Simic Value = Dump Truck Day | MTG Commander Gameplay Ep. 7

Deck Strategies

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  The Pride of Hull Clade

  Build up creatures with high toughness to benefit from the commander's anthem effect, creating a thick wall of defense and overwhelming opponents through large creatures.

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  Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver

  Create a resilient zombie token army supported by sacrifice and aristocrats mechanics to incrementally reduce opponents' life totals and secure victory through attrition.

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  Omo, Queen of Vesuva

  Utilize everything counters to turn lands and creatures into multiple types, enabling tribal synergies and unblockable attacks via Island Walk for card draw and damage.

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  Feather, the Redeemed

  Cast instant and sorcery spells that target own creatures repeatedly to exile and return them to hand, generating continuous value and enabling multiple triggers for advantage.

Gameplay Insights

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  Dustin leveraged Fog Bank and other high toughness creatures to reduce the cost of casting The Pride of Hull Clade, enabling early deployment of a powerful anthem effect.

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  Dylan’s use of Curiosity on Cold-Eyed Seer allowed for explosive card draw whenever it successfully dealt combat damage, accelerating his game plan.

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  Jordan applied a controlled approach by deploying Wilhelt and creating zombie tokens while holding back aggression until the board was developed enough for aristocrats-style damage.

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  Maskman prioritized casting Feather to start recycling instants and sorceries targeting his own creatures, generating incremental value and maintaining board presence.

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  The interplay of defensive creatures like Fog Bank and aggressive tribal synergies created a dynamic board state where timing attacks and blocking were critical strategic decisions.

Notable Cards

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  The Pride of Hull Clade

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  Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver

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  Omo, Queen of Vesuva

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  Feather, the Redeemed

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  Fog Bank

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  Boros Challenger

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  Talisman of Conviction

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  Curiosity

Summary

The game began with each player developing their board and ramping mana, setting up for their respective strategies. Dustin, piloting The Pride of Hull Clade, focused on assembling a board full of creatures with large toughness to maximize the commander’s anthem effect, creating a formidable defensive and offensive presence. Jordan’s Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver deck aimed to build a zombie token army combined with aristocrats-style sacrifice synergies to chip away at opponents’ life totals. Dylan, playing Omo, Queen of Vesuva, capitalized on placing everything counters on lands and creatures to transform them all into multiple creature types, leveraging tribal synergies and aggressive combat damage with Island Walk. Maskman’s Feather, the Redeemed deck relied on repeatedly casting instant and sorcery spells targeting their own creatures to generate value and card advantage through recursion.