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Commander Clash At Home w/ Tomer, Crim and Olivia! Shuffle Up & Play 73 Magic The Gathering Gameplay

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Decklists

Deck Strategies

  • Kardur, Doomscourge

    Kardur, Doomscourge

    An aggressive red-black sacrifice deck focused on forcing combat damage while sacrificing creatures for value, punishing opponents with continuous pressure.

  • Zimone and Dina

    Zimone and Dina

    A Sultai landfall and sacrifice deck that leverages land drops and sacrificing creatures to drain opponents and generate incremental advantage through interactions.

  • Arna Kennerüd

    An aggressive Esper-colored deck that uses creatures to reduce the cost of enchantments and auras, generating card draw and dealing damage through continuous attacks.

  • Rocco, Street Chef

    Rocco, Street Chef

    A red-green-white group hug style deck that grants extra cards to all players, exiles cards to play for free, and produces food tokens to buff creatures and maintain board presence.

Gameplay Insights

  • 1

    Early aggression from Arna Kennerüd's deck established pressure through low-cost creatures and auras that generated card advantage.

  • 2

    Kardur's sacrifice theme forced players to respond quickly or face consistent damage and resource depletion.

  • 3

    Zimone and Dina's landfall and sacrifice synergy created incremental value and slowed opponents' tempo.

  • 4

    Rocco's group hug mechanics balanced the aggressive tendencies of other decks by providing extra cards and buffs, influencing player decisions.

  • 5

    Creature token generation, such as from Jelali's Reuse, played a key role in maintaining board presence and potential finishers.

Notable Cards

  • Exotic Orchard

    Exotic Orchard

Summary

The game began with players deploying their budget Commander decks, each with distinct strategies and colors. Early turns saw aggressive plays, such as quick damage from Arna Kennerüd's aggressive aura and enchantment synergies, and Kardur, Doomscourge's red-black sacrifice and aggro tactics. Crim's Zimone and Dina deck focused on landfall effects and incremental sacrifice value, while Olivia's Arna Kennerüd deck aggressively leveraged auras to draw cards and pressure opponents. Tomer's Rocco, Street Chef deck played a group hug style, generating value through exile and food tokens while buffing creatures. Key moments included early attacks that established board presence and pressure, such as Crim's cat tokens from Jelali's Reuse and Olivia's early damage output. Sacrifice synergies and token generation played a crucial role in shaping board interactions. The game progressed with players balancing aggression, value generation, and interaction. Rocco's group hug elements helped maintain card advantage, while Kardur's aggressive sacrifice tactics kept opponents on their toes. The game appeared to revolve around managing board threats and leveraging incremental advantages from sacrifice and enchantment synergies, with no single player overwhelming the rest immediately. The outcome hinged on who could best maximize their deck's synergy and tempo while surviving early aggression.

Description

We are playing Commander with two of the Commander Clash crew, Tomer (Budget Commander) and Crim (MTG Goldfish) and Olivia (Commander At Home / EDH Hijinks) and all of us are on dirt cheap Commander decks built by Tomer!

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►Check out my guests’ channels!

Crim @Theasianavenger www.twitch.tv/theasianavenger

Tomer: www.youtube.com/@MTGGoldfishCommander

Olivia EDHijinks www.youtube.com/@EDHijinks Commander At Home www.youtube.com/@commanderathome

►Decklists archidekt.com/decks/11896601/budget_kardur archidekt.com/decks/11896613/budget_arna archidekt.com/decks/11896625/budget_rocco archidekt.com/decks/11896637/budget_zimone_and_dina

►Credits Lead Editor | Director: Kevyn Wallace Editor: Theo Nguyen Assistant Editor: Brian Sirk Music / SFX: Def Cat @defcatofficial Intro VFX: Kyle Sullivan, Kevyn Wallace

►Special Thanks Josh-TheProxyGuy Andre Garcia Jebari Dean

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