5-Drops vs 6-Drops vs 7-Drops vs 8-Drops Commander | Clash S18 E28

Deck & Commander Strategies

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  Omnath, Locus of All

  A five-color deck focused on playing impactful five-drop spells, ramping mana through treasures, and leveraging Omnath's ability to convert unused mana into black mana for additional utility and board presence.

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  Tasigur, the Golden Fang

  A six-drop deck that emphasizes controlling the board and utilizing graveyard recursion to generate value, while ramping steadily to cast powerful six-mana spells.

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  Lord Xander, the Collector

  A seven-drop deck designed to chain multiple seven-mana spells, using cards like Molten Slag Heap to generate large amounts of mana and overwhelm opponents with high-cost threats.

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  Jadzi, Oracle of Arcavios // Journey to the Oracle

  An eight-drop deck focused on ramping with a very high land count and casting the Journey to the Oracle side early to deploy multiple lands at once, enabling the casting of very high-cost spells quickly.

Gameplay Insights

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  The eight-drop deck's early play of Journey to the Oracle to cheat multiple lands onto the battlefield was a key ramping strategy but vulnerable to interaction.

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  Molten Slag Heap provided a powerful mana engine for the seven-drop deck, enabling casting of multiple high-cost spells in succession.

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  Nikobus, God of the Pharaoh was a potential game-changer by forcing opponents to exile and cast cards from their decks, but the actual exile results were disappointing, reducing its impact.

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  The five-drop deck's use of Omnath for treasure generation and mana fixing helped maintain tempo against slower, higher-cost decks.

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  Interaction and timing of counters played a crucial role in slowing down the ramp-heavy decks, demonstrating the importance of disruption in high mana curve games.

Notable Cards

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  Omnath, Locus of All

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  Mirrormade

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  Windswept Heath

Gameplay Summary