We Play Shiny Commanders✨ | Commander Clash S18 E19

Deck Strategies

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  Varina, Lich Queen

  Leverages a zombie tribal and graveyard recursion strategy, generating value through death triggers and creating a resilient board presence with legendary zombies.

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  Arcanis the Omnipotent

  Focuses on drawing cards and controlling the board with counterspells and interaction, using card advantage to outlast opponents.

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  Lara Croft, Tomb Raider

  Utilizes legendary artifacts to gain incremental value and protect key creatures, often enabling unblockable attacks and synergy with artifact-based buffs.

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  Urza, Prince of Kroog

  Builds around artifact ramp and synergy, using efficient mana generation and artifact creatures to gain board control and accelerate into powerful spells.

Gameplay Insights

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  Using K9 Mark1 to grant ward and unblockability to other legendary creatures created strong defensive and offensive synergy.

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  Players carefully navigated land interactions, with notable plays involving tapping lands multiple times and playing around land disruption effects.

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  The synergy between legendary creatures and artifacts was pivotal in setting up combat tricks and protecting key pieces on the board.

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  Players demonstrated metagaming around common board wipes like Farewell by adjusting their mana rock usage accordingly.

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  The combination of graveyard recursion with zombie tribal and artifact-based unblockable buffs highlighted the importance of thematic synergy in this game.

Notable Cards

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  Corpse Knight

Summary

The game started with players establishing their mana bases and early board presence, with a focus on legendary creatures and artifacts. Varina, Lich Queen's deck leaned into a graveyard and zombie theme, with emphasis on synergistic legendary zombies like Corpse Knight. Lara Croft's deck aimed to capitalize on legendary artifacts, exemplified by early plays like K9 Mark1, which provided ward and unblockable potential to other legendary creatures. Arcanis the Omnipotent sought to leverage card draw and control elements, while Urza, Prince of Kroog aimed to assemble powerful artifact synergies and ramp with efficient mana plays. Key turning points included clever plays around land interactions and synergies, such as using creatures that enabled tapping lands multiple times to maximize mana production and casting efficiency. The presence of various legendary creatures and artifacts created a dynamic battlefield, where players juggled aggression, defense, and combo potential. The game featured strategic use of legendary-specific buffs and unblockability, setting up for potential alpha strikes. While the full win condition was not reached within the available gameplay, the interplay between artifact-based unblockable effects, graveyard recursion, and card draw engines built toward a decisive advantage for the artifact and zombie synergy decks.