MTG FIGHT CLUB! | Slinza vs. Calamity vs. Dogmeat vs. Hakbal | MTG Commander | EDH Gameplay

Deck Strategies

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  Slinza, the Spiked Stampede

  A beast tribal deck focused on reducing beast spell costs and triggering fights between creatures for board control and big damage swings.

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  Dogmeat, Ever Loyal

  A token and graveyard recursion deck creating Junk tokens and reusing auras and equipment to build a resilient board state.

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  Hakbal of the Surging Soul

  A counters and explore synergy deck aiming to grow creatures, draw cards via triggered abilities, and potentially win through Simic Ascendancy's combo or wide board presence.

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  Calamity, Galloping Inferno

  An aggressive deck using haste and artifact token generators to quickly deal damage to opponents, leveraging artifact triggers for incremental damage.

Gameplay Insights

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  Calamity's use of Ingenious Artillerist combined with its haste ability allowed for a strong early aggressive board presence, forcing opponents to respond quickly or take significant damage.

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  Slinza's fight triggers created a dynamic board state where creatures could remove threats while simultaneously growing the board, emphasizing combat manipulation as a key strategy.

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  Hakbal capitalized on explore triggers and counters synergy to generate card advantage and build a growing threat presence, setting up for a potential combo with Simic Ascendancy.

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  Dogmeat's graveyard recursion to recover auras like Pacifism demonstrated resilience, but the group recognized Calamity as the most immediate threat due to its ability to attack effectively even under control effects.

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  Players carefully negotiated targeting and attack priorities, with Pacifism used cautiously as it did not prevent damage or abilities from Calamity’s commander, highlighting the importance of understanding interaction nuances.

Notable Cards

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  Slinza, the Spiked Stampede

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  Dogmeat, Ever Loyal

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  Hakbal of the Surging Soul

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  Calamity, Galloping Inferno

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  Simic Ascendancy

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  Ingenious Artillerist

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  Kodama's Reach

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  Explore

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  Pacifism

Summary

The game began with players establishing their mana bases and early board presence, each developing their respective strategies. Hakbal of the Surging Soul set up a counters and explore engine with Simic Ascendancy and Benic Biomancer, aiming to grow creatures and draw cards while possibly winning through a combo or wide board. Slinza, the Spiked Stampede focused on a beast tribal fight club deck, reducing the cost of beasts and triggering fights between creatures to clear threats and deal damage. Dogmeat, Ever Loyal used a token and graveyard recursion strategy, creating Junk tokens and retrieving auras or equipment to maintain board pressure. Calamity, Galloping Inferno leveraged haste and artifact synergies to apply early aggressive damage with multiple Ingenious Artillerist tokens dealing damage to all opponents.