COMMANDER GAMEPLAY Pirates and Politics don't mix... or do they? Worst Possible Commander Show

Deck Strategies

• Indominus Rex Alpha

  Build a massive dinosaur with multiple ability counters by discarding creatures, then recur those creatures from the graveyard to dominate the battlefield.

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  Ellivere of the Wild Court

  Create enchantment tokens that buff creatures and draw cards, then use global enchantment synergies like Ancestral Mask to make a powerful, evasive creature swarm to smash opponents.

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  Admiral Brass, Unsinkable

  Leverage pirate tribal synergies by returning Pirates from the graveyard, applying finality counters and using mutiny effects to multiply damage and disrupt opponents.

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  Lord of the Nazgûl

  Generate Wraith tokens and boost them with spells, using Quantum Misalignment to create multiple commander copies for overwhelming board presence.

Gameplay Insights

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  Gina's strategy of enchanting Champion of Lambholt and creating Virtuous Roil tokens quickly escalated her board's threat level and card draw capacity, pressuring opponents early.

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  Blake's use of Quantum Misalignment to triple his Lord of the Nazgûl commander enabled him to produce a large number of Wraith tokens, significantly boosting his board presence.

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  CovertGoBlue's Indominus Rex Alpha relied on discarding creatures to gain multiple ability counters and draw cards, with a plan to bring those creatures back from the graveyard to overwhelm opponents.

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  Ben's pirate tribal deck utilized graveyard recursion and mutiny mechanics to multiply damage output, showcasing synergy between returning Pirates and aggressive combat tactics.

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  The early plays included strategic use of mana acceleration and card advantage spells like Consider, Painful Truce, and the play of Yarok, the Desecrated to double triggered abilities, indicating a mid-to-late game power spike approach.

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  Players carefully balanced aggression and board development, with key enchantments and artifact interactions such as Timber Paladin and All That Glitters amplifying creature stats and triggering powerful combat phases.

Notable Cards

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  Bringer of the Last Gift

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  Rise of the Dark Realms

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  Ellivere of the Wild Court

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  Ancestral Mask

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  Champion of Lambholt

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  Quantum Misalignment

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  Call of the Ring

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  Yarok, the Desecrated

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  Admiral Brass, Unsinkable

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  Angrath's Marauders

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  Dire Fleet Ravager

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  Delighted Halfling

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  Timber Paladin

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  All That Glitters

Summary

The game started with players developing their boards and setting up their strategies. Gina leveraged Ellivere of the Wild Court to build an enchantment-based creature swarm, quickly enhancing her Champion of Lambholt with Virtuous Roil tokens and multiple enchantments, turning it into a formidable attacker that drew her cards whenever it dealt damage. Blake focused on a Lord of the Nazgûl spell-slinger deck, creating Wraith tokens and using Quantum Misalignment to multiply his commander, aiming for overwhelming board presence through multiple copies. CovertGoBlue piloted Indominus Rex Alpha, a large dinosaur that discards creatures to gain ability counters and draw cards, with a plan to recur powerful creatures from the graveyard using cards like Rise of the Dark Realms and Bringer of the Last Gift. Ben played Admiral Brass, Unsinkable, emphasizing pirate synergies, returning Pirates from the graveyard and using mutiny effects to maximize damage output and disrupt opponents.