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Commander Clash: Partner Commanders | Commander Legends | S9 E23

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Commanders featured in this video Reviewed & Verified

Deck Strategies

  • Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist

    Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh and Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist

    Utilize Rograkh's zero mana cost to rapidly deploy creatures and generate incremental board advantage, supported by Ardenn to enable aggressive combat and equipment synergies, effectively overwhelming opponents early.

  • Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools Jeska, Thrice Reborn

    Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools and Jeska, Thrice Reborn

    Leverage planeswalker abilities to create tokens and sacrifice them for card draw, while using Jeska's ability to temporarily boost opponent's creatures under your control to deal massive damage before sacrificing them, forming a recurring damage and card advantage engine.

  • Sakashima of a Thousand Faces Slurrk, All-Ingesting

    Sakashima of a Thousand Faces and Slurrk, All-Ingesting

    Build a resilient ooze tribal deck that clones and multiplies token creatures, combining +1/+1 counter synergies and cloning effects to maintain a robust and expanding board presence.

  • Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator Breeches, Brazen Plunderer

    Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator and Breeches, Brazen Plunderer

    Focus on pirate tribal aggression with treasure generation and theft mechanics to disrupt opponents and maintain pressure through quick, efficient attacks.

Gameplay Insights

  • 1

    Richard's early explosive plays with zero mana creatures and Jeweled Lotus created an immediate threat that forced other players to consider a board wipe.

  • 2

    Seth's combination of planeswalkers allowed a unique synergy of stealing and sacrificing creatures to maintain card advantage and deal damage.

  • 3

    Crim's cloning and ooze tribal strategy demonstrated the power of token multiplication and +1/+1 counter synergy to build a durable board.

  • 4

    Tomer's aggressive pirate tribal approach leveraged treasure generation and theft mechanics to pressure opponents effectively.

  • 5

    The meta-game tension centered around managing Richard's early surge, with players debating when and how to reset the board to survive.

Notable Cards

  • Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh

    Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh

  • Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist

    Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist

  • Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools

    Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools

  • Jeska, Thrice Reborn

    Jeska, Thrice Reborn

  • Sakashima of a Thousand Faces

    Sakashima of a Thousand Faces

  • Slurrk, All-Ingesting

    Slurrk, All-Ingesting

  • Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator

    Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator

  • Breeches, Brazen Plunderer

    Breeches, Brazen Plunderer

  • Jeweled Lotus

    Jeweled Lotus

  • Sword of the Animist

    Sword of the Animist

  • Cabal Coffers

    Cabal Coffers

  • Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

    Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Summary

The game began with a highly explosive start from Richard, who utilized Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh alongside Ardenn, Intrepid Archaeologist to quickly develop an overwhelming board presence through a zero mana zero-one commander strategy. His plays escalated rapidly, generating a storm count and threatening to end the game early, forcing the other players to consider a board wipe to reset the state. Seth piloted a unique planeswalker partner deck featuring Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools, and Jeska, Thrice Reborn, focusing on stealing opponent's creatures, enhancing them for damage, then sacrificing them to draw cards, creating a powerful and synergistic loop. Crim chose to run Sakashima of a Thousand Faces paired with Slurrk, All-Ingesting, aiming to clone and multiply oozes, leveraging token production and +1/+1 counter themes to build a resilient and growing threat. Tomer brought a pirate tribal deck led by Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator and Breeches, Brazen Plunderer, focusing on aggressive treasure generation, theft mechanics, and quick attacks to pressure opponents.

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