Commander, but Damage is Banned | Commander Clash S19 E2

Deck & Commander Strategies

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  Phenax, God of Deception

  Mill opponents by forcing them to put cards from their library into their graveyard, leveraging Phenax's ability to turn creatures into mill engines.

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  Atraxa, Praetors' Voice

  Utilize proliferate and counters to build incremental advantages on creatures and planeswalkers, focusing on board presence and value generation.

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  Kwain, Itinerant Meddler

  Generate card advantage through tapping and untapping Kwain to draw cards and gain life, enabling the player to find and assemble alternate win conditions.

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  Ragnar

  Use graveyard synergies and discard outlets like The Ancient One to mill cards from opponents and eventually win through the accumulation of filibuster counters on Azour's Eleers.

Gameplay Insights

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  The no damage rule incentivized players to build decks around alternate win conditions and card advantage engines rather than combat damage.

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  Morgan's use of Quain to draw cards and gain life created a powerful engine that encouraged all players to draw, which affected the pacing and board state.

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  Mill and graveyard strategies were prominent, with players relying on discard and milling effects to whittle down opponents' libraries in lieu of dealing damage.

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  The presence of cards like Azour's Eleers introduced unique win conditions that required careful management of counters and avoidance of damage effects.

• 5

  Players had to carefully consider land drops and mana bases since damage from fetch lands was irrelevant, but life gain and mana fixing remained important.

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  Interactions involving proliferate, counters, and card draw created incremental advantages that shaped the midgame board state and decision-making.

Notable Cards

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  Hedron Crab

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  The Ancient One

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  Fathom Mage

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  Everflowing Chalice

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  Ghost Vacuum

Gameplay Summary