Commander's Conclave: 16 - EDH Gameplay - Iroas, Alela, Xenagos, Rin and Seri

Deck & Commander Strategies

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  Alela, Artful Provocateur

  Control-oriented deck that produces fairy tokens and plays enchantments and artifacts to boost board presence and gain card advantage, using anthem effects to make tokens stronger.

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  Rin and Seri, Inseparable

  A tribal cats and dogs deck that uses lords and synergy to flood the board with creatures, focusing on protecting them and generating incremental advantages through tribal buffs.

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  Xenagos, God of Revels

  A ramp and big creature deck that aims to make large dragons and use Xenagos's ability to grant haste and huge power boosts for explosive combat phases.

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  Iroas, God of Victory

  Aggro-focused Boros deck leveraging menace and damage prevention abilities to push through combat damage with tokens and creatures, overwhelming opponents with synergy and incremental pressure.

Gameplay Insights

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  The use of Garruk's Uprising by Rin and Seri helped generate card draw whenever large creatures entered the battlefield, accelerating the tribal strategy.

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  Edward’s ramp enabled him to cast Thunderbreak Regent early, triggering multiple card draw effects and setting up for powerful dragon plays.

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  Brandon’s Iroas prevented damage to attacking creatures, making his aggressive creatures much harder to block and kill, enabling more consistent damage output.

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  Lee’s use of enchantments like Guardian Project provided steady card advantage, crucial for maintaining control while building a strong fairy board.

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  The early interaction with Vanishing Light to exile a key threat showed the importance of targeted removal in slowing down aggressive or synergistic decks.

Notable Cards

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  Guardian Project

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  Garruk's Uprising

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  Thunderbreak Regent

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  Righteous Valkyrie

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  Sword of Hearth and Home

Gameplay Summary