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Top 4 Commander Creature Types | Commander VS | Magic: the Gathering Gameplay

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Commanders featured in this Gameplay Reviewed & Verified

Deck & Commander Strategies

  • Lathril, Blade of the Elves

    Lathril, Blade of the Elves

    This deck focuses on creating a large number of elf tokens, using Lathril's ability to deal damage and create elf tokens. The main win condition involves tapping Lathril and ten other elves, causing significant life loss to all opponents.

  • Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver

    Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver

    Wilhelt's deck strategy revolves around creating a large swarm of zombies and taking advantage of their death triggers. Wilhelt's ability to create additional zombies and draw cards when zombies die makes this deck both resilient and capable of generating a large board presence.

  • Lord Xander, the Collector

    Lord Xander, the Collector

    Lord Xander's deck leverages vampires, and seems to have a lifegain and drain strategy, potentially utilizing cards like Vito to turn life gain into opponent life loss.

  • Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm

    Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm

    Miirym's deck is centered around dragons, aiming to generate value from dragon ETB effects and overwhelm opponents with a powerful aerial force. The deck also seems to incorporate a degree of copy and clone effects, likely to capitalize on powerful dragon abilities.

Gameplay Insights

  • 1

    The decision to clone Lathril, Blade of the Elves with Cursed Mirror was an interesting play, as it allowed for additional elf token generation and potential life drain.

  • 2

    The use of Lightning Greaves to provide haste and shroud to key creatures was a key factor in several turns, enabling more aggressive and protective plays.

Notable Cards

  • Cursed Mirror

    Cursed Mirror

  • Lightning Greaves

    Lightning Greaves

  • Timberwatch Elf

    Timberwatch Elf

Gameplay Summary

The game was a fierce competition among four diverse creature type decks, each with unique strategies and win conditions.

The early stages saw players establishing their boards, with Lathril, Blade of the Elves generating a significant elf presence, and Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver starting to amass a zombie horde.

The mid-game was marked by a series of tactical decisions, as players navigated around each other's threats and built up their own positions.

Despite some intense moments and clever plays, the game eventually concluded in a climactic face-off, with the exact outcome unknown based on the available transcript.

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