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I Hate Your Deck #66 Frodo & Sam v Minsc & Boo v Ob Nixilis v Brimaz || Commander Gameplay MTG EDH

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Deck Strategies

  • Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit Sam, Loyal Attendant

    Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit & Sam, Loyal Attendant

    Generate food tokens each turn to gain life and draw cards through Frodo's ring, using a mix of aristocratic and life-gain synergies to outvalue opponents and stabilize the board.

  • Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin

    Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin

    Deal incremental one damage to opponents to accumulate +1/+1 counters and exile top cards for extra plays, aiming to establish an infinite damage and counter combo with All Is One.

  • Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes

    Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes

    Create a legendary hamster token and build it up with numerous +1/+1 counters before sacrificing it to deal massive damage and draw cards, using powerful planeswalker synergies.

  • Brimaz, Blight of Oreskos

    Brimaz, Blight of Oreskos

    Cast a high number of artifact and creature spells to generate incubator Flexian tokens that can be transformed and proliferated, steadily increasing board presence and counters.

Gameplay Insights

  • 1

    Frodo and Sam's deck leverages food token generation combined with life gain and card draw from Frodo's ring, creating a resilient engine that pressures opponents over time.

  • 2

    Ob Nixilis uses a synergy of incremental damage and card exile to build power counters and generate additional plays, aiming for an infinite combo that can end the game abruptly.

  • 3

    Minsc & Boo's strategy of amassing +1/+1 counters on a single token before sacrificing it to deal lethal damage is a high-risk, high-reward plan that can quickly close out the game once fully developed.

  • 4

    Brimaz's deck uses artifact and creature tribal themes alongside proliferate to maintain steady board growth, showcasing the power of incremental advantage through token transformation and counters.

  • 5

    Opposition Agent's ability to disrupt tutoring by exiling searched cards plays a crucial role in slowing down opponents' strategies reliant on fetching specific cards.

Notable Cards

  • Jeweled Lotus

    Jeweled Lotus

  • Opposition Agent

    Opposition Agent

  • Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit

    Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit

  • Sam, Loyal Attendant

    Sam, Loyal Attendant

  • Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes

    Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes

  • Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin

    Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin

  • Brimaz, Blight of Oreskos

    Brimaz, Blight of Oreskos

  • Elves of Deep Shadow

    Elves of Deep Shadow

Summary

The game began with an aggressive setup from the Frodo and Sam food token deck, which quickly established a steady supply of food tokens to fuel life gain and card draw, particularly leveraging Frodo's ring to generate incremental advantage. Meanwhile, the Ob Nixilis deck aimed to incrementally build power counters through one-damage spells and an infinite combo with All Is One, seeking to leverage card advantage and damage output. Minsc & Boo focused on creating and buffing a legendary hamster token to amass a large damage threat that could end the game with a big sacrifice, while Brimaz utilized artifact and creature synergy with incubators and proliferate effects to establish board presence and incremental growth. Early turns featured fast mana plays and key tutors, with players jockeying for board control as they developed their strategies.

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