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Commanders featured in this Gameplay Reviewed & Verified

Decklists

Deck & Commander Strategies

  • Meren of Clan Nel Toth

    Meren of Clan Nel Toth

    A value-oriented graveyard recursion deck that uses sacrifice and recursion to generate incremental advantage, with a Protean Hulk package to combo out by assembling creature combos for a game-winning board state.

  • Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow

    Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow

    Aggressive ninja tribal deck focused on dealing damage through unblockable creatures and triggering Yuriko's ability to deal incidental damage and filter the top card of the library, aiming to finish opponents quickly with combat damage and card advantage.

  • General Tazri

    General Tazri

    A Food Chain combo deck that aims to exile creatures to fuel Food Chain and generate infinite mana and value, using multi-color mana fixing and synergistic creatures to assemble the combo under budget constraints.

  • Brago, King Eternal

    Brago, King Eternal

    A flicker-based stax/combo deck that abuses enter-the-battlefield effects and taxing opponents with disruptive creatures and flicker loops to control the board and eventually win through value or combo.

Gameplay Insights

  • 1

    Meren's early board presence was quickly neutralized by targeted removal including Putrefy, delaying her combo potential.

  • 2

    Brago's synergy with Cloud of Faeries and Mistmeadow Witch set up potential flicker loops to generate value or stax effects.

  • 3

    Yuriko focused on early aggression with unblockable creatures to steadily chip away at opponents, leveraging combat damage triggers for additional damage and card filtering.

  • 4

    Tazri's Food Chain combo was ambitious given the budget constraints, relying heavily on mana fixing and exile recursion but was slowed by disruption and mana denial.

  • 5

    The interaction between Rishadan Cutpurse and mana-producing lands forced tough decisions on sacrificing key resources, impacting players’ tempo and board development.

  • 6

    Counterspell effectively stopped Brago's initial commander cast, demonstrating the importance of timely interaction in a multi-color game.

  • 7

    Players maintained consistent land drops and efficient mana use to enable key spells and combos, reflecting solid fundamental play despite budget limitations.

Notable Cards

  • Food Chain

    Food Chain

  • Protean Hulk

    Protean Hulk

  • Cloud of Faeries

    Cloud of Faeries

  • Mistmeadow Witch

    Mistmeadow Witch

  • Rishadan Cutpurse

    Rishadan Cutpurse

  • Fauna Shaman

    Fauna Shaman

  • Manipulate Fate

    Manipulate Fate

  • Slither Blade

    Slither Blade

  • Dark Ritual

    Dark Ritual

  • Counterspell

    Counterspell

Gameplay Summary

The game started with all four players establishing their mana bases and early board presence, with Yuriko setting up unblockable creatures to begin dealing damage through ninja triggers.

Meren quickly established a board presence but faced early removal, including a key Putrefy that took out her general.

The Food Chain Tazri deck aimed to assemble its combo pieces by exiling creatures with Manipulate Fate and leveraging mana fixing, but encountered disruption and careful resource management from the other players.

Brago utilized Cloud of Faeries and Mistmeadow Witch to create value and control the board with taxing effects like Rishadan Cutpurse, while also threatening to combo off with flicker synergies.

Yuriko repeatedly attacked to chip away at opponents, triggering her ability to reveal cards and deal incidental damage, maintaining early pressure.

As the game progressed, the players navigated various interactions including counterspells, removal, and value creatures.

Brago attempted to deploy his commander but was met with a timely Counterspell.

Food Chain Tazri leveraged efficient mana rocks and creatures such as Alloy Myr and Holdout Settlement to ramp and fix colors, while Meren sought to find her Protean Hulk combo package amidst the chaos.

The game featured strategic plays around resource denial (e.g., Strip Mine) and tactical sac decisions due to Rishadan Cutpurse’s effect, highlighting the importance of board state management.

Overall, the game was a tense balance of value generation, disruption, and pressure from multiple angles, with no immediate win condition fully realized within the early to mid game segment covered.

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