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MTG Commander Gameplay | Jeska and Ishai, Atraxa, Lavinia, Umbris | High Power Casual | EP46

Commander's Conclave


Commanders featured in this Gameplay Reviewed & Verified

Deck & Commander Strategies

  • Umbris, Fear Manifest

    Umbris, Fear Manifest

    Exile opponents’ cards to grow creatures and leverage combos involving mill and exile, such as Painter's Servant with Sphinx’s Tutelage and Helm of Obedience with Leyline of the Void, to win via deck depletion or mass exile.

  • Atraxa, Praetors' Voice

    Atraxa, Praetors' Voice

    Use proliferate to enhance counters on creatures and planeswalkers, generating incremental advantages and leveraging combos like Ballista with Heliod to close out the game through value and synergy.

  • Lavinia, Azorius Renegade

    Lavinia, Azorius Renegade

    Control the game with counterspells, detain effects, and board wipes to prevent opponents from gaining too much momentum while slowly building a board presence with value creatures and tokens.

  • Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker Jeska, Thrice Reborn

    Jeska, Thrice Reborn and Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker

    Build up Ishai with counters whenever opponents cast spells and use Jeska’s damage tripling ability to deal massive combat and direct damage, aiming to quickly reduce opponents’ life totals through combat damage amplification.

Gameplay Insights

  • 1

    Umbris’ exile mechanic forces opponents to adjust their strategies early as their resources are rapidly depleted, creating tension and urgency.

  • 2

    The interaction between Seagate Stormcaller and Maddening Cacophony allows for a potent double-mill effect, accelerating opponents’ library depletion.

  • 3

    Jeska’s ability to triple combat damage on targeted creatures creates a significant threat that demands immediate answers or results in explosive damage swings.

  • 4

    Lavinia’s detain and control elements, such as Martial Law and Archon of the Triumvirate, effectively slow down aggressive strategies without completely shutting down all player actions.

  • 5

    Atraxa’s proliferate ability synergizes well with planeswalkers and creatures that utilize counters, enabling a steady build-up of board presence and pressure.

  • 6

    The presence of combo pieces like Helm of Obedience paired with Leyline of the Void showcases how exile-based combos can serve as alternate win conditions beyond combat damage.

Notable Cards

  • Painter's Servant

    Painter's Servant

  • Sphinx's Tutelage

    Sphinx's Tutelage

  • Helm of Obedience

    Helm of Obedience

  • Leyline of the Void

    Leyline of the Void

  • Maddening Cacophony

    Maddening Cacophony

  • Psychosis Crawler

    Psychosis Crawler

  • Siege Rhino

    Siege Rhino

  • Archon of the Triumvirate

    Archon of the Triumvirate

  • Jeska, Thrice Reborn

    Jeska, Thrice Reborn

  • Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker

    Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker

  • Lavinia, Azorius Renegade

    Lavinia, Azorius Renegade

  • Dovin, Grand Arbiter

    Dovin, Grand Arbiter

Gameplay Summary

The game features a high-powered multiplayer Commander match with five distinct decks vying for control and victory.

The early turns set the stage for each player's strategy, with some focusing on board control and others on more explosive combos.

Umbris, Fear Manifest’s deck aggressively exiles opponents' cards to grow its creatures while leveraging mill and combo synergies such as Painter's Servant with Sphinx's Tutelage and Helm of Obedience with Leyline of the Void, presenting a potent threat of decking opponents or outright exile wins.

Atraxa, Praetors' Voice's player aims to leverage proliferate alongside a diverse suite of creatures and planeswalkers to generate incremental advantages and close out the game with value-based threats and combos like Ballista with Heliod. Lavinia, Azorius Renegade pilots a control shell that utilizes detain effects and board wipes to keep the game from spiraling out of control, attempting to lock down opponents’ key plays and stabilize the board.

Jeska, Thrice Reborn paired with Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker applies pressure through growing counters and damage doubling, utilizing Jeska’s ability to triple damage and Ishai's scalable power to threaten opponents efficiently.

The game’s turning points hinge on the interaction between Umbris' exile-driven combos and Atraxa’s proliferate synergies, with Lavinia’s control elements intermittently stalling aggressive approaches.

Jeska’s damage doubling creates tension for timely removal or defense.

The eventual win condition likely involves either overwhelming damage from Jeska/Ishai’s synergy or a mill/exile combo from Umbris’s deck, all while Atraxa and Lavinia jockey for board dominance and control.

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