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Who Up Scavenging They Ooze? | Magic 2014 Box Brawl

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Commanders featured in this Gameplay Reviewed & Verified

Deck & Commander Strategies

  • Deadly Recluse

    Deadly Recluse

    Utilizes a deathtouch spider to control combat and protect life total, leveraging defensive capabilities to stabilize early and transition into midgame threats.

  • Liliana of the Dark Realms

    Liliana of the Dark Realms

    Focuses on swamp ramp and removal, generating card advantage and ultimately enabling powerful mana acceleration by turning swamps into mana sources.

  • Colossal Whale

    Colossal Whale

    Control-oriented, using islandwalk and the ability to exile opposing creatures to maintain board dominance and disrupt enemy tempo.

  • Young Pyromancer

    Young Pyromancer

    Spell-slinging deck that generates elemental tokens from instants and sorceries, aiming to overwhelm opponents with incremental creature advantage.

  • Jace's Mindseeker

    Jace's Mindseeker

    Mill and cast strategy that exiles cards from opponents' libraries and allows free casting of instants or sorceries, enabling tempo swings and resource denial.

  • Ajani, Caller of the Pride

    Ajani, Caller of the Pride

    Token-generation and creature enhancement through counters and flying with double strike, scaling threats based on life total for overwhelming board presence.

  • Garruk, Caller of Beasts

    Garruk, Caller of Beasts

    Creature ramp and recursion, drawing creatures from the top of the deck, putting creatures directly onto the battlefield, and generating continuous pressure with an emblem.

Gameplay Insights

  • 1

    Utilizing Elixir of Immortality to gain life and recycle the graveyard added sustainability in a slower-paced game.

  • 2

    Sliver tribal synergy with lifelink and vigilance created a resilient board that could apply pressure while defending effectively.

  • 3

    Colossal Whale's exile ability forced opponents to reconsider attacking or blocking, granting tempo advantage and control over combat.

  • 4

    Planeswalkers provided incremental advantage through token creation and card filtering, though their vulnerability to attacks was noted as a risk.

  • 5

    Young Pyromancer rewarded casting instants and sorceries, encouraging a spell-heavy approach to maintain board presence with elemental tokens.

  • 6

    The interaction of defensive creatures with removal spells shaped significant turns, dictating which threats could persist and which were neutralized.

Notable Cards

  • Deadly Recluse

    Deadly Recluse

  • Liliana of the Dark Realms

    Liliana of the Dark Realms

  • Colossal Whale

    Colossal Whale

  • Young Pyromancer

    Young Pyromancer

  • Jace's Mindseeker

    Jace's Mindseeker

  • Ajani, Caller of the Pride

    Ajani, Caller of the Pride

  • Garruk, Caller of Beasts

    Garruk, Caller of Beasts

  • Elixir of Immortality

    Elixir of Immortality

  • Wall of Frost

    Wall of Frost

  • Predatory Sliver

    Predatory Sliver

  • Sentinel Sliver

    Sentinel Sliver

Gameplay Summary

The game unfolds as players build decks from Magic 2014 cards, featuring a mix of classic creatures, planeswalkers, and synergistic strategies.

Early plays include efficient creatures like Deadly Recluse and Young Pyromancer establishing board presence, while control elements such as duress and removal spells shape the pace.

One key moment arises when a player locks down the board with defensive creatures and utility artifacts like Elixir of Immortality, providing sustainability and card advantage.

Slivers emerge as a tribal theme with lifelink and vigilance boosting their resilience, creating a formidable offensive and defensive setup.

Meanwhile, planeswalkers like Liliana of the Dark Realms and Ajani, Caller of the Pride offer both board control and token generation, pressuring opponents incrementally.

The Colossal Whale adds a potent removal effect by exiling creatures temporarily, influencing combat decisions and board state.

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