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Mid Power with randos

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Commanders featured in this video Reviewed & Verified

Deck Strategies

  • Delney, Streetwise Lookout

    Delney, Streetwise Lookout

    Utilizes card draw and incremental value through combat damage triggers to maintain hand advantage and pressure opponents.

  • Ghoulcaller Gisa

    Ghoulcaller Gisa

    Focuses on creating and sacrificing zombie tokens to control the board and gain incremental advantages via planeswalkers and synergies.

  • Gandalf the Grey

    Gandalf the Grey

    Leverages thematic powerful creatures and spells to control the board, generate card advantage, and disrupt opponents’ strategies.

  • Thrun, Breaker of Silence

    Thrun, Breaker of Silence

    Plays a resilient creature-based strategy focused on disruption and persistence, using hexproof and indestructibility effects to maintain pressure.

Gameplay Insights

  • 1

    Using Pan Harmonicon combined with Catra's Monument to generate multiple 1/1 vigilance tokens creates a strong early board presence.

  • 2

    Casting Braids to destroy multiple key enchantments at once effectively disrupts token and ramp synergies, shifting board control.

  • 3

    Exiling a nonland card from an opponent's hand with Invasion of Google Bond increases their casting cost and limits their options, applying strategic hand disruption.

  • 4

    The 'Battle' mechanic introduces a new layer of tactical decision-making, requiring players to consider timing and effects of transformations during combat.

  • 5

    Players carefully manage their mana and card draw engines such as Keen Sense and Colossal Majesty to maintain advantage and sustain pressure in mid-game.

Notable Cards

  • Mind Stone

    Mind Stone

  • Braids, Arisen Nightmare

    Braids, Arisen Nightmare

  • Thundering Falls

    Thundering Falls

  • Verduran Enchantress

    Verduran Enchantress

  • Keen Sense

    Keen Sense

  • Colossal Majesty

    Colossal Majesty

Summary

The game started with players ramping mana and establishing early board presence using various mana rocks and lands, such as Mind Stone, Pluta Delta, and Thundering Falls. Players began developing their strategies, with one player casting Catra's Monument to reduce the cost of white creatures and generate vigilance tokens, while another deployed planeswalkers like Liliana Untouched by Death to control the board and drain opponents’ life totals. Early combat interactions were minimal, focusing more on setting up synergies and card draw engines. As the game progressed, key turning points included the casting of Pan Harmonicon, which significantly boosted token production when combined with Catra's Monument, creating multiple 1/1 vigilance creatures. However, the synergy was disrupted when another player cast Braids to destroy Pan Harmonicon, also copying the spell to remove Catra's Monument, shifting the board state and slowing token generation. Another notable moment was the use of Invasion of Google Bond to exile a nonland card from an opponent’s hand, increasing its cost and controlling their options. Throughout the game, players carefully balanced aggression with board control, employing planeswalkers, enchantresses, and incremental value creatures. The interaction around the new 'Battle' mechanic was discussed, where a creature transforms after attacking or being blocked, adding layers of tactical decisions. The game remained dynamic with multiple players leveraging card draw, removal, and token generation to position themselves for a potential win, though no final outcome was shown in the segment.

Description

Playing with randos on Spelltable