DRAGONS & DINOSAURS battle to the DEATH! | Tiamat v Gishath v Miirym v Pantlaza | MTG Commanders

Deck Strategies

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  Pantlaza, Sun-Favored

  Focuses on dinosaurs and ramp, using the discover mechanic to generate card advantage whenever a dinosaur enters the battlefield. It aims to flood the board with powerful dinosaurs and capitalize on their toughness for value.

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  Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm

  A dragon tribal deck that creates token copies of non-token dragons entering the battlefield, effectively doubling the board presence and overwhelming opponents with flying threats.

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  Gishath, Sun's Avatar

  Relies on dealing combat damage with Gishath to reveal and put multiple dinosaur cards directly onto the battlefield, rapidly expanding the board state and pressuring opponents.

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  Tiamat

  A five-color dragon deck that tutors multiple dragons upon casting and uses the versatility of five colors to deploy powerful dragon creatures, aiming to dominate through flying threats and powerful tribal synergies.

Gameplay Insights

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  Playing Rhythm of the Wild on multiple boards greatly increased tempo by giving creatures haste and preventing counterspells, allowing for explosive plays.

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  Roaming Throne doubled triggered abilities of dragons, which amplified commanders like Miirym and Gishath, leading to multiple tokens and mass creature deployment.

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  Bronze Beak Forgers was used strategically to exile key threats from opponents, disrupting their board states without destroying permanents.

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  Managing ward abilities and paying costs on key permanents like Roaming Throne was crucial to ensure continuous synergy triggers.

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  Players prioritized ramp and land drops early on to meet the high mana costs of their powerful commanders and large creatures.

Notable Cards

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  Rhythm of the Wild

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  Roaming Throne

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  Farseek

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  Mind Stone

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  Rogue's Passage

Summary

The game pitted four players each commanding dinosaur or dragon tribal decks, resulting in a dynamic and thematic battle. Early turns focused heavily on ramping mana and setting up the board with lands and mana artifacts, such as Farseek and Mind Stone, to accelerate the casting of large creatures. Key enchantments like Rhythm of the Wild were played to give creatures haste and protect spells from being countered, increasing aggression and tempo. The introduction of Roaming Throne, which doubles triggered abilities of chosen creature types, created a significant power spike for the dragon decks, enhancing the potency of their commanders' triggers. As the game progressed, Pantlaza’s discover mechanic and Gishath’s combat damage triggers began to synergize with the abundant creatures entering the battlefield, while Miirym generated additional dragon tokens to overwhelm opponents. Tiamat’s five-color dragon god presence added versatility and power by tutoring multiple dragons to hand. A pivotal moment occurred when multiple players embraced the Rhythm of the Wild enchantment, enabling explosive turns with multiple creatures entering with haste. Interactions like Bronze Beak Forgers’ exile ability disrupted key threats, showing the importance of tactical removal amidst the chaos. Overall, the game revolved around leveraging tribal synergies to deploy large threats quickly, with the win condition centered on overwhelming opponents through powerful dragon and dinosaur creatures and their triggered abilities.