'90s vs 2000s vs 2010s vs 2020s | Commander Clash S17 E23

Deck Strategies

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  Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord

  This deck focuses on leveraging some of the most iconic green-black mid-range cards of the 2010s. It aims to control the board state and incrementally gain advantage.

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  Teysa, Opulent Oligarch

  Phil's deck is representative of 2020s Magic design, focusing on value and synergy. The deck aims to create a self-sustaining engine of value with Teysa, generating clues and spirit tokens.

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  Kaervek the Merciless

  Sean's deck, featuring Kaervek, contains a lot of sweet old cards from the 2000s. The deck seeks to leverage powerful, albeit less commonly played, cards from the era and aims to control the game.

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  Vaevictis Asmadi

  Toer's deck aims to teach the 'Elder Dragon Highlander' style of play, using powerful spells and weaker creatures to control the game. The deck seeks to leverage Vaevictis Asmadi's abilities to manipulate the battlefield and win the game.

Gameplay Insights

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  Phil's early play of Teysa, Opulent Oligarch and Hopeless Nightmare set up a strong engine of value and disruption. This potentially put him in a strong position moving into the mid-game.

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  Richard's play of Titania could potentially allow him to generate a significant number of 5/3 elemental tokens, posing a threat to the other players.

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  Toer's use of Ambition's Cost and Three Visits demonstrated the importance of card draw and ramp in setting up a strong position for future turns.

Notable Cards

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  Teysa, Opulent Oligarch

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  Hopeless Nightmare

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  Titania

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  Ambition's Cost

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  Three Visits

Summary

The game started with each player introducing their decks and strategies. The first significant play of the game came from Phil playing Teysa, Opulent Oligarch creating a self-sustaining engine of value. This was followed by Hopeless Nightmare which forced each opponent to discard a card and lose two life, further fueling Phil's strategy. Richard played Titania, which although didn't have fetch lands to synergize with, still posed a potential threat of creating 5/3 elemental tokens. Toer managed to draw cards using Ambition's Cost and ramped up with Three Visits, setting up a strong mana base for future turns.