Azlask, Imskir, Tamiyo, Necrobloom | Modern Horizons 3 Commander Gameplay

Deck Strategies

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  Azlask, the Swelling Scourge

  The Azlask deck aims to generate a large number of colorless Scion and Spawn tokens, leveraging Azlask's ability to gain experience counters and buff its creatures.

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  The Necrobloom

  The Necrobloom deck leverages landfall triggers to generate a board of plant and zombie tokens, aiming to reach seven differently named lands to upgrade the plants to zombies.

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  Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar

  The Tamiyo deck focuses on flipping the commander card, aiming to increase loyalty counters, draw a significant number of cards, and control the battlefield.

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  Imskir Iron-Eater

  While the full strategy of the Imskir Iron-Eater deck is unclear from the transcript, it appears to involve manipulating artifacts and generating significant card draw and mana, perhaps leading to combo wins.

Gameplay Insights

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  The Eye of Ugin play by Jason was pivotal in reducing the cost of his colorless creatures, allowing him to deploy his commander and other threats more efficiently.

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  The use of Tamiyo's ability to flip her card early in the game allowed Matt to increase loyalty counters and draw cards, helping him maintain card advantage.

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  The game-changing moment was when Bolas's Citadel was cast, enabling a massive card draw. The combination of Cloudstone Curio and Dockside Extortionist further escalated this situation, generating a significant amount of mana and potentially setting the stage for a game-winning combo.

Notable Cards

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  Eye of Ugin

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  Bolas's Citadel

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  Cloudstone Curio

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  Dockside Extortionist

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  Sensei's Divining Top

Summary

The gameplay began with a vigorous start, with each player bringing out their commanders early. Jason, using Azlask, the Swelling Scourge, focused on generating Scions and Spawns. Corbin, with The Necrobloom, sought to create an army of plants and zombies. Matt used Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student, flipping her into Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar, with a plan to increase loyalty and draw cards. The game's momentum shifted with an impressive play by Jason, who used the Eye of Ugin to reduce the cost of his commander. However, the game's turning point happened when one of the players, presumably controlling Imskir Iron-Eater, made a powerful move by casting Bolas’s Citadel, followed by using a combination of Cloudstone Curio and Dockside Extortionist to generate a vast amount of mana and draw a significant number of cards. Despite efforts to counter this play, there was no immediate response, leaving the outcome of the game hanging in the balance.