Duskmourn w/ Jarvis Johnson & Ify Nwadiwe | Game Knights 73 | Magic Gathering EDH Commander Gameplay

Deck Strategies

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  The Lord of Pain

  Focuses on dealing damage through pingers, life drain, and burn spells, with cards to increase or even triple that damage.

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  Kona, Rescue Beastie

  Plays big creatures and permanents onto the battlefield and uses various ways to tap the commander for value, typically turning it into a mana dork.

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  Zimone, Mystery Unraveler

  Fills the board with face-down cards and then flips them for free with the commander. Relies heavily on fetchlands and ramp spells for multiple landfall triggers.

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  Niko, Light of Hope

  Aims to blink the commander to make as many shards as possible, get a powerful creature on board, and then turn all shards into that creature for a lethal attack.

Gameplay Insights

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  Multiple players used cards like Prismatic Vista and Nature's Lore early to ramp and fix their mana base, which is crucial in Commander games.

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  The Life from the Loam play was a strategic move to ensure land drops and to fuel Zimone's landfall strategy.

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  The Lord of Pain player brought out Vile Smasher early, indicating an aggressive strategy.

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  The use of Niko, Light of Hope's blink ability to create shards shows the deck's focus on leveraging its commander's abilities.

Notable Cards

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  Prismatic Vista

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  Mind Stone

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  Ornithopter of Paradise

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  Nature's Lore

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  Life from the Loam

Summary

In this chilling game of Commander, the decks led by The Lord of Pain, Kona, Rescue Beastie, Zimone, Mystery Unraveler, and Niko, Light of Hope battled it out in a haunted setting. Early in the game, players focused on setting up their mana bases and getting their initial plays on the board. The Lord of Pain came out early, hoping to distribute pain with pingers, life drain, and burn spells. Meanwhile, Zimone, Mystery Unraveler aimed to get multiple landfall triggers per turn and bring dread to the opponents. Kona, Rescue Beastie was all about deploying big creatures and causing havoc, while Niko, Light of Hope had a three-step plan of making as many shards as possible, getting a cool creature on board, and then turning all the shards into that creature for a lethal blow.