Tarkir Dragonstorm Commander First Look ft DrLupo and Jarvis Johnson | Commander at Home Episode 62

Deck Strategies

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  Zurgo Stormrender

  Zurgo's strategy revolves around the creation of warrior creature tokens for offense and defense. These tokens also have additional abilities like drawing cards and causing opponents to lose life.

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  Teval, the Balanced Scale

  Teval's strategy combines milling, ramping, and zombie creation, creating a constant stream of resources and threats.

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  Ureni of the Unwritten

  Ureni's strategy is centered around big creature plays, with a focus on dragon creatures. The deck takes advantage of looking at top cards and putting dragon creatures directly onto the battlefield.

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  Shiko and Narset, Unified

  Shiko and Narset's deck is built around playing multiple spells in a turn and copying spells for additional effects or drawing cards.

Gameplay Insights

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  The warrior creature tokens created by Zurgo Stormrender added substantial early pressure, showcasing the power of token strategies.

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  Teval, the Balanced Scale's combination of milling, ramping, and creature creation demonstrated a powerful synergy and resource advantage.

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  The deck of Ureni of the Unwritten showed the high potential of big creature plays, especially with dragon creatures.

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  Shiko and Narset, Unified's focus on playing multiple spells in a turn and copying spells provided a strong late-game advantage.

Notable Cards

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  Zurgo Stormrender

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  Teval, the Balanced Scale

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  Ureni of the Unwritten

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  Shiko and Narset, Unified

Summary

In this engaging Commander game, we see the hosts, Brian Kibler and Olivia Gobert-Hicks, joined by guests DrLupo and Jarvis Johnson, battle it out using the new Tarkir Dragonstorm Commander decks. The commanders in play were Zurgo Stormrender, Teval, the Balanced Scale, Ureni of the Unwritten, and Shiko and Narset, Unified. The game saw a strong start with Zurgo Stormrender, played by DrLupo, creating numerous warrior creature tokens that put early pressure on the opponents. Despite this, the game had its tides turned with some excellent deck strategies and critical plays, notably from Teval, the Balanced Scale, and Shiko and Narset, Unified.