Generic Commander Season 2 Episode 17: Secret Santa! Esix v Dihada v Ertai v Sin

The game began with each player introducing their Secret Santa-built deck, revealing diverse and unique strategies.

Esix, Fractal Bloom focused on creating copies of permanents and leveraging powerful steal effects like Agent of Treachery.

Sin, Spira's Punishment employed a graveyard-centric approach to cast permanents for free and aimed to win with a high-cost combo involving Laboratory Maniac.

Dihada, Binder of Wills centered around Planeswalker beatdown, using tokens generated by Planeswalkers to apply pressure.

Ertai, the Corrupted was designed as a control deck with a strong enchantment and sacrifice theme, aiming to disrupt opponents by countering spells and generating incremental value from enchantress-type cards and Doom Foretold interactions. Early turns saw typical land drops and mana acceleration, with players setting up their boards cautiously.

Esix used shifting woodlands to seek delirium for copying permanents, while Sin leveraged fetchlands and shocklands to build a resilient mana base for graveyard interactions.

Dihada started developing a token engine via Planeswalkers, and Ertai began applying soft control elements through enchantments and counters.

Key turning points included Dihada’s use of Planeswalkers to generate tokens that could overwhelm opponents and Sin’s graveyard manipulation setting up free permanent recasts.

Ertai’s ability to counter spells and sacrifice enchantments for value was a constant annoyance, slowing down opponents’ developments.

The win conditions hinged on Esix’s copying and stealing permanents to dominate the board, Sin’s combo with Laboratory Maniac for an alternate win, Dihada’s Planeswalker token beatdown, and Ertai’s attrition through control and Doom Foretold triggers.