Bloomburrow EDH - Flubs, Baylen, Bello, Bria - Commander Gameplay MTG BLB BLC Magic

Deck Strategies

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  Bria, Riptide Rogue

  Focuses on casting cheap spells and cantrips to trigger prowess, dealing damage, and drawing cards to maintain tempo and pressure opponents with evasive creatures.

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  Flubs, the Fool

  Plays multiple lands per turn to maximize landfall triggers, generates card advantage through forced discards and exiling cards for additional plays, and uses Field of the Dead to create zombies for board presence.

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  Baylen, the Haymaker

  Generates a large token army and buffs them with anthem effects like Intangible Virtue to overwhelm opponents in combat.

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  Bello, Bard of the Brambles

  Turns enchantments into indestructible, hasty creatures to attack aggressively, while ramping mana and drawing cards through combat damage and sacrifice effects.

Gameplay Insights

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  Scott’s use of Valakut Exploration combined with Flubs’s ability allowed him to exile and cast powerful cards from exile while drawing multiple cards and generating zombie tokens for board presence.

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  Matt maximized prowess triggers by casting spells like Expedite and reconnaissance mission, enabling continuous card draw and incremental damage through Bria and other creatures.

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  Kyle’s timely sacrifice of Birds of Paradise to Flare of the Cultivation efficiently ramped his mana base, accelerating his ability to cast impactful enchantments and creatures.

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  The synergy between Flubs’s forced discard and landfall triggers created a consistent card advantage engine that pressured opponents with both board tokens and resource denial.

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  Scott’s choice to mill himself with Brain Freeze to set up casting Lotus Cobra from exile highlighted a clever self-mill and recursion combo that fueled his landfall and life gain strategy.

Notable Cards

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  Field of the Dead

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  Intangible Virtue

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  Brain Freeze

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  Lotus Cobra

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  Swiftfoot Boots

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  Valakut Exploration

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  Reconnaissance Mission

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  Smothering Tithe

Summary

The game began with each player developing their board and ramping mana while setting up their strategies. Matt, on Bria, Riptide Rogue, focused on casting numerous cantrips and leveraging prowess triggers to draw cards and deal incremental damage. Scott piloted Flubs, the Fool, a lands-matter deck that emphasized playing multiple lands per turn and generating card advantage through discard and landfall triggers, while also utilizing the synergy with Field of the Dead for zombie tokens. The player with Baylen, the Haymaker, aimed to flood the board with tokens and used anthem effects like Intangible Virtue to boost them, while Kyle on Bello, Bard of the Brambles, focused on turning his enchantments into aggressive, indestructible creatures and generating value through sacrifice and land ramp with cards like Birds of Paradise and Flare of the Cultivation. A key turning point was Scott’s explosive land plays combined with Valakut Exploration and Flubs’s ability, allowing him to draw cards, gain life with Etherflux Reservoir, and create multiple zombie tokens via Field of the Dead. Meanwhile, Matt’s Bria deck kept pressuring opponents with evasive creatures and card draw, supported by equipment like Swiftfoot Boots and spells that triggered prowess. Kyle’s Bello deck pressured opponents with indestructible hasty creatures and card draw enabled from combat damage and sacrifice outlets. The tension increased as players balanced aggression with resource development, and Scott’s self-mill with Brain Freeze and casting Lotus Cobra from exile further accelerated his landfall and life gain synergies. The game was heading toward a dynamic board state with multiple token generators and powerful recurring value engines vying for control.