I Hate Your Deck #69 Urtet v Ixhel v Etali v Ayara || Commander Gameplay MTG EDH

Deck Strategies

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  Ayara, First of Locthwain

  Utilizes a mono-black aristocrat-style build that sacrifices black creatures to drain opponents' life, gain life, and draw cards, aiming to create a large zombie army for a lethal alpha strike.

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  Etali, Primal Storm

  A mono-red aggressive deck that attacks to exile cards from all players' libraries and then cast those spells for free, creating explosive turns and tempo swings.

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  Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa

  A four-color infect deck focusing on poison counters, proliferate effects, and exiling opponent cards to generate value and control the board through incremental poison damage.

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  Urtet, Remnant of Memnarch

  A token-centric deck that generates numerous 1/1 mirror artifact creature tokens and pumps them with +1/+1 counters to overwhelm opponents with a wide army.

Gameplay Insights

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  Genesis Chamber synergized with token generation by producing additional mirror tokens whenever a non-token creature entered the battlefield, accelerating Urtet's board presence.

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  Ayara's inclusion of multiple tutors facilitated assembling critical pieces for the aristocrat strategy, enabling her to maintain card advantage and pressure opponents effectively.

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  Etali's ability to cast spells exiled from all players' libraries created unpredictable game states requiring opponents to be vigilant and responsive to sudden board swings.

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  Ixhel's use of infect creatures combined with proliferate effects applied steady pressure through poison counters while leveraging exiled cards for sustained advantage.

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  The interaction of multiple token generators alongside pump effects on Urtet's mirrors created a formidable wide board, forcing opponents to prioritize removal against it.

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  Players utilized fetchlands and mana fixing to enable their multi-color decks to function smoothly, highlighting the importance of stable mana bases in multiplayer Commander games.

Notable Cards

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  Genesis Chamber

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  Bloodstained Mire

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  Scroll Rack

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  Plague Stinger

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  Aetherflux Reservoir

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  Diabolic Intent

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  Demonic Tutor

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  Vampiric Tutor

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  Imperial Seal

Summary

The game started with players developing their mana bases and setting up early board states, with each commander showcasing their unique strategies. Ayara, First of Locthwain, focused on creating an aristocrat-style deck that leverages sacrificing black creatures to drain opponents' life and generate card advantage. Etali, Primal Storm, aimed to capitalize on its combat triggers by exiling cards from each player's library and casting spells for free, creating a highly volatile and explosive red deck. Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa, operated a poison counter-themed deck with proliferate elements, aiming to control the board through infect damage and leveraging exiling mechanics for value. Urtet, Remnant of Memnarch, took a unique token-based approach, flooding the battlefield with mirror artifact tokens and using pump effects to overwhelm opponents with a wide board presence. Throughout the game, players exchanged threats and responded to the evolving board, with key moments involving the creation and pumping of mirror tokens, infect damage applying pressure, and Etali's attempts to cast free spells from exiled cards.