KAALIA 🆚 GHAVE 🆚 RIKU 🆚 SKULLBRIAR | COMMANDER (2011) | EDH / Casual Commander Gameplay

Deck Strategies

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  Ghave, Guru of Spores

  The Ghave deck leverages the use of +1/+1 counters and saproling tokens to build a powerful board presence. The deck's win condition is through a combo using Blood Artist, where the player continuously sacrifices saprolings to drain their opponents' life.

• Kalia of the Vast

  The Kalia deck attempts to cheat powerful angels, demons, and dragons into play for free using Kalia's attack trigger, dealing significant damage to opponents.

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  Skullbriar, the Walking Grave

  The Skullbriar deck focuses on quickly powering up Skullbriar with +1/+1 counters and dealing combat damage to opponents.

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  Riku of Two Reflections

  The Riku deck aims to take advantage of Riku's ability to copy spells and creatures, generating value and overwhelming opponents with duplicates of powerful cards.

Gameplay Insights

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  The Ghave player's use of Utopia Mycon and Moldervine Reclamation to generate mana, draw cards, and create saprolings was a key part of their combo setup.

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  Kaalia of the Vast's ability to cheat in powerful angels like Akroma, Angel of Wrath and Artisan of Kozilek turned the tide of battle and kept opponents on the backfoot.

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  The Skullbriar player's decision to focus on growing Skullbriar and dealing consistent damage helped keep the pressure on opponents.

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  The Riku player's effective use of Riku's copy ability, notably with spells like Three Visits and Rampant Growth, helped ramp up their mana and set up for bigger plays later in the game.

Notable Cards

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  Kaalia of the Vast

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  Skullbriar, the Walking Grave

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  Ghave, Guru of Spores

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  Riku of Two Reflections

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  Blood Artist

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  Master Chef

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  Utopia Mycon

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  Moldervine Reclamation

Summary

In this engaging game of Commander, each player piloted their decks with skill, but it was the player piloting Ghave, Guru of Spores that emerged victorious. The game started off with each player ramping and setting up their boards, with commanders hitting the board early. The player with Kaalia of the Vast managed to get some strong attacks in, using Kaalia's ability to cheat powerful angels into play and deal significant damage. Skullbriar, the Walking Grave also made its presence felt, quickly growing in power with +1/+1 counters and dealing consistent damage. However, it was the Ghave player who was able to establish a powerful board state, using a combination of saporling tokens, +1/+1 counters, and card draw to fuel a deadly combo with Blood Artist, resulting in a win through life loss for all opponents.