Deck & Commander Strategies
Archangel Avacyn // Avacyn, the Purifier
Control the board with flash and vigilance, protect creatures with indestructibility, and swing the game by transforming to deal damage to all non-angel creatures, clearing the way for an angelic assault.
Sigarda, Heron's Grace
Maintain a defensive flying presence with hexproof, generate incremental value and board presence by exiling graveyard cards to create 1/1 human tokens, and build a resilient human-angel synergy.
Olivia, Mobilized for War
Aggressively grow the board by boosting creatures entering the battlefield with +1/+1 counters, haste, and additional vampire tribal synergy to apply constant pressure.
Altered Ego
Utilize blue's flexibility to copy powerful creatures on the battlefield with extra counters, leveraging adaptability and disruption as the only blue deck in the game.
Gameplay Insights
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Choosing Archangel Avacyn gave a strong board protection and a game-changing transformation effect that could clear opponents' creatures and swing momentum.
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Sigarda's ability to generate human tokens by exiling graveyard cards allowed slow, steady board development and defensive play.
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Olivia's synergy with creatures entering the battlefield created a growing threat of hasty vampires, increasing offensive capabilities rapidly.
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The blue deck's use of Altered Ego as a commander demonstrated a flexible strategy focused on copying key creatures rather than raw power.
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Early plays like casting Throbbing Gargoyle and using efficient land drops helped establish board presence and defensive positioning.
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The players highlighted the importance of creatures with deathtouch and flying as powerful elements in sealed builds on Innistrad.
Notable Cards
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Archangel Avacyn // Avacyn, the Purifier
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Sigarda, Heron's Grace
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Olivia, Mobilized for War
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Altered Ego
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Relentless Dead
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Open the Armory
Gameplay Summary
The game began with each player constructing 40-card decks from a Shadows Over Innistrad booster box, selecting commanders from the limited pool.
Matt Mercer took Archangel Avacyn, a flash flying angel with protection abilities and a powerful transform effect that deals damage to all creatures when non-angels die.
Another player chose Sigarda, Heron's Grace, which provides hexproof to the player and humans and can generate tokens by exiling cards from the graveyard.
Olivia, Mobilized for War was another aggressive flyer commander that bolstered creatures entering the battlefield by granting counters, haste, and turning them into vampires.
The fourth player had no legendary creatures and selected Altered Ego, a versatile blue creature that copies others on the battlefield with additional counters, capitalizing on blue's control and adaptability.
Early turns featured the deployment of defensive creatures like Throbbing Gargoyle and strategic land plays while players prepared their board states.
![Commander VS S3E1: Olivia vs Gitrog vs Odric vs Sigarda [MtG: Multiplayer] thumbnail](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IeIh3dkob-Y/sddefault.jpg)
