Death, Dino's & Taxes | Toxic Tactics # 1 | Magic The Gathering Casual Commander Gameplay

Deck & Commander Strategies

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  Kambal, Consul of Allocation

  A taxing Orzhov deck that punishes opponents for casting noncreature spells, gaining incremental advantage through life drain and ramping into value artifacts like Smothering Tithe and protective equipment. The deck aims to control the board and slowly bleed opponents dry while gaining life.

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  Edgar Markov

  A vampire tribal deck focusing on creating a wide board of vampire tokens through Edgar's eminence ability and attacking aggressively with haste creatures like Olivia Crimson Bride. The deck uses token synergy and resilience to board wipes to maintain pressure.

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  Atla Palani, Nest Tender

  A dinosaur tribal deck that generates tokens through Atla Palani's hatching ability and Dr. Ian Malcolm's synergy, aiming to flood the board with dinos and eggs while discovering additional threats and maintaining board presence through combat.

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  Prosper, Tome-Bound

  A Rakdos treasure and discard deck that uses Necropotence and Black Market Connections to draw cards and generate mana, enabling explosive turns through spells and combos. Prosper's exile-and-play ability fuels value and recursion, aiming to overwhelm opponents with card advantage and combo finishes.

Gameplay Insights

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  Kambal's early tax pressure from Smothering Tithe and Soul Ring ramp set a controlling pace, forcing opponents to pay or provide treasures that fuel Prosper's explosive plays.

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  Edgar Markov capitalized on vampire token generation and Olivia Crimson Bride's haste to maintain aggression, but suffered from dwindling resources after multiple board wipes.

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  Prosper's use of Necropotence and Black Market Connections allowed him to draw deeply into his deck and generate mana, enabling powerful combo and mass removal plays such as Timely Soul Shatter to reset the board.

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  Atla Palani leveraged token generation and synergy with Dr. Ian Malcolm to flood the board, but misplays such as putting lands directly into play instead of hand were noted and corrected mid-game.

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  A key turning point was the board wipe triggered by Prosper's mass removal, which reset the board but left players scrambling to rebuild their board states and re-establish momentum.

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  Political plays occurred with Edgar Markov choosing to attack Nathan rather than Nim, allowing strategic blocks and token generation to influence combat outcomes.

Notable Cards

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  Smothering Tithe

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  Necropotence

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  Black Market Connections

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  Approach of the Second Sun

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  Tainted Remedy

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  Chromatic Lantern

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  Marionette Master

Gameplay Summary