I HATE YOUR DECK #6 Orvar v Kaalia v Gishath v Trostani || Commander Gameplay MTG

Deck Strategies

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  Trostani, Selesnya's Voice

  Build a wide board of tokens and gain life through lifelink and populating creatures to overwhelm opponents defensively and offensively.

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  Gishath, Sun's Avatar

  Ramp into large dinosaur creatures and leverage their combat prowess to pressure opponents.

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  Orvar, the All-Form

  Use blink and flicker effects to continuously draw cards, reuse enter-the-battlefield triggers, and find combo pieces.

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  Kaalia of the Vast

  Cheat powerful angels, demons, and dragons into play by attacking, creating immediate board threats and pressure.

Gameplay Insights

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  Trostani's use of populating angel tokens combined with life gain from Soul's Attendant created a sustainable board and life total advantage.

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  Kaalia's Price of Glory effectively punished opponents for tapping lands during others' turns, limiting Orvar's reactive blink plays and slowing down combos.

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  Orvar's blink strategy with Mulldrifter and Time Twister allowed for repeated card draw but required careful timing around disruptive effects like Price of Glory.

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  Gishath applied pressure through ramp and large creatures but had to navigate the growing token board and lifegain effects from Trostani.

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  The turn order and political targeting shaped the game, with players focusing on the blue player Orvar early on due to his potential for infinite mana combos.

Notable Cards

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  Soul's Attendant

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  Speaker of the Heavens

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  Price of Glory

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  Mulldrifter

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  Kaalia of the Vast

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  Gishath, Sun's Avatar

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  Trostani, Selesnya's Voice

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  Territorial Hammerskull

Summary

The game started with players establishing their mana bases and early board presence. Trostani, Selesnya's Voice focused on generating tokens and gaining life through Soul Sisters and Speaker of the Heavens, quickly building a board with multiple angels. Gishath, Sun's Avatar ramped and played aggressively with powerful creatures, looking to leverage their combat abilities. Orvar, the All-Form used blink effects such as Mulldrifter and Time Twister to generate card advantage and set up potential combos, while Kaalia of the Vast aimed to cheat powerful angels, demons, and dragons into play by attacking opponents. A pivotal moment came when Trostani used populate triggers and token synergies to amass a threatening board state with significant life gain. Kaalia entered with a strong board presence and began deploying her suite of heavy hitters. Orvar's blink strategy generated consistent card draw and board interaction but was hampered by Kaalia's Price of Glory, which punished land tapping on opponents’ turns, limiting reactive plays. The game featured tension between Trostani's defensive lifegain/token strategy and Kaalia's aggressive cheat-into-play attacks, with Gishath applying pressure through combat. The interplay of blink, token generation, and land destruction effects created dynamic shifts in tempo and board control throughout the match.