MTG Commander Gameplay | Treasure Madness | Negan, Korvold, Ognis & Tivit | Magic: The Gathering EDH

Deck Strategies

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  Korvold, Fae-Cursed King

  Korvold's deck focuses on sacrificing permanents, including treasures, to draw cards and grow Korvold's power, leveraging card advantage and incremental value to establish board dominance.

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  Ognis, the Dragon's Lash

  Ognis aims to utilize creatures with haste to attack aggressively and generate tapped Treasure tokens, then use those treasures to fuel further plays, maintaining pressure through fast tempo.

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  Tivit, Seller of Secrets

  Tivit's deck generates large numbers of treasures and clues, using those tokens for value and to overwhelm opponents with card draw and resource advantage.

• Negan, the Cold-Blooded

  Negan's deck balances recursion and token generation, using treasures and sacrifice synergies to control the board state and stabilize while outvaluing opponents.

Gameplay Insights

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  Using Mayhem Devil as a deterrent against opponents sacrificing tokens added significant tension to the board state, forcing cautious plays.

• 2

  Vraska's removal of Mayhem Devil slowed down aggressive token sacrifice strategies and shifted tempo.

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  Korvold's sacrifice of treasures and other permanents to draw cards and grow power was central to maintaining pressure and card advantage.

• 4

  Players carefully balanced making tapped treasures and clues with having enough untapped treasure mana to pay for key spells and abilities.

• 5

  The combination of Pia's Plunderer and Gaea's Cradle provided explosive treasure generation, facilitating multiple triggers and value plays.

• 6

  Negotiated agreements on treasure sacking and damage avoidance between players influenced combat and resource management decisions.

Notable Cards

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  Mayhem Devil

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  Anointed Procession

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  Dockside Extortionist

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  Gaea's Cradle

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  Chromatic Lantern

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  Cranial Plating

Summary

The game revolves around heavy Treasure token generation with four commanders that synergize around aggressive treasure production and exploitation. Early turns focus on ramping and setting up board presence, with players creating tapped Treasure tokens, clues, and food tokens through various ETB effects and abilities. Korvold's player leverages sacrifice outlets and card draw from treasure sacking, while Ognis's deck tries to capitalize on haste and aggressive swings to generate more treasures. Tivit's deck emphasizes the generation and use of clues and treasures to overwhelm opponents, and Negan's deck plays a controlling role with recursion and token synergy. A major turning point occurs when Mayhem Devil comes into play, threatening to punish token sacrifices and trades, but is later removed with Vraska, Queen of Pirate's ability, highlighting the importance of board control. Korvold then reasserts dominance by sacrificing treasures and other permanents to grow Korvold and generate card advantage. The game features multiple treasure sac triggers and combos that escalate the board state, with players juggling their treasure resources for maximum value. The dynamic interplay of treasure production, sacrifice, and aggressive combat defines the flow, with a strong focus on incremental advantage rather than a single combo kill.