I Hate Your Deck #48 Jared Carthalion v Dihada v Gyome v Jodah The Unifier || Commander Gameplay mtg

Deck Strategies

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  Jared Carthalion

  A five-color goodstuff deck that creates large, trample creatures through +1/+1 counters from his planeswalker abilities, using his companion Gigantha for mana fixing and swinging with powerful multi-colored creatures.

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  Dihada, Binder of Wills

  A legendary-centric Mardu deck focused on generating treasure tokens and using card selection to put legendary cards into hand or graveyard, culminating in a powerful ultimate that steals all non-land permanents for a potential game-winning swing.

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  Jodah, the Unifier

  A five-color legendary cascade deck that leverages casting legendary spells to exile and cast additional legendary cards for free, building a board full of legendary creatures and boosting them with Jodah’s anthem effect.

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  Gyome, Master Chef

  An aristocratic food token deck that produces food tokens based on creatures entering the battlefield, sacrificing food to grant indestructibility and protect key creatures while controlling the board through incremental value.

Gameplay Insights

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  Jared’s use of Gigantha as a companion allowed consistent access to all five colors of mana, enabling a smooth ramp into his multi-colored creatures and maximizing his planeswalker's +1/+1 counter abilities.

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  Dihada’s treasure token generation provided flexible mana and card advantage, enabling her to hold board presence and prepare for her ultimate that temporarily gains control of all non-land permanents, mimicking a mini Insurrection.

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  Jodah’s legendary cascade ability created explosive turns by casting numerous legendary creatures for free, rapidly increasing board presence and applying pressure through the anthem effect.

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  Gyome’s food token production and sacrifice mechanic gave him a strong defensive tool, allowing him to protect creatures from removal and stabilize while incrementally gaining value from his aristocratic theme.

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  The interaction between Shadow Spear’s ability to remove indestructible from creatures and Gyome’s food-based indestructibility created a key tension point in the game, impacting combat and removal effectiveness.

Notable Cards

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  Noble Hierarch

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  Mana Crypt

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  Overgrown Tomb

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  Smoldering Marsh

Summary

The game started with all four players ramping into their respective strategies, setting up resources for their five-color decks. Jared Carthalion focused on assembling a board with large, multi-colored creatures empowered by his planeswalker abilities and his companion Gigantha, which provided mana fixing. Dihada, Binder of Wills, aimed to leverage a legendary creature-centric deck that generates treasure tokens and can take over the board with her ultimate ability to steal all non-land permanents temporarily. Jodah, the Unifier, played a janky but powerful legendary cascade deck, casting legendary creatures and triggering free, chain-casting of smaller legendary spells to build board presence. Gyome, Master Chef, concentrated on creating and sacrificing food tokens to fuel an aristocratic style deck that protects creatures and controls the board through indestructibility and incremental advantages.