Modern Horizons 3 Box Brawl

Commanders featured in this Gameplay Reviewed & Verified

Deck & Commander Strategies

Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar
Control and card advantage through clues and drawing extra cards, flipping into a planeswalker to hinder attacks and recover key cards from the graveyard.
Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy
Spell-slinging focused on reducing instant and sorcery costs, flipping to a planeswalker that can deal damage and cast multiple spells from the top of the library for a big finish.
Cayth, Famed Mechanist
Artifact synergy with fabricate tokens and proliferate to build board presence and enhance counters for incremental advantage.
Kaalia of the Vast
Aggressive strategy deploying big angels, demons, and dragons for free by attacking opponents, aiming to overwhelm quickly with powerful creatures.

Gameplay Insights

1
Tamiyo flips into her planeswalker form after drawing her third card in a turn, gaining a defensive ability that reduces attacking creatures’ power.
2
Ral leverages his ability to reduce instant and sorcery spell costs, building loyalty counters to enable a powerful ultimate that can exile and cast multiple spells for free.
3
Cayth uses her tap ability to proliferate and populate, enhancing her artifact token production and growing her board state steadily.
4
Kaalia's ability to cheat large creatures into play when attacking creates early pressure that demands defensive attention from opponents.

Notable Cards

Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar
Ral, Monsoon Mage // Ral, Leyline Prodigy
Cayth, Famed Mechanist
Kaalia of the Vast
Inventor's Axe
Priest of Titania
Amped Raptor
Winter Moon

Gameplay Summary

The game begins with players deploying their commanders and setting up early board states focused on their individual strategies.

Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student quickly establishes card draw and clues, flipping into her planeswalker form to add defensive capabilities.

Ral, Monsoon Mage reduces instant and sorcery costs while building loyalty counters, aiming to leverage a powerful ultimate for casting multiple spells freely.

Cayth, Famed Mechanist focuses on artifact synergies with fabricate tokens and proliferating counters to gain incremental advantages.

Meanwhile, Kaalia of the Vast aims to pressure opponents early by cheating large angels, demons, or dragons into play via her attack trigger.

Early turns involve energy generation, token creation, and incremental card advantage, with players cautiously probing each other's boards.

Tamiyo’s defense and card draw establish a solid foundation, while Ral’s cost reduction and damage output create tension.

Cayth’s ability to populate or proliferate adds another layer of resource growth.

Kaalia’s threat of deploying powerful creatures quickly forces other players to consider defensive responses.

The game is still in a developing phase with no clear winner yet, but the synergy of Kaalia’s aggressive cheat-in threats and Ral’s spellcasting potential hint at evolving win conditions.

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