MTG Commander | Tifa Martial Artist vs Dihada vs Delina Wild Mage vs Ryan Sinclair | TTJ Ep 84

Deck & Commander Strategies

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  Tifa, Martial Artist

  Build a high-power creature board and use Tifa’s ability to trigger additional combat phases, overwhelming opponents with multiple attack steps in one turn to quickly reduce their life totals.

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  Delina, Wild Mage

  Attack with Delina to trigger dice rolls that create tapped attacking creature tokens, potentially generating a swarm of creatures and maximizing combat damage output.

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  Ryan Sinclair

  Use combat damage triggers to exile cards from the top of the library and cast low-power permanents for free, accelerating board presence and maintaining pressure through combat.

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  Dihada, Binder of Wills

  Reanimate legendary creatures to capitalize on powerful ETB effects and maintain a threatening board presence with synergistic legendary permanents.

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  The War Doctor

  Leverage historic permanents to deal incremental damage to opponents and gain life, creating a steady advantage while controlling the pace of the game.

Gameplay Insights

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  The War Doctor’s use of historic permanents to ping opponents each time a historic permanent entered the battlefield created constant incremental pressure and life gain.

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  Delina’s dice roll mechanic rewarded aggressive attacks, allowing her to potentially flood the board with tapped attacking tokens, increasing combat damage output exponentially.

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  Tifa’s ability to grant an extra combat phase after a creature with 7+ power dealt damage was a pivotal win condition, threatening multiple attack phases and enabling rapid damage bursts.

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  Ryan Sinclair’s exile and cast mechanic created synergy with low-power permanents enabling him to deploy threats efficiently and maintain combat momentum.

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  The players’ early turns focused on mana ramp and low-cost creatures to maintain tempo, setting the stage for explosive midgame combat turns.

Notable Cards

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  Tifa, Martial Artist

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  Delina, Wild Mage

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  Ryan Sinclair

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  Dihada, Binder of Wills

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  The War Doctor

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  Molten Gatekeeper

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  Arboreal Grazer

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  Coldsteel Heart

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  Arcane Signet

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  Ancient Tomb

Gameplay Summary