Deck Strategies
Ureni, the Song Unending
The strategy involves playing a lot of lands and using the commander's ability to transform the dragon into a powerful creature and flickering it for repeated benefits.
Elsha, Threefold Master
This deck aims to take advantage of Elsha's prowess ability and create a large number of monk tokens. The deck also uses a variety of non-creature spells to trigger prowess and generate tokens.
Felothar the Steadfast
The strategy of this deck was not clear from the available transcript. The player mentioned a focus on good defense.
Betor, Kin to All
The strategy involves playing walls, taking advantage of their high toughness with Doran, the Siege Tower, and drawing cards with Teyo, the Shieldmage and other effects.
Gameplay Insights
- 1
Matt's use of Elsha's prowess ability combined with Coat of Arms allowed him to create an overwhelming board presence early in the game, leading to a swift victory.
- 2
The players were unable to find an answer to Matt's growing army of monk tokens, highlighting the importance of having board wipe or removal spells in commander games.
- 3
The use of walls in Betor's deck provided a unique strategy, using their high toughness to their advantage with Doran, the Siege Tower.
Notable Cards
Coat of Arms
Monastery Mentor
Mox Amber
Growth Spiral
Birds of Paradise
Doran, the Siege Tower
Teyo, the Shieldmage
Summary
The game began with players introducing their commanders and their strategies for the game. The first game was decisively won by Matt, playing Elsha, Threefold Master, who managed to create an overwhelming board presence early on. Matt made use of Elsha's prowess ability and a combination of non-creature spells to create a large number of monk tokens and buffed them using Coat of Arms. The resulting onslaught was too much for the other players, and Matt was able to deal lethal damage to all of them in a single turn. The second game began but the transcript ended before its conclusion.