Deck & Commander Strategies
Memnarch
Transforms all permanents into artifacts to leverage artifact synergies and steal opponents' cards, aiming to control the board through artifact manipulation and theft.
Thrasios, Triton Hero and Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
Uses ramp and token generation to create large threats through breaker horror transformations, leveraging card draw and mana efficiency to outpace opponents.
Brago, King Eternal
Utilizes blink effects on combat damage to repeatedly trigger enter-the-battlefield abilities and generate value from permanents, building incremental advantage.
Nadu, Winged Wisdom
Focuses on ramp and equipment synergies, using creatures like Seeker of Skybreak to untap permanents and cheat lands into play, accelerating resource development.
Gameplay Insights
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Seeker of Skybreak's ability to untap creatures repeatedly allowed Nadu to generate significant tempo advantages by triggering enter-the-battlefield effects multiple times.
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Thought-Knot Seer was used early to disrupt opponents’ hands, forcing key cards like Scoot Swarm to be discarded, thereby slowing down token strategies.
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Memnarch’s artifact transformation plan pressured opponents by turning their permanents into artifacts, enabling theft and control plays that forced careful responses.
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Brago’s blink strategy hinged on dealing combat damage to maximize ETB triggers, but was vulnerable to early removal and disruption.
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Players had to navigate complex counterspell interactions, especially around critical spells like The It That Heralds the End, highlighting the importance of timing and resource management in multiplayer Commander games.
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Discarding Scoot Swarm early was a crucial disruption that slowed down Thrasios/Tevesh’s token synergy, demonstrating effective hand disruption’s impact on game tempo.
Notable Cards
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Seeker of Skybreak
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Thought-Knot Seer
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Mana Crypt
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Pongify
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Crop Rotation
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Leyline of Anticipation
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Lightning Greaves
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Flusterstorm
Gameplay Summary
The game began with each player setting up their board and establishing early resources.
Nadu focused on ramp and equipment synergies, while Brago aimed to leverage blink effects for value and combat damage triggers.
Memnarch’s player planned to turn permanents into artifacts to seize control of opponents' resources, and Thrasios/Tevesh ramped into big creature threats, with the intent to transform tokens into large blockers or attackers.
Early turns featured careful plays including Thought-Knot Seer disrupting hands, and Seeker of Skybreak generating incremental value by untapping creatures repeatedly. A turning point occurred when Nadu equipped the Seeker of Skybreak and triggered multiple land drops, accelerating their board state significantly.
Meanwhile, Thrasios/Tevesh’s tokens were targeted and removed, slowing their momentum.
Memnarch and Brago players engaged in incremental card draw and board presence, but the game pressure increased notably with the arrival of high-impact spells like The It That Heralds the End, which threatened to close the game quickly.
The interactions led to a tense period of counterspell wars and strategic plays around flickering and untapping, with players balancing aggression and disruption to maintain or wrest control of the board.
The match showcased the complex interplay of artifact synergies, blink triggers, and resource denial.
![Commander VS S7E3: Jenara vs Brago vs Dromar vs Mirko Vosk [MTG] thumbnail](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MqPViviZW8Q/sddefault.jpg)
![Commander Versus Series: Titania (Justin Parnell) Vs. Brago (Stephen Green) [Magic: the Gathering] thumbnail](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/774QWaabQUE/sddefault.jpg)
