Duel Commander | MU 071721 | Round 2: Leovold vs Hogaak

Deck & Commander Strategies

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  Leovold, Emissary of Trest

  Leovold's deck focuses on controlling opponents' card draw and maintaining card advantage through disruption and selective spellcasting. It aims to lock down the board and outvalue opponents over time by limiting their options and filtering its own draws.

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  Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis

  Hogaak's deck centers on graveyard recursion and fast, aggressive creature deployment. It leverages the graveyard as a resource to repeatedly cast Hogaak and other powerful creatures, overwhelming opponents with raw board presence and synergies that capitalize on creature-based combos.

Gameplay Insights

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  Hogaak's ability to repeatedly recur from the graveyard created constant pressure that forced Leovold to use resources defensively rather than advancing its own board state.

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  Leovold's disruption of opponents' card draws slowed Hogaak's consistency but was not enough to prevent the eventual overwhelming board presence.

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  Timing removal spells carefully was critical for Leovold to survive long enough to find answers, but the raw aggression and recursion of Hogaak's deck proved decisive.

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  Land destruction elements from Leovold's deck helped delay Hogaak's explosive starts but could not fully stop the graveyard-based recursion engine.

Notable Cards

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  Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis

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  Leovold, Emissary of Trest

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  Force of Vigor

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  Thoughtseize

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  Wasteland

Gameplay Summary