Deck & Commander Strategies
Hashaton, Scarab's Fist
Discard large creatures to the graveyard to reanimate them at a reduced cost, generating value and overwhelming opponents with powerful threats.
Alaundo the Seer
Suspend multiple cards and use untap effects to chain suspending and casting spells for reduced cost, building storm count to perform a big combo turn.
Gwen Stacy // Ghost-Spider
Utilize exile matters by casting cards from exile to grow Gwen Stacy with +1/+1 counters and create a large evasive threat.
Ulalek, Fused Atrocity
Play powerful Eldrazi threats and ramp aggressively, disrupting opponents with exile effects and closing out the game with high-impact creatures.
Gameplay Insights
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Sam’s use of Alaundo’s untap and suspend ability to chain multiple suspensions and casts in one turn significantly increased his storm count and card advantage, putting him in a strong position to combo off.
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Jason’s timely casting of Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger to exile key permanents like Collector’s Vault and Smothering Tithe disrupted opponents' resource engines, slowing down their development.
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Matt’s exploitation of exile synergy with Gwen Stacy to cast creatures from exile and accumulate counters allowed him to apply steady pressure through a growing evasive threat.
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Chandler’s early difficulty in finding discard fodder for Hasheton limited his reanimation potential, highlighting the importance of a steady hand of creatures in his deck’s strategy.
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The interaction between Sam’s Shore Up spell and Alaundo’s multiple untap triggers allowed for complex sequencing to maximize suspend and untap effects, demonstrating advanced synergy exploitation.
Notable Cards
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Smothering Tithe
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Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
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Alaundo the Seer
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Clever Conjurer
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Harvest Season
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Collector's Vault
Gameplay Summary
The game begins with all four players establishing their mana bases and early ramp, with Jason on Ulalek, Fused Atrocity leveraging Eldrazi and ramp artifacts, Matt on Gwen Stacy exploiting exile synergies, Sam on Alaundo the Seer focusing on suspend and card advantage, and Chandler on Hashaton, Scarab's Fist discarding creatures to reanimate them at reduced cost.
Early turns see each player developing their board state, with Matt casting Ghost Spider and Smothering Tithe generating significant resources, while Jason ramps into powerful Eldrazi threats like Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger.
Chandler struggles slightly to find creatures to discard but manages to create a large Valavoth clone with Hasheton's ability, putting pressure on opponents. A pivotal moment occurs when Sam begins to chain Alaundo's suspend and untap abilities, drawing cards and casting multiple spells in a single turn, quickly escalating the storm count with cards like Clever Conjurer and Harvest Season.
This combo-oriented sequence significantly increases Sam’s board presence and storm count, threatening a potential combo finish.
Jason uses his Eldrazi to exile key permanents like Collector’s Vault and Smothering Tithe, disrupting opponents' resource engines.
Matt maintains steady pressure with his exile matters theme, casting creatures from exile to accumulate counters on Gwen Stacy.
Chandler, despite a slow discard start, attempts to grind value with Hasheton and discard spells. The game is marked by strong resource denial and combo potential, with Sam’s Alaundo deck showcasing impressive chain suspending and untapping plays to generate card advantage and storm count.
Jason’s Eldrazi deck provides a powerful disruptive threat, while Matt’s Gwen Stacy deck leverages exile synergies to grow a formidable board.
Chandler’s Hasheton deck plays a value game through discard and reanimation, trying to keep pace with the explosive plays of others.
The video cuts off mid-combo during Sam’s turn, indicating a likely impending combo finish or a major board swing from Alaundo’s storm sequence.
