I Hate Your Deck #111 Arabella v Gargos v Olivia v Kami || Commander Gameplay MTG EDH Magic

Deck & Commander Strategies

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  Kami of the Crescent Moon

  Focuses on massive card draw each turn to assemble a combo involving Omniscience, allowing free casting of large spells to dominate the game.

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  Arabella, Abandoned Doll

  Floods the board with low-power creatures, attacking to deal damage to all opponents and gain life, leveraging a swarm and burn damage approach.

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  Olivia, Opulent Outlaw

  Generates treasures through combat damage, then sacrifices them to distribute +1/+1 counters on all creatures, aiming for a powerful token and counter synergy.

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  Gargos, Vicious Watcher

  Uses ramp to cast large Hydra creatures efficiently, controlling the board by triggering fights and using vigilance to maintain pressure.

Gameplay Insights

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  Casting Omniscience was a major threat that forced opponents to hold removal and counterspells, significantly shifting the game tempo.

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  Arabella’s strategy of attacking with multiple low-power creatures provided consistent damage output while gaining life, creating a resilient board state.

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  Gargos’s fight mechanic helped to control problematic creatures and maintain dominance in creature combat.

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  Olivia’s treasure generation through combat damage created resource acceleration that enabled powerful board-wide counter distribution.

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  Kami’s incremental card draw engine enabled explosive turns with multiple spells and combos, highlighting the importance of card advantage in multiplayer Commander games.

Notable Cards

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  Omniscience

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  Arabella, Abandoned Doll

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  Kami of the Crescent Moon

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  Gargos, Vicious Watcher

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  Olivia, Opulent Outlaw

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  Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer

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  Counterbalance

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  Cultivate

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  Prosper, Tome-Bound

Gameplay Summary