Is That A Sleeveless One Ring?! | Commander Clash S18 E18

Deck & Commander Strategies

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  Urza, Chief Artificer

  Focus on assembling an artifact-based engine that grows in power as artifacts enter the battlefield, leveraging artifact synergies and Cranial Plating to apply pressure and control.

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  Hope Estheim

  Gain life steadily to trigger milling opponents each turn, aiming to outlast others by winning through milling out their decks while maintaining board presence with life gain triggers.

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  Tifa Lockhart

  Utilize Landfall triggers to enhance creatures and mount a Voltron-style offense, combining life gain and incremental advantage from creatures like Daxos to deal consistent damage.

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  Rocco, Cabaretti Caterer

  Use Rocco to tutor Norin the Wary, creating a blink combo that disrupts opponents' plays by repeatedly exiling and returning Norin, creating tempo swings and board control.

Gameplay Insights

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  Hope Estheim's life gain triggers not only sustain her but also drive the milling plan, forcing all opponents to mill cards at the end of her turns, which creates pressure on the table.

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  Rocco's ability to tutor Norin the Wary directly onto the battlefield sets up a blink loop that can be difficult to disrupt, especially since the blinked creature returns uncounterable.

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  Urza’s artifact synergy grows more threatening as he casts more artifacts, leveraging Mannequin Core Guidelite to double artifact casts and Cranial Plating to boost attack power.

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  Tifa’s Landfall and life gain synergy with creatures like Daxos allow her to maintain board presence and gradually increase damage output, while also drawing cards from Enduring Innocence when smaller creatures enter the battlefield.

• 5

  The mix of aggressive artifact strategies, life gain with milling, landfall Voltron, and blink combos creates an unusual game dynamic where players must balance offense and defense against multiple divergent threats.

Notable Cards

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  Norin the Wary

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  Hope Estheim

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  Urza, Chief Artificer

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  Tifa Lockhart

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  Cranial Plating

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  Daxos, Blessed by the Sun

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  Enduring Innocence

Gameplay Summary