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Christmas Commander Clash! Worst Possible Holiday Party - WPCS #134

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Commanders featured in this Gameplay Reviewed & Verified

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Decklists

Deck & Commander Strategies

  • Muldrotha, the Gravetide

    Muldrotha, the Gravetide

    Leverages graveyard recursion to replay permanents, combining landfall, life drain, and powerful creature combos to control the board and finish with overwhelming value or big swings.

  • Zimone, Paradox Sculptor

    Zimone, Paradox Sculptor

    Generates and doubles counters on artifacts and creatures, creating token armies and leveraging artifact synergies to outpace opponents with incremental advantages.

  • Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes

    Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes

    A Timmy-style deck focused on casting big creatures and impactful spells that dominate the board through raw power and combat damage.

  • Muxus, Goblin Grandee

    Muxus, Goblin Grandee

    Goblin tribal deck that ramps mana with Mana Echoes and produces numerous goblin tokens quickly to overwhelm opponents with sheer numbers and synergy.

Gameplay Insights

  • 1

    The use of Millennium Calendar was a critical strategic play to untap key permanents, accelerating the board state and enabling more aggressive plays.

  • 2

    The goblin tribal deck’s early investment in mana ramp and token generation set a fast tempo that pressured opponents to respond quickly or fall behind.

  • 3

    Muldrotha’s reliance on graveyard recursion required careful resource management to maximize value and set up lethal combos.

  • 4

    Zimone’s deck aimed to leverage doubling counters on artifacts, creating exponential growth in tokens and board presence to tip the game in their favor.

  • 5

    Early ramp from all players established a balanced opening, but the synergy-driven decks quickly created threats that demanded attention.

Notable Cards

  • Bloodthirsty Conqueror

    Bloodthirsty Conqueror

  • Avenger of Zendikar

    Avenger of Zendikar

  • Craterhoof Behemoth

    Craterhoof Behemoth

  • Unwinding Clock

    Unwinding Clock

  • Arcane Signet

    Arcane Signet

  • Goblin King

    Goblin King

  • Mana Echoes

    Mana Echoes

  • Ponder

    Ponder

  • Polluted Delta

    Polluted Delta

Gameplay Summary

The game began with each player unveiling decks specifically built to challenge their assigned opponents in a Secret Santa style exchange.

Muldrotha, the Gravetide's deck focused heavily on graveyard value with combos involving cards like Veto, Dena, and Bloodthirsty Conqueror to drain opponents and landfall strategies featuring Avenger of Zendikar and possibly Craterhoof Behemoth to finish games.

Zimone, Paradox Sculptor’s deck aimed to generate massive token armies through doubling counters and exploiting artifacts like Unwinding Clock, leveraging synergy to overwhelm opponents.

Minsc & Boo led a Timmy-style deck built for big, impactful creatures and powerful spells, emphasizing heavy board presence and combat damage for victory.

Muxus, Goblin Grandee’s deck was a goblin tribal focused on explosive mana ramp and token generation with Mana Echoes, Goblin King, and other goblin synergies to flood the board and gain overwhelming advantage quickly. Early turns saw players ramping steadily, with Muxus’s pilot establishing board presence and synergy rapidly by casting Goblin King and artifacts like Arcane Signet.

Muldrotha’s player prepared graveyard resources while Zimone’s pilot looked to assemble counter doubling combos.

Key interactions included the use of Millennium Calendar to untap permanents and accelerate the board state.

The game’s momentum shifted as powerful combos and mass token generation came online, creating tension and forcing players to respond to growing threats.

The win condition revolved around overwhelming board states—either through tokens or large creatures supported by synergistic combos and graveyard recursion, leading to lethal combat damage or draining opponents’ life totals.

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