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Git gud?? Gut Good!! Grist vs Gut+Green | Round 3 | Regran 102322 | Duel Commander

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Commanders featured in this Gameplay Reviewed & Verified

Decklists

Deck & Commander Strategies

  • Grist, the Hunger Tide

    Grist, the Hunger Tide

    Focuses on exploiting graveyard interactions by sacrificing creatures and exiling opponent graveyards to generate value and recurring threats. It aims to control the board through attrition and build overwhelming board presence using synergy with graveyard exile.

  • Gut, True Soul Zealot

    Gut, True Soul Zealot

    Utilizes green's ramp and creature efficiency alongside Gut's inherent ability to create tokens and gain incremental value. The deck seeks to build a resilient board state and maintain pressure through repeated threats and synergy between creatures and spells.

  • Hardy Outlander

    Hardy Outlander

    Though not directly highlighted in the key gameplay moments, this commander typically leverages landfall or green ramp strategies to accelerate board presence and stabilize the game.

Gameplay Insights

  • 1

    Grist’s ability to exile opponent graveyards disrupted Gut’s recursion and value engines, shifting the game tempo.

  • 2

    Gut’s use of green ramp and token production allowed it to contest board control effectively against Grist’s attrition strategy.

  • 3

    Managing resources and timing of sacrifices versus token generation were critical decisions influencing the flow of the game.

  • 4

    The match showcased how graveyard hate can be pivotal in counteracting decks that rely heavily on graveyard synergy.

Notable Cards

  • Grist, the Hunger Tide

    Grist, the Hunger Tide

  • Gut, True Soul Zealot

    Gut, True Soul Zealot

Gameplay Summary

The Duel Commander match featured a clash between Grist, the Hunger Tide and a Gut, True Soul Zealot deck with green support.

Early in the games, both players focused on developing their board states, with Grist leveraging its graveyard synergy and sacrifice outlets to pressure Gut's life total.

The Gut+Green deck aimed to generate incremental value through token production and efficient creatures, using green's ramp and interaction to stabilize and push back.

Key turning points included Grist successfully utilizing its ability to exile cards from opponents' graveyards to fuel threats and disrupt Gut's strategy, while Gut's deck capitalized on resilience and board presence to contest the board.

The match saw a mix of tempo swings, with both players managing resources carefully and responding to each other's threats.

Ultimately, the game resolved around Grist's ability to maintain a threatening board with continuous graveyard recursion, leading to victory by overwhelming Gut's defenses.

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