CGB Plays Aggro Against Us 😵‍💫 w/ Joey Schultz ft Halana & Alena, Konrad, Anim Pakal & Ivy | Ep 132

Deck Strategies

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  Halana and Alena, Partners

  This deck seems to focus on leveraging the partner commanders' abilities to create a formidable creature-focused strategy, potentially involving counters.

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  Syr Konrad, the Grim

  Joey's deck revolves around graveyard manipulation and taking advantage of creatures dying or leaving the graveyard to deal damage to opponents.

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  Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon

  This deck focuses on creating gnome tokens through Anim Pakal's triggered ability. The deck aims to overwhelm opponents with a large number of tokens.

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  Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief

  This deck appears to be a control deck, looking to maintain board control and disrupt opponents' plans with Ivy's spell theft abilities.

Gameplay Insights

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  Joey's decision to sacrifice his Bloodghast with Ara's ability led to a beneficial card draw, showcasing the synergy in his deck.

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  The use of Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon's ability to generate gnomes despite not attacking indicated a defensive strategy and the potential for a future offensive surge.

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  The presence of Soul Cauldron in the Halana and Alena deck indicates a potential for graveyard interaction strategies, even in the face of graveyard hate from others at the table.

Notable Cards

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  Bloodghast

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  Evolution Sage

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  Orvar, the All-Form

Summary

The game kicked off with each player deploying their commanders and setting up their game plans. Joey, playing Syr Konrad, showed a strong start with an early Bloodghast. Ivy, played by an unnamed player, managed to get her commander out and seemed to be setting up for a control strategy. However, the game dynamics changed as the player controlling Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon began to generate an army of gnome tokens. Despite the disruption, the player with Halana and Alena, Partners managed to maintain board presence and create a significant threat. The gameplay revolved around managing threats and strategically taking advantage of each player's commander abilities.