I Hate Your Deck #113 Venom v Tiny Bones v Lilah v Tymna & Kamahl || Commander Gameplay MTG

Deck Strategies

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  Venom, Deadly Devourer

  Exile large creatures from graveyards to grow Venom with +1/+1 counters and deliver a powerful alpha strike, supported by discard and graveyard tutoring to fill the graveyard.

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  Tinybones, Bauble Burglar

  Draw cards and drain opponents’ life by forcing discards and leveraging Tinybones' ability to punish empty hands with a devastating life loss ultimate.

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  Tymna the Weaver & Kamahl, Heart of Krosa

  Generate card advantage through combat damage with Tymna and go wide with tokens from Kamahl, aiming to overwhelm opponents with a large board and effective life manipulation.

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  Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot

  Cast multicolored instants and sorceries that exile on resolution to recast them for value and incremental advantage, fueling prowess triggers and spell-based tempo.

Gameplay Insights

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  Venom's strategy relied on discarding and exiling high toughness creatures to quickly build counters and threaten lethal alpha strikes, requiring precise timing and graveyard setup.

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  Tinybones synergized strongly with discard mechanics, drawing cards and using opponents' empty hands to trigger a massive life loss effect, pressuring opponents to maintain cards in hand.

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  Tymna and Kamahl focused on incremental value by drawing cards through combat damage and generating tokens to create a wide board presence, aiming for sustained pressure rather than immediate combos.

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  Lilah maximized the value of multicolored spells by exiling them on resolution to recast later without paying mana costs, creating repeated spell effects and boosting her prowess triggers for incremental advantage.

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  Players carefully balanced resource development with board presence, with Tinybones using surveil to optimize graveyard contents and Venom leveraging tutors and discard to fuel his counters.

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  The early discard interactions set the pace of the game, enabling Tinybones to draw cards and forcing opponents to play around potential hand disruption while other players developed their board states.

Notable Cards

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  Venom, Deadly Devourer

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  Tinybones, Bauble Burglar

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  Tymna the Weaver

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  Kamahl, Heart of Krosa

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  Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot

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  Survival of the Fittest

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  Buried Alive

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  Skull Prophet

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  Rotting Regisaur

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  Underground Mortuary

Summary

The game kicked off with players establishing their mana bases and early board presence. Venom, Deadly Devourer focused on utilizing graveyard interactions, exiling large creatures to accumulate +1/+1 counters and aiming for a swift alpha strike. Tinybones, Bauble Burglar capitalized on opponents discarding cards to draw while steadily building toward a powerful life drain ultimate ability. Tymna the Weaver paired with Kamahl, Heart of Krosa aimed to generate card advantage and build a wide token board state to overwhelm opponents through combat damage. Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot sought to leverage multicolored instant and sorcery spells that exile on resolution, allowing her to cast them again for value and incremental advantage over time. Early turns featured careful land drops and setting up key synergies: Venom prepared to discard and exile big creatures for counters; Tinybones surveilled and manipulated graveyards while pressuring opponents’ hands; Tymna/Kamahl worked on token generation and life manipulation; and Lilah prepared to repeatedly cast powerful spells. The first significant turning point came when Tinybones began triggering his card draw from opponents' discards, drawing into threats like Death Shadow to apply pressure. Venom’s strategy of exiling creatures to grow counters promised a lethal alpha strike but required setup. The game was a balance of managing resources and timing attacks, with each deck trying to capitalize on their unique engines. The outcome hinged on executing combos and efficiently leveraging graveyard and spell recursion mechanics.