Fiery Face Off w/ Taalia Vess & Olivia | Extra Turns 35 | Magic: The Gathering Commander Gameplay

Deck Strategies

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  Thalia and The Gitrog Monster

  This deck is an aristocrats strategy that aims to generate a large number of tokens to sacrifice, leveraging powerful landfall triggers to generate value and outpace the other players.

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  Ziatora, the Incinerator

  The deck is built around treasure generation, with a focus on artifacts entering and leaving the battlefield. The game plan is to drain opponents' life totals or build up a formidable board state.

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  Galazeth Prismari

  The deck is focused on casting Dragon's Approach, with a high number of copies in the deck. The commander's ability to tap artifacts for mana supports this strategy.

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  Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter

  This deck uses powerful colorless spells and aims to cast them at flash speed thanks to the commander. The deck seeks to control the board with large artifacts and Eldrazi.

Gameplay Insights

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  The early Scoot Swarm from Thalia and The Gitrog Monster became a focal point of the game, as it allowed for significant token generation.

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  Ziatora, the Incinerator's use of Basilisk Collar on their commander created a consistent lifelink source, which could potentially outpace the damage from other players.

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  Galazeth Prismari's use of Howling Mine provided extra draw for all players, accelerating the game state.

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  Ziatora, the Incinerator's play of Mayhem Devil could potentially disrupt the strategies of the token-based decks at the table.

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  The use of Prismatic Vista by Thalia and The Gitrog Monster allowed them to trigger Scoot Swarm twice in a single turn, further enhancing their token production.

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  Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter's use of flash speed to play Burnished Hart shows the deck's ability to respond to threats and adapt to the evolving game state.

Notable Cards

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  Basilisk Collar

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  Howling Mine

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  Mayhem Devil

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  Prismatic Vista

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  Burnished Hart

Summary

The game starts off with players building up their board states. Thalia and The Gitrog Monster play an early Scoot Swarm, which becomes a concern for the other players, while Ziatora, the Incinerator equips Basilisk Collar to their commander, gaining lifelink. Galazeth Prismari focuses on setting up card draw engines, while Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter utilizes flash speed to gain advantage. As the game progresses, an early Mayhem Devil from Ziatora, the Incinerator causes concern due to its potential to disrupt the other decks' strategies. Thalia and The Gitrog Monster continue to leverage landfall triggers, notably using Prismatic Vista to trigger Scoot Swarm twice in a single turn.