Commander Gameplay Ep.7 Stax with no win con, Storm, Zombies, and Eldrazi MTG EDH

Deck & Commander Strategies

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  Pramikon, Sky Rampart

  Utilizes stax elements to control opponents by restricting their ability to untap creatures and limiting life payment for casting spells. It aims to slow the game down without a clear win condition, focusing on disruption.

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  Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver

  A zombie tribal deck that generates a growing army of zombie tokens and leverages sacrifice synergies to pressure opponents through incremental combat damage and board presence.

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  Kykar, Wind's Fury

  A storm and tokens deck that creates spirit tokens from casting instants and sorceries, then sacrifices them for mana or triggers to cast more spells, aiming to chain spells and generate value.

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  Animar, Soul of Elements

  A creature-heavy deck that reduces creature costs and draws additional cards when casting creatures, aiming to get powerful creatures and combos onto the battlefield quickly.

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  Morophon, the Boundless

  A tribal Eldrazi deck that reduces casting costs of Eldrazi creatures, enabling the deployment of large threats like Butcher of Truth to generate card advantage and apply board pressure.

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  Momir Vig, Simic Visionary

  A value-oriented deck that tutors and draws creatures when casting green and blue spells, aiming to assemble a powerful creature toolbox and maintain card advantage.

Gameplay Insights

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  The Stax player's use of Cursed Totem and restrictive enchantments significantly slowed down the game, preventing many players from using activated abilities or paying life, which hindered combos and mana acceleration.

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  The Eldrazi deck's casting of Butcher of Truth created a major swing by drawing multiple cards and forcing opponents to face Annihilator 4, which pressured the table and likely set the stage for a game-winning assault.

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  The zombie player used token generation and incremental aggression effectively, attacking players with small but growing zombie armies, capitalizing on synergy triggers from creature deaths.

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  Players made careful use of mana rocks and ramp spells early on, but many were removed or neutralized by board wipes and stax effects, emphasizing the importance of timing and protection in a stax-heavy environment.

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  The storm deck focused on creating tokens as a currency to sacrifice and generate mana, but stax effects limited the ability to untap creatures and slowed down the spell-slinging engine considerably.

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  Players were cautious about attacking and casting spells due to the stax restrictions and potential board wipes, illustrating the tension between aggressive and controlling strategies in multiplayer Commander.

Notable Cards

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  Thought Vessel

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  Lotus Petal

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  Mind Stone

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  Cursed Totem

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  Thousand-Year Elixir

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  Llanowar Elves

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  Blight Herder

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  Silverbluff Bridge

Gameplay Summary