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I Hate Sand! Chaotic Commander MTG EDH Gameplay

Chaotic Commander


Commanders featured in this Gameplay Reviewed & Verified

Deck & Commander Strategies

  • Saheeli, the Sun's Brilliance

    Saheeli, the Sun's Brilliance

    Utilizes artifact ramp and enter-the-battlefield effects to flood the board with large artifact creatures, leveraging multiple Mana rocks for explosive turns.

  • Silvar, Devourer of the Free

    Silvar, Devourer of the Free

    A humans tribal deck that creates human tokens and benefits from creatures dying to draw cards and produce value, aiming for incremental board growth and a powerful cat creature.

  • Tuvasa the Sunlit

    Tuvasa the Sunlit

    Focuses on enchantments to buff herself and generate tokens by copying enchantments, using enchantment synergies to build a wide board and powerful attackers.

  • Hazezon, Shaper of Sand

    Hazezon, Shaper of Sand

    Deploys a sand-themed deck that produces Sand Warrior tokens via desert lands and builds up to large wurm creatures to overpower opponents.

Gameplay Insights

  • 1

    Saheeli utilized cloning effects on Mana rocks like Soul Ring to ramp quickly, enabling a strong midgame board presence.

  • 2

    Silvar leveraged sacrifice outlets and death triggers to draw cards and generate value, while attacking multiple opponents simultaneously to spread damage.

  • 3

    Tuvasa capitalized on enchantment synergies by casting enchantments and placing +1/+1 counters on herself, increasing her threat level steadily.

  • 4

    Hazezon used the synergy between deserts and Sand Warrior token creation to build a defensive pillow fort and prepare for large wurm deployments.

  • 5

    There was a key moment where an Oblivion Ring was used strategically to hide a powerful threat, showing interaction and tactical timing.

  • 6

    Players made effective use of token creation and sacrifice mechanics to maintain board presence and pressure opponents consistently.

Notable Cards

  • Auriok Steelshaper

    Auriok Steelshaper

  • Bloodsoaked Champion

    Bloodsoaked Champion

  • Hedron Archive

    Hedron Archive

  • Aurelia, the Warleader

    Aurelia, the Warleader

  • Bastion of Remembrance

    Bastion of Remembrance

  • Zulaport Cutthroat

    Zulaport Cutthroat

  • Survivors' Encampment

    Survivors' Encampment

  • Beneath the Sands

    Beneath the Sands

Gameplay Summary

The game began with a typical setup phase where all players established their mana base and early board presence.

Saheeli, the Sun's Brilliance focused on artifact ramp and generating value with multiple Mana rocks and ETB effects, aiming to cast large artifact creatures.

Silvar, Devourer of the Free, played a humans tribal deck that generated tokens and leveraged sacrifice triggers to draw cards and grow board presence.

Tuvasa the Sunlit centered around enchantments, casting and sacrificing them to create creatures and gain incremental advantage with +1/+1 counters and token copies.

Hazezon, Shaper of Sand used a sand and wurm tribal strategy, creating Sand Warrior tokens and eventually aiming to deploy large wurms to dominate the battlefield.

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