Smooth Brains Playing Commander, Precon League Edition | SmoothBrainEDH | #mtg

Deck & Commander Strategies

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  Caesar, Legion's Emperor

  The strategy involved lowering the mana curve, focusing on low-drop creatures with significant abilities, and adding multiple ways to make creatures indestructible.

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  Sidisi, Brood Tyrant

  The deck focused on a blue-black reanimator strategy, adding more creatures and lands, and utilizing cards like Mesmeric Orb for a grindy engine.

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  Commodore Guff

  The deck's game plan was to cascade low CMC spells to get big spells on the field, with cards like Omniscience and Hullbreacher aiding the strategy.

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  Abaddon the Despoiler

  The focus was on upgrading the mana base and adding generically good cards, such as a white cyclonic rift.

Gameplay Insights

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  The player piloting Caesar put a focus on lowering mana costs and ensuring that their creatures could survive, this could have created a solid defense and aggressive stance.

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  Sidisi's pilot shifted to a blue-black reanimator strategy, adding more creatures and lands. This could have greatly increased the deck's versatility and ability to recover from board wipes.

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  Commodore Guff's strategy of cascading low CMC spells to get big spells on the field showed an inventive approach to utilizing the commander's ability to its fullest potential.

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  Abaddon the Despoiler's focus on upgrading the mana base first before adding other cards is a key strategic insight, emphasizing the importance of mana efficiency in Commander.

Notable Cards

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  Mesmeric Orb

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  Omniscience

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  Hullbreacher

Gameplay Summary