Can Tamiyo Survive Compleation?? | MTG Commander Gameplay Ep. 5

Deck Strategies

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  Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar

  Draw cards and generate Investigate tokens to outvalue opponents, eventually transforming Tamiyo into a planeswalker to control the board and win through overwhelming card advantage and large creatures.

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  Vishgraz, the Doomhive

  Apply poison counters using toxic creatures and proliferate effects to quickly end the game through poison damage while maintaining board presence with powerful creatures.

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  The Fourteenth Doctor

  Swarm the board with Doctor creatures and leverage an enchantment that wins the game if 13 or more Doctors are controlled, focusing on synergies among the many Doctor cards.

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  Baylen, the Haymaker

  Generate and buff token creatures to build a large army, using trample and +1/+1 counters as well as token synergies to pressure opponents and close out the game.

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  Clara Oswald

  Support the Doctor tribal theme with utility and protection, contributing to a synergistic board state centered on Doctor creatures.

Gameplay Insights

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  Playing Tamiyo on turn one set a slow, controlled pace early as the player aimed to avoid flipping her too soon to not become a threat prematurely.

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  Vishgraz's early Necrogen Rot Priest boosted toxic damage and death touch, significantly increasing the pressure on opponents and forcing them to respond to poison counters.

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  Baylen's Rosie Cotton created a powerful synergy with tokens, putting +1/+1 counters on creatures each time a token was created, enabling a potential infinite combo with another card (Stick of Celery).

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  The Fourteenth Doctor deck’s unique win condition of assembling 13 doctors to activate an enchantment added a long-term strategic goal beyond just creature combat.

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  Players carefully managed attacks and blockers considering token synergies and poison counters, with some opting not to attack early to avoid becoming targets.

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  The game demonstrated a mix of aggressive poison counter buildup, token generation, and card draw strategies, with each player aiming to balance board development and defense.

Notable Cards

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  Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar

Summary

The game began with players establishing their boards and ramping mana early. Tamiyo was cast on turn one, aiming to leverage her card draw and investigate abilities to transform into a powerful planeswalker later. Vishgraz focused on building a poison counter strategy with toxic creatures and proliferate synergies, quickly establishing pressure with multiple poison counters through creatures like Necrogen Rot Priest. The Fourteenth Doctor and Clara Oswald's deck looked to either swarm with various Doctor creatures or utilize an enchantment that wins the game if enough Doctors are controlled. Baylen, the Haymaker concentrated on token generation and buffing those tokens to create trampling threats, exemplified by cards like Rosie Cotton that synergized with tokens and counters to grow creatures larger and enable potential infinite combos.