Double Masters Commander Battle | Game Knights 38 | Magic: The Gathering Gameplay EDH

Deck Strategies

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  Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter

  Focuses on creating tokens, reanimating creatures, gaining life, and causing life loss. The deck aims to sacrifice creatures repeatedly for value and drain opponents' life.

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  Kaalia of the Vast

  The deck is designed to cheat out powerful angels, demons, and dragons from hand to the battlefield, aiming to overtake the game with large flying threats.

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  Bosh, Iron Golem

  The game plan revolves around amassing artifacts to fuel Bosh's ability, hurling them at opponents for lethal damage.

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  The Scarab God

  Built around zombie tribal with a mill sub-theme, aiming to fill opponents' graveyards and reanimate their best creatures while applying pressure with a horde of zombies.

Gameplay Insights

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  Joseph's early setup of Phyrexian Altar and Cruel Celebrant hinted at a potent sacrifice combo that could potentially lead to massive life swings.

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  Jimmy's setup for a hasty Kaalia using Stoneforge Mystic to grab Lightning Greaves indicated a potential for high-power creatures hitting the board early.

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  Ashlen's explosive first turn of Sol Ring and Thought Vessel, followed by a Mind's Eye, demonstrated the strong ramp and card draw capabilities of her deck.

Notable Cards

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  Phyrexian Altar

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  Cruel Celebrant

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  Sol Ring

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  Thought Vessel

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  Mind's Eye

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  Chromatic Lantern

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  Stoneforge Mystic

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  Kaalia of the Vast

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  Lightning Greaves

Summary

The game kicked off with a strong start, with players quickly ramping up their mana bases. Joseph Johnson playing Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter, started off with a combo of Phyrexian Altar and Cruel Celebrant, setting up potential for massive life loss. Meanwhile, Jimmy Wong with Kaalia of the Vast, managed to get a Chromatic Lantern and Stoneforge Mystic, setting up for a hasty Kaalia play in the next turn. Ashlen Rose, piloting Bosh, Iron Golem, began with an impressive first turn drop of Sol Ring and Thought Vessel, followed by a Mind's Eye, setting an early game advantage. Josh piloting The Scarab God had a comparatively slower start with a Fellwar Stone on his second turn. The early game clearly demonstrated that all players had set up their respective deck strategies efficiently and were ready to execute their game plan.