Wild and Crazy Game! | Magic The Gathering EDH Gameplay | Commander's Conclave EP98

Deck & Commander Strategies

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  Megatron, Tyrant

  Leverages artifact sacrifice to deal incremental damage and generate mana, flipping between a controlling spell-locking form and an aggressive vehicle form to pressure opponents and control the board.

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  Urza, Lord High Artificer

  Builds a large artifact army using cheap artifact creatures and convoke spells, supported by card advantage engines like Mystic Forge to overwhelm opponents through artifact synergy and efficient mana usage.

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  Chulane, Teller of Tales

  Focuses on casting multiple small creatures to draw cards and ramp lands, aiming to outvalue opponents with continuous creature drops, synergistic hate bears, and maintaining a strong board presence.

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  Admiral Beckett Brass

  Pirate tribal strategy that deals combat damage to multiple opponents to steal and convert their permanents into pirates, enabling rapid tempo swings and board control through theft and aggressive attacks.

Gameplay Insights

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  Megatron’s mechanic of flipping post-combat to add colorless mana and deal damage via artifact sacrifice created multiple layers of threat and forced opponents to carefully consider blocking and removal timing.

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  Urza’s use of Mystic Forge to continuously cast cards from the top of the library enabled consistent card advantage and resource efficiency, amplifying his artifact-based aggression.

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  Chulane’s ability to draw cards and ramp lands on cast creatures provided steady incremental advantage, allowing him to keep pace with faster artifact-centric strategies while deploying hate bears to disrupt opponents.

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  Admiral Beckett Brass's strategy of dealing damage with multiple pirates to steal permanents introduced dynamic political tension, as players had to weigh blocking decisions and target priorities to avoid losing key resources.

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  Early land drops and mana fixing, including fetch lands and dual lands, were critical for enabling the multicolor decks to operate smoothly and execute their plans without color screw.

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  Players balanced aggression and resource development, often holding back from full commits to avoid triggering Megatron’s potent post-combat ability or Urza’s artifact synergy combos.

Notable Cards

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  Megatron, Tyrant // Megatron, Destructive Force

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  Mystic Forge

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  Crucible of Worlds

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  Bloom Tender

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  Birds of Paradise

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  Inventors' Fair

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  Prismatic Vista

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  Isolated Chapel

Gameplay Summary