mono-white enchantress beatdown. Meanwhile, Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant generated disruption by doubling opponents' first artifact, instant, or sorcery spells, complicating their plays but lacking a dedicated win-con. The five-color Shrine deck, led by Go-Shintai of Life's Origin, focused on synergistic shrine enchantments that power each other, attempting to flood the board and overwhelm opponents with enchantment-based value. Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful, paired with Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh, pushed an aggressive Boros strategy aiming to equip and pump Yoshimaru to quickly deal damage, with some potential infinite rogue token combos to close out the game.