Viewer Submitted Week | Commander Clash S11E04

Deck Strategies

• Joriel, Mwonvuli Recluse

  Mono-green cycling deck that leverages cycling spells to generate continuous value and produce cat tokens, focusing on card filtering and incremental board presence.

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  Ghost of Ramirez DePietro and Tormod, the Desecrator

  A discard and graveyard manipulation deck that disrupts opponents’ hands while enabling synergies with graveyard recursion and unique combos, aiming for attrition and advantage.

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  Jared Carthalion, True Heir

  A creature buff tribal deck centered around thematic synergy with muscular creatures, focusing on combat damage and board presence without a complex combo win condition.

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  Zur the Enchanter

  A paradox h deck that seeks to take multiple upkeeps per turn to maximize value from unusual cards and effects that trigger on upkeep, aiming for incremental advantage and control.

Gameplay Insights

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  The mono-green cycling deck created continuous board presence through token generation despite early ramp struggles.

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  The discard/graveyard deck carefully avoided infinite combos to maintain a balanced and interactive gameplay experience.

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  Multiple upkeep triggers in the paradox h deck offered strong value generation when the player could chain extra upkeeps.

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  The muscle tribal deck showed flavorful synergy but lacked immediate game-ending combos, relying on steady combat damage.

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  Players showed awareness of the meta by avoiding counterspells in some decks and focusing on unique synergies to stand out.

Notable Cards

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  Library of Alexandria

Summary

The game featured a diverse mix of commanders and strategies, leading to a dynamic multiplayer Commander clash. Early turns saw players setting up their board states with ramp, card draw, and key synergies. The mono-green cycling deck focused on continuously cycling cards to generate cat tokens and value, though it struggled somewhat with early ramp. The discard and graveyard manipulation deck leveraging Ghost of Ramirez DePietro and Tormod, the Desecrator showcased interesting interactions and disruption, aiming to grind opponents down through resource denial and recursive effects. Meanwhile, Jared Carthalion’s muscle-themed deck emphasized creature buffing and thematic synergy but lacked an immediate win condition. The paradox h deck piloted by Zur the Enchanter aimed to capitalize on multiple upkeeps to generate incremental advantage and board control.