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Eshki, Temur's Roar vs Wulfgar of Icewind Dale vs Teval, the Balanced Scale vs Fransisco \\ Malcolm

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Commanders featured in this video Reviewed & Verified

Decklists

Deck Strategies

  • Teval, the Balanced Scale

    Teval, the Balanced Scale

    A life gain and value-based deck that leverages incremental advantages from creatures and enchantments, aiming to outlast opponents with board control and card draw.

  • Wulfgar of Icewind Dale

    Wulfgar of Icewind Dale

    An aggressive, combat-focused deck that uses synergy between Wulfgar and creatures like Pit Fighter to trigger multiple combat-related abilities and maximize damage output.

  • Eshki, Temur's Roar

    Eshki, Temur's Roar

    A graveyard-centric deck that mills cards and reanimates creatures like Colossal Grave Reaver to generate tokens and maintain board presence, leveraging sacrifice and recursion synergies.

  • Francisco, Fowl Marauder

    Francisco, Fowl Marauder

    A treasure and explore synergy deck that generates card advantage through treasure production and exploration triggers, ramping into large threats like Brainstealer Dragon.

  • Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator

    Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator

    A flying and evasive commander that supports a tempo-oriented deck with aggressive flying creatures and combat damage triggers to chip away at opponents.

Gameplay Insights

  • 1

    Arj capitalized on treasure and explore mechanics to generate significant card advantage and ramp, enabling him to cast powerful threats quickly.

  • 2

    Matchu's repeated sacrifice and reanimation of Colossal Grave Reaver allowed continuous pressure through token generation and graveyard interactions.

  • 3

    Fred’s use of Uro and Rhythm of the Wild provided strong incremental advantage and board presence, while also dealing damage to opponents.

  • 4

    Wulfgar’s melee ability combined with Pit Fighter allowed multiple combat triggers, enabling untapping lands and significant damage output during combat phases.

  • 5

    The use of Mirage Mirror to copy key creatures like Colossal Grave Reaver was a pivotal defensive and offensive play, turning the tide by replicating board impact.

  • 6

    Multiple players utilized milling and graveyard recursion effectively, showcasing the importance of graveyard synergy in this game.

  • 7

    Obscuring Haze was strategically used to fog combat, preventing damage and preserving board state in a critical moment.

  • 8

    Arj’s use of Brainstealer Dragon to reveal opponents’ top cards provided valuable information and disrupted their plans.

Notable Cards

  • Mystic Remora

    Mystic Remora

  • Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath

    Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath

  • Rhythm of the Wild

    Rhythm of the Wild

  • Dusk Mangler

    Dusk Mangler

  • Terror of the Peaks

    Terror of the Peaks

  • Mirage Mirror

    Mirage Mirror

  • Thundering Raiju

    Thundering Raiju

  • War Room

    War Room

  • Brainstealer Dragon

    Brainstealer Dragon

  • Departed Deckhand

    Departed Deckhand

  • Feed the Swarm

    Feed the Swarm

  • Dread Return

    Dread Return

  • Life from the Loam

    Life from the Loam

Summary

The game started with a typical ramp and setup phase from all players, with early plays including mana acceleration and card advantage engines such as Soul Ring and Mystic Remora. Arj (Francisco) aggressively pushed his treasure and explore synergies, using creatures like Francisco and spells like Suspend to generate card advantage and treasure tokens. Meanwhile, Matchu (Eshki) utilized graveyard synergies with Colossal Grave Reaver and Port of Carfell to repeatedly mill and reanimate threats, creating tokens and maintaining a strong board presence. Fred (Teval) focused on life gain and board presence with creatures like Uro and enchantments such as Rhythm of the Wild, making use of incremental advantages and control elements. The player using Wulfgar of Icewind Dale ramped into powerful creatures and combat tricks, including Wolfgar and Pit Fighter interactions to maximize combat damage and mana untapping during attacks.

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Decklists available on Moxfield (Moxfield.com): Wulfgar of Icewind Dale: moxfield.com/decks/cksIaQhS8Ua0MypwIdsyUg Eshki, Temur’s Roar: moxfield.com/decks/25oXqc3T5EqDGH-wqMVhmw Teval, the Balanced Scale: moxfield.com/decks/A5mrykzt9kCXD1pBNF22Rg Fransisco \ Malcolm: moxfield.com/decks/b8ySLOmyhkKFpRJXlc14ug

Today’s game features commanders from: Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC) The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC) Commander Legends (CMR) Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC)

►This game was filmed in my studio space!